Browsing Civil Engineering (Scholarly Articles) by Author "McPolin, Daniel"
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An experimental and numerical study of moisture flow and moisture-induced strain in fast-grown Sitka spruce
O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Sikora, Karol; McPolin, Daniel; Harte, Annette M. (Departamento de Ingeniería en Maderas de la Universidad del Bio-Bio en Concepción, Chile, 2019)The use of fast-grown timber in the manufacture of engineered wood products is increasing; however, the fast growth rate results in a low-density timber that is susceptible to significant swelling and shrinkage deformations ... -
An investigation of the viscoelastic creep behaviour of basalt fibre reinforced timber elements
Conan O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Sikora, Karol; McPolin, Daniel; Harte, Annette M. (Elsevier, 2018-08-01)An investigation was carried out to examine the effect of flexural reinforcement on the long-term behaviour of timber beams. Creep tests, utilising statistically matched groups, were performed under Service Class 1 conditions ... -
The mechano-sorptive creep behaviour of basalt FRP reinforced timber elements in a variable climate
O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Sikora, Karol; McPolin, Daniel; Harte, Annette M. (Elsevier, 2019-09-25)The use of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) reinforcement has been shown to improve the short-term flexural behaviour of timber elements. This is particularly important when reinforced elements are subjected to a variable ... -
Modelling the hygro-mechanical creep behaviour of FRP reinforced timber elements
O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Sikora, Karol; McPolin, Daniel; Harte, Annette M. (Elsevier, 2020-06-20)A fully coupled moisture-displacement finite element model has been developed to predict the viscoelastic, mechano-sorptive and swelling/shrinkage behaviour of FRP reinforced timber elements when stressed under long-term ...