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    • Instrumented single and group piles in Belfast soft clay 

      Lehane, Barry M.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Phillips, D. T. (Australian Geomechanics Society, 2000-12)
      The paper presents a number of key findings from an experimental pile test programme, which is currently underway at a soft clay test bed site on the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland. These findings provide additional ...
    • Stress changes associated with driving pile groups in clayey silt 

      McCabe, Bryan A.; Lehane, Barry M. (National University of Ireland Galway, 2003)
      Measurements obtained from lateral total stress sensors located on the centre pile of a small driven pile group and pneumatic piezometers installed in the vicinity of the group are used to assess the disturbance associated ...
    • Teaching value engineering as a tool for reinforcing applied creativity in a troubled AEC/FM industry: A case of Zambia 

      Matipa, Wilfred M.; Kelliher, Denis; Keane, Marcus M. (American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2003)
      Conventional design methods that are taught to Engineers do not always take into account the practical constraints associated with resource availability and costs. For example a proposed community self-help constructed ...
    • Application of optimization methods to the design of high performance composite pipelines 

      Harte, Annette M.; McNamara, John F.; Roddy, Iggy D. (Elsevier, 2003-04-23)
      This paper describes a contribution to the research carried out by a consortium under the BRITE/EURAM programme of the EC on the application of optimisation techniques to problems of engineering design using composite ...
    • Modelling nutrients and chlorophyll-a dynamics in an Irish brackish waterbody 

      Hartnett, Michael; Nash, Stephen (Elsevier, 2004)
      This paper presents aspects of a research investigation into nutrient fluxes into and out of an important Irish estuary, Wexford Harbour, located in the southeast of Ireland. Details of the methodology applied, the data ...
    • Modelling nutrient and chlorophyll_a dynamics in an Irish brackish waterbody 

      Hartnett, Michael; Nash, Stephen (Elsevier, 2004-01)
      This paper presents aspects of a research investigation into nutrient fluxes into and out of an important Irish estuary, Wexford Harbour, located in the southeast of Ireland. Details of the methodology applied, the data ...
    • Surface clogging in an intermittent stratified sand filter. 

      Rodgers, M.; Mulqueen, J.; Healy, Mark G. (Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2004-06-01)
      Accumulation of biomass and deposition of suspended solids at the surface of a sand filter can lead to clogging of the filter media. A laboratory intermittent sand filter column, which included 3 sand strata, was operated ...
    • Experimental investigation of the response of a driven pile in soft silt 

      Gallagher, D.; Gavin, K.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Lehane, Barry M. (National University of Ireland Galway, 2004-12-01)
      The paper describes the results of field tests carried out using highly instrumented piles at a very soft estuarine clayey silt deposit at Kinnegar, Belfast. The site has been used for a number of years as a geotechnical ...
    • Cyclic performance of steel and composite bracing members 

      Broderick, Brian Michael; Goggins, Jamie (2005)
      This paper describes an experimental study on the response of hollow and filled steel members to monotonic and cyclic axial loading. Monotonic tests were first performed on short specimens to establish their compressive ...
    • The efficiency of a sequencing batch reactor (SBBR) in organic carbon and phosphorus removal 

      Prendergast, John; Rodgers, Michael; Healy, Mark G. (Taylor & Francis, 2005)
      A laboratory sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR), operated for a period of 158 days, was used to treat domestic-strength synthetic effluent. The biofilm. reactor comprised a bulk fluid reactor, a biofilm plastic module, ...
    • Nutrient dynamics in Cork Harbour 

      Nash, Stephen; Hartnett, Michael (2005)
      Estuaries are commonly characterised by high productivity due to frequent if not continuous inputs of nutrients from domestic and industrial discharge effluents and from freshwater and marine sources. These forms of nutrient ...
    • Building effectiveness communication ratios for improved building life cycle management 

      Morrissey, Elmer; Keane, Marcus M.; O’Donnell, James; McCarthy, John (International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), 2005-08-15)
      Many existing building energy performance assessment frameworks, quantifying and categorising buildings post occupancy, offer limited feedback on design decisions. An environment providing decision makers with pertinent ...
    • A novel hybrid filter for the treatment of septic tank effluent 

      Rodgers, Michael; Healy, Mark G.; Prendergast, John (ASCE, 2006)
      Intermittent sand filtration is a common and effective method for treating septic tank effluent. However, if the loading rate is too high, clogging and ponding of the sand filter surface layer can occur due to the accumulation ...
    • Behaviour of tubular steel members under cyclic axial loading 

      Goggins, Jamie; Broderick, Brian Michael; Lucas, AS (2006)
      This paper examines the cyclic performance of axially-loaded tubular members used as bracing elements to provide lateral seismic resistance in steel framed structures. An experimental study into the response of members ...
    • Denitrification of a nitrate-rich wastewater using various wood-based media materials 

      Rodgers, Michael; Mulqueen, John; Healy, Mark G. (2006)
      This laboratory study examined the use of various wood materials as a carbon source in horizontal flow filters to denitrify nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) from a synthetic wastewater. The filter materials were: sawdust ( Pinus ...
    • An improved experimental test set-up to study the performance of granular columns 

      Black, J.; Sivakumar, V.; Madhav, M.R.; McCabe, Bryan A. (ASTM International, 2006-03)
      This paper describes an innovative design of a newly developed large test setup for testing the performance of footings supported on soft clay reinforced with granular columns. This advanced testing method is used to examine ...
    • Nitrification in a vertically moving biofilm system 

      Rodgers, Michael; Healy, Mark G.; Prendergast, John (Elsevier, 2006-03)
      A laboratory continuous feed biofilm reactor, comprising a bulk fluid reactor, a biofilm plastic module, a feed tank, and pneumatic devices and controls, was operated for a total period of 257 days, including seeding time, ...
    • Nitrification in a vertically moving biofilm system. 

      Rodgers, Michael; Healy, Mark G.; Prendergast, John (Journal of Environmental Management, 2006-06-01)
      A laboratory continuous feed biofilm reactor, comprising a bulk fluid reactor, a biofilm plastic module, a feed tank, pneumatic devices and controls, was operated for a total period of 257 days, including seeding time, to ...
    • A novel hybrid filter for the treatment of septic tank effluent. 

      Rodgers, Michael; Healy, Mark G.; Prendergast, John (ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2006-06-01)
      Intermittent sand filtration is a common and effective method for treating septic tank effluent. However, if the loading rate is too high, clogging and ponding of the sand filter surface layer can occur due to the accumulation ...
    • Erodibility of hill peat 

      Mulqueen, J.; Rodgers, M.; Marren, N.; Healy, Mark G. (Teagasc, 2006-06-30)
      The energy necessary to entrain soil in water depends on the soil strength. Once entrained, the settling velocity of the eroded soil in water is of fundamental importance to the processes of sediment transport and deposition. ...