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Heave-ho! A laboratory model of an underfloor environment incorporating pyritiferous fill
(NUI Galway, 2016)
Damage to domestic dwellings in the greater Dublin area of Ireland caused by the expansion of underfloor fill material containing pyrite has become a high-profile national problem in recent years. In this paper, a novel ...
Some geotechnical characteristics of soft soil deposits along the Terryland River Valley, Galway
(2016)
The ground conditions in the Terryland River Valley area present considerable site development challenges to geotechnical engineers. The soft soil formation consists of peat overlying very soft, highly compressible calcareous ...
Stabilisation of a dredged marine sediment: geotechnical and contaminant leaching properties
(Civil Engineering Research in Ireland CERI, 2018-08-29)
In this paper, contaminated sediment dredged from a commercial harbour in Ireland was stabilized using Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) alone and in combination with Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS). The engineering ...
Blackpool South Strategy project: analysis of pipe-jacking records
(Civil Engineering Research in Ireland CERI, 2018-08-29)
In recent years, there has been an increased resort to microtunnelling/pipe-jacking as a means of constructing underground conduits (for water, sewage, gas and other utilities) to avoid on-street disruption in urban areas. ...
Driven cast-in-situ piles in granular soil: applicability of CPT methods for pile capacity
(CBT'14, 2014)
Most CPT-based design methods for driven piles are heavily influenced by research on preformed driven piles. In this paper, a critical review is made of the ability of these methods to predict the total capacity of driven ...
Strength and durability performance of stabilised soil block masonry units
(IABSE, 2012)
This paper presents the findings from laboratory strength and durability tests on stabilised soil blocks (SSBs). SSBs are masonry units formed by compressing a mixture of soil and a stabiliser such as cement and water in ...
Real-time monitoring and performance of retaining structures
(NUI Galway, 2014-08)
The advent of reliable real-time monitoring
devices has changed the way we monitor the construction of geotechnical
infrastructure. This paper presents a case study where Shaped Accel Arrays
(SAA) were employed as part ...
Axial load behaviour of a driven cast in situ pile in sand
(GeoEngineer, 2013)
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Installation of a reduced-scale pile group in silt
(IHS BRE Press, 2008)
This paper presents measurements of total stress and pore pressure made during and after the installation of a reduced scale group of five piles in a soft estuarine silt. The instrumentation includes pore pressure and ...
Formal Calibration methodology for a CFD model of a naturally ventilated room
(2011)
This paper describes a systematic methodology for the development of
calibrated thermodynamic Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models for
controlled environments in buildings utilising wireless sensor networks. ...