Browsing Civil Engineering by Author "McCabe, Bryan A."
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Analysis of jacking force data for microtunnels in glacial till at Kilcock, Ireland
Curran, Brien G.; McCabe, Bryan A. (IOS Press, 2011)Although the application of microtunnelling to pipeline construction has grown considerably in Ireland in recent times, there is very little published guidance on the jacking forces that might be expected in Irish ground ... -
An analytical approach for the prediction of single pile and pile group behaviour in clay
Sheil, Brian B.; McCabe, Bryan A. (Elsevier, 2016-02-21)In this paper, the 't-z method' is employed to describe the nonlinear behaviour of a single pile and is used to obtain simplified predictions of pile group behaviour by considering the interaction between two-piles in ... -
Appraising stone column settlement prediction methods using finite element analyses
Sexton, Brian G.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Castro, Jorge (Springer Verlag, 2014-09-26)Numerous approaches exist for the prediction of the settlement improvement offered by the vibro-replacement technique in weak or marginal soil deposits. The majority of the settlement prediction methods are based on the ... -
Axial load behaviour of a driven cast in situ pile in sand
Flynn, Kevin N.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Egan, Derek (GeoEngineer, 2013)[No abstract available] -
Biaxial loading of offshore monopiles: numerical modelling
Sheil, Brian B.; McCabe, Bryan A. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016-05-18)In this study, finite-element (FE) modeling was used to examine the influence of biaxial lateral loading of a monopile foundation. Two different soil models were adopted to investigate the influence of state-dependent and ... -
Blackpool South Strategy project: analysis of pipe-jacking records
O’Dwyer, Kevin G.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Sheil, Brian B.; Hernon, David P. (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. ... -
Carbonation in stabilised peat: an accelerated pilot study
Duggan, Alan R.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Clifford, Eoghan; Goggins, Jamie (ICE Institution of Civil Engineers, 2015)Due to stringent environmental regulations, embodied carbon estimates are being used increasingly to assess the environmental impact of major building and infrastructure projects, including their geotechnical components. ... -
Creep improvement factors for vibro-replacement design
Sexton, Brian G.; Sivakumar, Vinayagamoothy; McCabe, Bryan A. (ICE Publishing, 2017-02)Although the vibro-replacement stone column technique is being deployed increasingly in soft cohesive soil deposits in which creep settlements may be significant/dominant, the majority of existing stone column settlement ... -
Discussion of “Statistics of model factors in reliability-based design of axially loaded driven piles in sand”
Flynn, Kevin N.; McCabe, Bryan A. (NRC Research Press, 2018-11-22)[No abstract available] -
Discussion: Interaction factor for large pile groups
Wang, A.D.; Wang, W.D.; Huang, M.S.; Wu, J.B.; Sheil, Brian B.; McCabe, Bryan A. (ICE Publishing, 2016-09-27)The authors present an interesting paper on the use of the interaction factor method (IFM) for settlement analysis of large pile groups. -
Dredged marine sediments stabilized/solidified with cement and GGBS: Factors affecting mechanical behaviour and leachability
Zhang, Wan-lu; Zhao, Lun-yang; McCabe, Bryan A.; Chen, Yong-hui; Morrison, Liam (Elsevier, 2020-04-08)Management strategies for the safe disposal of contaminated dredged marine sediment are a global scale environmental issue. Stabilization/solidification method was investigated as a sustainable approach for the potential ... -
Driven cast-in-situ pile capacity: insights from dynamic and static load testing
Flynn, Kevin N.; McCabe, Bryan A. (Canadian Science Publishing, 2021-02-11)Driven cast-in-situ (DCIS) piles are classified as large displacement piles. However, the use of an oversized driving shoe introduces additional complexities influencing shaft resistance mobilisation, over and above those ... -
Driven cast-in-situ piles in granular soil: applicability of CPT methods for pile capacity
Flynn, Kevin N.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Egan, D. (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 ... -
An embodied carbon and embodied energy appraisal of a section of Irish motorway constructed in peatlands
Duggan, Alan R.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Goggins, Jamie; Clifford, Eoghan (Elsevier, 2015-01-29)In addition to the customary drivers of cost and timely project delivery, embodied energy (EE) and embodied carbon (EC) have come to prominence in recent years as major design considerations in all aspects of large-scale ... -
Empirical correlations for the compression index of Irish soft soils
McCabe, Bryan A.; Sheil, Brian B.; Long, Michael M.; Buggy, Fintan J.; Farrell, Eric R. (ICE Institution of Civil Engineers, 2014-09-08)Numerous correlations have been developed in the literature relating the compression index Cc of soft soils to simple index properties that serve as a useful reality check on oedometer test results. However, many of these ... -
Energy transfer ratio for hydraulic pile driving hammers
Flynn, Kevin N.; McCabe, Bryan A. (NUI Galway, 2016-08-29)The ability of hydraulic pile driving hammers to overcome energy losses during freefall enables a greater proportion of the impact energy to be transferred to the pile in comparison to diesel hammers. This percentage, ... -
Evidence of stabilised peat as a net carbon sink
Duggan, Alan R.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Goggins, Jamie; Clifford, Eoghan (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019-01-09)Mass stabilization, a ground improvement solution used for construction in peatlands, involves mixing suitable dry binders into the peat, increasing strength and stiffness and reducing permeability. A previous pilot study ... -
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 ... -
Factors affecting Embodied Carbon/Embodied Energy associated with ground improvements techniques for construction on peat
Duggan, Alan R.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Goggins, Jamie; Clifford, Eoghan (NUI Galway, 2012)In addition to the traditional drivers of cost and timely programme delivery, embodied energy (EE) and embodied carbon (EC) have emerged as major considerations in all aspects (including geotechnical) of large construction ... -
A finite element-based approach for predictions of rigid pile group stiffness efficiency in clays
Sheil, Brian B.; McCabe, Bryan A. (Springer Verlag, 2013-08-17)This paper presents a finite element parametric study of several variables that affect the stiffness efficiency of rigidly capped pile groups with a view to developing a solution for preliminary design purposes. Previous ...