Browsing Civil Engineering (Scholarly Articles) by Author "O'Connell, Aidan M."
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Laboratory foundation model with pyrite-bearing mudstone fill
McKeon, Éanna P.; O'Connell, Aidan M.; McCabe, Bryan A. (Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing), 2017-11-29)Damage to domestic dwellings in the greater Dublin area of Ireland engendered by the expansion of the underfloor fill material containing pyrite has become a high-profile national problem in recent years. In this paper, a ... -
Pyritiferous mudstone-siltstone: expansion rate measurement and prediction
McCabe, Bryan A.; McKeon, Éanna P.; Virbukiene, Rasa J.; Mannion, Patrick J.; O'Connell, Aidan M. (Geological Society, 2015)The expansion rates of a pyritiferous Irish mudstone-siltstone fill material have been measured over a period of 19 months in an apparatus devised to replicate underfloor conditions. The testing, performed in a ...