Browsing Theses - Engineering and Design ITS by Subject "Civil Engineering and Construction ITS"
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The effect of organic fibres on the undrained shear strength of soil
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2013)Accurate determination of soil’s undrained shear strength is essential to make informed decisions regarding construction or maintenance problems. Reduced scale modelling can achieve accurate predictions of in-situ field ... -
The effects of detergent loading on rotating biological contactor (RBC) wastewater treatment efficiency
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An experimental investigation of arching in piled embankments and embankments overlying voids
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An investigation into environmental sustainability in third level colleges in Ireland
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2011)The global drive toward sustainability is well under way. Academic institutions have an important role to play in this shift towards sustainability. Third level educational establishments, as part o f the wider public ... -
An investigation into the keying behaviour and the capacity of plate anchors in sand
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2014-10)This thesis considers the potential of plate anchors as an anchoring option for offshore renewable energy devices such as wave energy converters and floating offshore wind turbines. In this study the performance of a plate ... -
An investigation of geosynthetic reinforced piled embankments with particular reference to embankment extremities
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2013)The design of reinforced piled embankments is a complex soil-structure interaction problem involving embankment fill, geosynthetic reinforcement, a pile group and the soft underlying soil. In designing a reinforced piled ...