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Low carbon housing refurbishment challenges in Ireland : a discussion
(2013)
There are a great many variants which need to be considered prior to undertaking a building’s
refurbishment, including: cost of refurbishment and the pay-back time, effects to health and
the environment in respect to ...
An investigation into the commercialisation of final year projects within Creative Design courses
(2014)
The aim of this study is to identify and investigate the barriers to commercialisation of Final Year Projects within Creative Design courses. The term Creative Design refers to Creative Design, Product Design and Industrial ...
The effect of organic fibres on the undrained shear strength of soil
(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 ...
An investigation into the utilisation of energy in landfill gas to supply a community electricity and district heating scheme
(2011)
The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of producing and distributing energy in the form electricity and district heating, derived from LFG (Landfill Gas)
produced by an existing municipal waste stream. The ...
Practice as presence - presence as practice : building a framework for collective understanding of contemporary graffiti-making practices /
(2017)
In times when graffiti is recognised as a global phenomenon rooted in urban public spaces it is important that authorities, researchers, audiences and graffitists themselves understand collectively the mechanisms that drive ...
An investigation of geosynthetic reinforced piled embankments with particular reference to embankment extremities
(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 ...
Integration of district heating with existing combined cycle gas turbines in North Dublin
(2011)
There is potential in Ireland for the development o f existing large scale CCGT by
conversion to CHP. A district heating network developed for North Dublin would
provide this opportunity for CCGT generating stations. ...
Predicting and locating fracture in bone using acoustic emission
(2015)
A novel way to predict intra-operative fracture during Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) using acoustic emission (AE) has been tentatively discovered. AE has also been shown to be able to predict the location of such fracture. ...
Application of systems simulation for predicting and optimizing energy requirements for a HDF moulded door skin manufacturing production plant
(2011)
In today’s straggling economy, manufacturing companies make a great effort to
maintain their competitive advantage. Daily they face challenges o f improving
efficiency and reducing cost. In order to survive in this rough ...