Browsing School of Engineering by Author "West, Roger"
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Case study of an interdisciplinary problem-based engineering design course
(2008)This paper describes an interdisciplinary problem-based engineering design course taken by about 170 students in the second year of the Bachelor of Engineering degree program at Trinity College Dublin. The course runs ... -
Determination of a reduced dataset to guide forecasting of energy use in commercial buildings
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2014)The importance of reducing energy usage in buildings is difficult to overstate. Approximately 10% of all energy consumed in the EU and the US is used on the provision of occupant thermal comfort in commercial buildings. ... -
Light reflectance of concrete
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2013)A phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect occurs where the air and surface temperatures are hotter than in their rural surroundings (Gartland, 2008). The UHI effect is a direct result of urbanisation whereby ... -
Moisture movement in concrete during drying
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2009)The prediction of moisture distribution within concrete slabs has considerable practical importance as it affects the time at which coverings can be safely applied. Moisture in concrete affects creep, shrinkage, strength ... -
Sustainable concrete with solely recycled and by-product constituents
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2021)Humans since ancient times have explored their surrounding materials throughout experiments and accumulated experience in the practice of construction, thereby recognizing the characteristics of building materials which ... -
The stability of fully and partially embedded beam-columns in elastic Winkler foundations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 1996)The stability, in terms of the buckling load, of fully and partially embedded piles that are supported laterally along their embedded length by an elastic Winkler foundation is investigated. Exact solutions are presently ... -
The thermo-hygrometric properties of multi-purpose historic buildings
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2014)The concept of sustainability is a multi-faceted one, with environmental, social and economic aspects all requiring consideration when assessing the sustainability at a micro or macro scale. Accordingly, when considering ... -
The use of counter-moments for steel beam strengthening
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2007)Many methods exist for the repair and strengthening of beams. With increasing traffic volumes and axle weights, the demand for performance of highway structures has increased. In new construction the demand optimised ... -
The use of ICT to re-engineer purchasing in Irish construction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2007)The process traditionally adopted in the purchasing of materials in the construction industry is investigated. There are millions of trading documents, such as orders, delivery notes and supplier invoices, currently exchanged ... -
The thermo-hygrometric environment in cathedrals in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2018)Research was carried out into the often conflicting concepts of thermal comfort, conservation of artefacts and preservation of the 57 active cathedral buildings on the island of Ireland. Whilst the use to which these ... -
Thermoelectric conversion in buildings
(2023)Buildings consume almost one-third of the total global energy and emit nearly 15% of the direct CO2 generated on the planet. However, intelligent buildings taking advantage of modern energy efficient technologies have ...
