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3D Modelling Tool to Optimise Advanced Plasmonic Luminescent Solar Devices for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2019)This research concentrates on modelling and optimisation of a static building integrated PV (BIPV) component in which both direct and diffuse solar radiation are harvested through luminescent solar (LS) devices. Plasmonic ... -
A continuous flow arsenic removal system using solar oxidation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2012)It is estimated that over 100 million people worldwide are drinking water contaminated with arsenic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) set the maximum contaminant level for arsenic at 10μg/l in 1996 as it is not only ... -
A framework for the Efficiency Evaluation of Ireland's Electricity Power System using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2013)The complex modem Electricity Power System (EPS) is the most significant pervasive infrastructure underpinning the social, technological, and economic development of modem economies The context in which modern EPSs operate ... -
A methodology for assessing the load capacity of cantilevered stone stairs
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2012)Cantilevered stone stairs were widely constructed from the 17th to the 20th century. Thousands of these stairs were built in Ireland and across Europe during this period and they have proven to be very robust. However, the ... -
A new approach to driving cycle development and its applications
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2013)Driving cycles describe the general driving pattern of a vehicle in a road network, and are usually represented by speed-time profiles of equal spacing. They are used to approximate and represent driving conditions as an ... -
A socio-technical evaluation of the effectiveness of social housing energy efficient upgrading in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2015)This dissertation evaluates the results from a multi-level multidisciplinary study on the effect of energy efficient upgrading on social housing. The National Energy Efficiency Action Plan aims to deliver a 20% national ... -
A stated preference analysis of real time public transport information
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2008)This thesis reports the outcomes of a study conducted to ascertain the benefits derived from the use of real-time public transport information. The study focuses upon three areas of individuals preferences in relation to ... -
A study of the properties of lime-hemp concrete with pozzolans
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2013)Lime-hemp concrete is a sustainable building material suitable for certain construction applications. It is a mix of a lime-based binder, hemp and water. Hydraulic lime and cement are often added to the binder to enhance ... -
A study on hydrodynamics of grit particles in curved open channels using physical and computational modelling
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A study on the deployment and acceleration of low carbon technologies
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2013)The work presented in this thesis is an investigation into the variables that are considered by consumers when selecting low carbon technologies (LCT) and the barriers that are encountered by implementers when deploying ... -
Achieving Sustainable Inter‐City Transport in Ireland
(2011)Over the past decade the Irish government has invested intensively in a large national motorway network. One of the side effects of this investment has been that now inter-city travel is now considerably cheaper and ... -
Active strategies with TMDs for control of wind turbine vibrations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2012)This thesis investigates the use of active structural control techniques for the mitigation of the dynamic response of wind turbines with particular emphasis on reducing the in-plane (edgewise) vibrations in wind turbine ... -
Adaptive Kriging with biased randomisation for reliability analysis of complex limit state functions
(2019)The present paper researches an innovative approach in the application of meta-modelling for reliability analysis. It consists in the usage of a priori knowledge about the problem being analysed in order to improve the ... -
Air quality monitoring and modelling at motorway and roundabout sites in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2005)EU legislation requires Ireland to set ambient air quality objectives, assess the ambient air quality, gather information on ambient air quality and make it available to the public, and to maintain or improve the ambient ... -
Air-tightness field data for dwellings in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2012)Air-tightness plays a major role in both building energy performance and indoor environmental quality. Ireland's National Methodology for the calculation of energy performance of buildings, the Building Energy Rating (BER) ...
