PhD Thesis
My PhD thesis is available for download as a pdf here (18.7 MB). It’s called Probabilistic Analysis of Highway Bridge Traffic Loading and generally does exactly what it says on the tin. I carried out...
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Rather than having to download the full 18.7 MB, this re-vamped section of the website outlines the research carried out for my PhD. The abstract is here, which gives a brief outline whilst a little...
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Why We Research
Research into bridge loading applies existing science and techniques to solve what is quite obviously a practical problem. Even so, I’m often asked what good is the research, and “sure isn’t that all...
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Journal Paper Published
The paper Characteristic traffic load effects from a mixture of loading events on short to medium span bridges has been published in Structural Safety at last. It was first submitted in June 2005 and...
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Journal article published
(95 hits) The paper titled Determination of bridge lifetime dynamic amplification factor using finite element analysis of critical loading scenarios will appear in the September 2008 edition of...
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Postgraduate Research – A Timely Choice
For the graduates of 2009, postgraduate study should be a real option as the next step in their careers. Given the current conditions in the domestic and international construction industry,...
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DIT Postgraduate Evening & Opportunities
DIT’s annual Postgraduate Open Evening will take place on 11th March, 2009 from 3pm-7.30pm in the atrium in DIT Aungier Street. Prospective students can review the projects that are availabel to do...
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Research Opportunities
DIT has released details of its new scholarship programme, the DIT Fiosraigh Scholarship Programme 2010 (for more details see here (301 hits)). Of particular interest to recent graduates is the Dean of...
View ArticleTLCD Video Analysis using Matlab
To measure the liquid heights in a Tuned Liquid Column Damper, either very expensive wave bob metres are needed, or the researcher can go through video image frame by frame estimating the height of the...
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Journal paper published – footbridge vibration
The paper Enhancement factors for the vertical response of footbridges subjected to stochastic crowd loading has been published in the prestigious Computers & Structures (196 hits) journal. This...
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