Journal papers

Journal papers are grouped by topic below. The corresponding author is underlined.

Many of these papers are available to download from the University of Galway Research Repository here. Alternatively, feel free to contact me for a copy.

A. Microtunnelling/pipe-jacking 

McCabe, B.A., O’Dwyer, K.G., & Sheil, B.B. (2025) Skin friction increases associated with pipe-jacking stoppages modelled using direct shear interface tests, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 156, 106147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2024.106147

McCabe, B.A., Sheil, B.B., Phillips, B.M. & O’Dwyer, K.N. (2022) Discussion of “Experimental study of the pipe-soil interface under the influence of pipe jacking stagnation time” by Tianliang Li, Wen Zhao, Run Liu, Jianyong Han and Cheng Cheng. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 3663-3664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-022-2332-2

Sheil, B.B., Suryasentana, S.K., Mooney, M.A., Zhu, H., McCabe, B.A. & O’Dwyer, K.G. (2020) Discussion of “Machine learning to inform tunnelling operations: recent advances and future trends” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Smart Infrastructure and Construction, Vol. 173, No. 1, pp. 180-181. https://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.2020.173.1.180

O’Dwyer, K.G., McCabe, B.A. & Sheil, B.B. (2020) Interpretation of pipe-jacking and lubrication records for drives in silty soil, Underground Space, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.undsp.2019.04.001

Sheil, B.B., Curran, B.G. & McCabe, B.A. (2016) Experiences of utility microtunnelling in Irish limestone, mudstone and sandstone rock, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 51, pp. 326-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2015.10.019

McCabe, B.A., Orr, T.L.L., Reilly, C.C. & Curran, B.G. (2012) Settlement trough parameters for tunnels in Irish glacial tills, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 27, No. 1, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2011.06.002

B. Piling

Flynn, K.N. & McCabe, B.A. (2022) Instrumented concrete pile tests – Part 1: A review of instrumentation and procedures, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, themed issue on ‘Piled Foundations – Innovative Design and Construction’, Vol. 175, No. 1, pp. 86-111. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.21.00126

Flynn, K.N. & McCabe, B.A. (2022) Instrumented concrete pile tests – Part 2: Strain interpretation, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, themed issue on ‘Piled Foundations – Innovative Design and Construction’, 175, No. 1, pp. 112-135. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.21.00127

Flynn, K.N. & McCabe, B.A. (2021) Applicability of CPT capacity prediction methods to driven cast-in-situ piles in granular soil, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 147, No. 2, 04020170. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002445

Flynn, K.N. & McCabe, B.A. (2021) Driven cast in situ pile capacity: insights from dynamic and static testing, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 58, No. 12, pp. 1870-1883. https://doi/org/10.1139/cgj-2020-0630

Flynn, K.N. & McCabe, B.A. (2019) Driven cast-in-situ piles installed using hydraulic hammers: installation energy transfer and driveability assessment, Soils and Foundations, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 1946-1959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2019.09.003

Sheil, B.B., McCabe, B.A., Comodromos, E.M. & Lehane, B.M. (2019) Pile groups under axial loading: an appraisal of simplified nonlinear prediction models, Géotechnique, Vol. 69, No. 7, pp. 565-579. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.17.R.040

Flynn, K.N. & McCabe, B.A. (2019) Discussion of “Statistics of model factors in reliability-based design of axially loaded displacement piles in sand” by C. Tang and K.-K. Phoon, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 144-147. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2018-0217

Sheil, B.B. & McCabe, B.A. (2017) Biaxial loading of offshore monopiles: numerical modelling, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 17, No. 2, 04016050. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000709

Wang, A.D., Wang, W.D., Huang, M.S., Wu, J.B., Sheil, B.B. & McCabe, B.A. (2016) Discussion: Interaction factor for large pile groups, Geotechnique Letters, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 234-240. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.16.00082

Sheil, B.B. & McCabe, B.A. (2016) An analytical approach for the prediction of single pile and pile group behaviour in clay, Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 75, pp. 145-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.02.001

Sheil, B.B. & McCabe, B.A. (2016) Discussion: An analytical approach for the prediction of single pile and pile group behaviour in clay, Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 80, pp. 349-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.08.031

Flynn, K.N. & McCabe, B.A. (2016) Shaft resistance of driven cast-in-situ piles in sand, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2015-0032

McCabe, B.A. & Sheil, B.B. (2015) Pile group settlement estimation: the suitability of nonlinear interaction factors, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 15, No. 3, 04014056. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000395

Sheil, B.B. & McCabe, B.A. (2015) Numerical modelling of pile foundation angular distortion, Soils and Foundations, 55, pp. 614-625. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2015.04.012

Sheil, B.B., McCabe, B.A., Hunt, C.E. & Pestana, J.M. (2015) A practical approach for the consideration of single pile and pile group installation effects in clay: numerical modelling, Journal of Geo-Engineering Sciences, 2, No. 3,4, pp. 119-142. https://doi.org/10.3233/JGS-140027

Sheil, B.B. & McCabe, B.A. (2014) A finite element based approach for prediction of rigid pile group stiffness efficiency in clays, Acta Geotechnica, 9, No. 3, pp. 469-484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-013-0240-9

McCabe, B.A., Sexton, B.G. & Lehane, B.M. (2013) Operational coefficient of consolidation around a pile group in clay-silt, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 183-197. https://doi.org/1007/s10706-012-9579-1

Gavin, K.G., Gallagher, D., Doherty, P. & McCabe, B.A. (2010) Field investigation of the effect of installation method on the shaft resistance of piles in clay, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 47, No. 7, pp. 730-741. https://doi.org/1139/T09-146

Pooya Nejad, F., Jaksa, M.B., Kakhi, M. & McCabe, B.A. (2009) Prediction of pile settlement using artificial neural networks based on standard penetration test data, Computers and Geotechnics (Elsevier), 36, No. 7, pp. 1125-1133. https://doi.org/10.1680/geng.2009.162.6.323

McCabe, B.A. & Lehane, B.M. (2006) The behaviour of axially loaded pile groups driven in clayey silt, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 132, No. 3, pp. 401-410. https://doi.org/1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:3(401)

Lehane, B.M., McCabe, B.A. & Phillips, D.T. (2000) Instrumented single and group piles in Belfast soft clay, Australian Geomechanics Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 33-45.

Lehane, B.M., Chow, F.C., McCabe, B.A. & Jardine, R.J. (2000) Relationships between the shaft capacity of driven piles and the CPT end resistance, Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 143, No. 2, pp. 93-101. https://doi.org/11680/geng.2000.143.2.93

C. Ground Improvement (Dry soil mixing, stone columns)

Zhang, W.L., Zhao, L.Y., Chen, Y.H. & McCabe, B.A. (2022) Effect of pH on the mechanical performances of cement/slag-stabilized marine sediments: Experimental and analytical constitutive modelling, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vol. 81, 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02543-5

Zhang, W.L., Zhao, L.Y., McCabe, B.A., Chen, Y.H. & Morrison, L. (2020) Dredged marine sediment stabilized/solidified with cement and GGBS: Factors affecting mechanical behaviour and leachability, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 726, 138551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138551

Zhang, W.L., McCabe, B.A., Chen, Y. & Forkan, T.J. (2018) Unsaturated behaviour of a stabilised marine sediment: a comparison of cement and GGBS binders, Engineering Geology, Vol. 246, pp. 57-68. https://doi.org/1016/j.enggeo.2018.09.020

Duggan, A.R., McCabe, B.A., Goggins, J. & Clifford, E. (2018) Evidence of stabilised peat as a net carbon sink, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 31, No. 3, 04019005. https://doi.org/1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002605

Duggan, A.R., Goggins, J., Clifford, E. & McCabe, B.A. (2017) The use of carbonation depth techniques on stabilised peat, Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 40, No. 6, pp. 1083-1100. https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20160223

Pugh, R.S., McCabe, B.A. & Sexton, B.G. (2017) Discussion: Settlement of floor slabs on stone columns in very soft clays, Proceedings of ICE Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 170, No. 5, pp. 474-475. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.17.00045

Timoney, M.J. & McCabe, B.A. (2017) Strength verification of stabilised soil-cement columns: a laboratory investigation of the Push-In Resistance Test (PIRT), Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 789-805. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2016-0230

McCabe, B.A. & Killeen, M.M. (2017) Small stone column groups: mechanics of deformation at serviceability limit state, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 17, No. 5, 04016114. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000700

Sexton, B.G., Sivakumar, V. & McCabe, B.A. (2017) Creep improvement factors for vibro-replacement design, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Ground Improvement, 170, No. 1, pp. 35-56. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgrim.16.00029 Paper awarded Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Telford Premium Prize (2018).

Sexton, B.G., McCabe, B.A., Karstunen, M. & Sivasithamparam, N. (2016) Stone column settlement performance in structured anisotropic clays: the influence of creep, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 672-688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2016.05.004

Sexton, B.G. & McCabe, B.A. (2016) Stone column effectiveness in soils with creep: a numerical study, Geomechanics and Geoengineering, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 252-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/17486025.2016.1151556

Sexton, B.G. & McCabe, B.A. (2015) Modelling stone column installation in an elasto-viscoplastic soil, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 500-512. https://doi.org/10.1179/1939787914Y.0000000090

Duggan, A.R., McCabe, B.A., Goggins, J. & Clifford, E. (2015) An embodied carbon and embodied energy appraisal of a section of Irish motorway constructed in peatlands, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 79, pp. 402-419. https://doi.org/1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.12.015

Sexton, B.G., McCabe, B.A. & Castro, J. (2014) Appraising stone column settlement prediction methods using finite element analysis, Acta Geotechnica, 9, No. 6, pp. 993-1011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-013-0260-5

Killeen, M.M. & McCabe, B.A. (2014) Settlement performance of pad footings on soft clay supported by stone columns: a numerical study, Soils and Foundations, 54, No. 4, pp. 760-776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2014.06.011

McCabe, B.A., Kamrat-Pietraszewska, D. & Egan, D. (2013) Ground heave induced by installing stone columns in clay soils, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, 166, No. 6, pp. 589-593. https://doi.org/10.1680/geng.12.00103

Sexton, B.G. & McCabe, B.A. (2013) Numerical predictions of improvement to primary and creep settlements offered by granular columns, Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 8, No. 4., pp. 447-464. https://doi.org/1007/s11440-012-0205-4

Timoney, M.J., McCabe, B.A. & Bell, A.L. (2012) Experiences of dry soil mixing in organic soils, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Ground Improvement, Vol. 165, Issue GI1, pp. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1680/grim.2012.165.1.3 Paper awarded Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Telford Premium Prize (2013).

McCabe, B.A., Nimmons, G.J. & Egan, D. (2009) A review of field performance of stone columns in soft soils, Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, 162, No. 6, pp. 323-334. https://doi.org/10.1680/geng.2009.162.6.323 Paper awarded Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Crampton Prize (2010).

Black, J., Sivakumar, V., Madhav, M.R. & McCabe, B. (2006) An improved experimental test set-up to study the performance of granular columns, Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 29, No. 3, pp. 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ14195

D. Pyrite fill expansion

McKeon, É.P., O’Connell, A.M. & McCabe, B.A. (2017) Laboratory foundation model with pyrite-bearing mudstone fill, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 204-219. https://doi.org/1680/jphmg.16.00001

McCabe, B.A., McKeon, E.P., Virbukiene, R.J., Mannion, P.J. & O’Connell, A.M. (2015) Pyritiferous mudstone/siltstone: expansion rate measurement and prediction, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Vol. 48, pp. 41-54. https://org/10.1144/qjegh2013-067

Sutton, D., McCabe, B.A., O’Connell, A. & Cripps, J.C. (2013) A laboratory study of the expansion of an Irish mudstone/siltstone fill material, Engineering Geology, Vol. 152, pp. 194-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.10.011

E. Other topics

Dolan, M.J., McCabe, B.A., Molloy, K., Murray, J., Henry, T., Daly, E. & O’Leary, D. (2021) An early Pleistocene deposit preserved in deep karst at Coolough, County Galway, western Ireland. Geological Journal, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 1897-1910. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4029

McCabe, B.A. (2019) Flipped learning in an engineering module: student and instructor experiences, Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.22554/ijtel.v4i1.31

McCabe, B.A., Sheil, B.B., Buggy, F., Long, M.M. & Farrell, E.R. (2014) Empirical correlations for the compression index of Irish soft soils, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, 167, No. 6, pp. 510-517. https://doi.org/10.1680/geng.13.00116