Journal Papers

Many of these papers are available to download from the NUI Galway ARAN open-access repository here. The underline denotes Corresponding Author.

2018

McCabe, B.A. (2018) Flipped learning in an engineering module: student and instructor experiences,  Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-15.

Sheil, B.B., McCabe, B.A., Comodromos, E.M. and Lehane, B.M. (2018) Pile groups under axial loading: an appraisal of simplified nonlinear prediction models, Géotechnique, accepted August 2018.

Duggan, A.R., McCabe, B.A., Goggins, J. and Clifford, E. (2018) Evidence of stabilised peat as a net carbon sink, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, accepted August 2018.

Flynn, K.N and McCabe, B.A. (2018) 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, accepted April 2018.

2017

Duggan, A.R., Goggins, J., Clifford, E. and McCabe, B.A. (2017) The use of carbonation depth techniques on stabilised peat, Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, in press.

Timoney, M.J. and 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.  [DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2016-0230]

McCabe, B.A. and Killeen, M.M. (2017) Small stone column groups: mechanics of deformation at serviceability limit state, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 15, No. 5, 04016114.  [DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000700]

Sexton, B.G., Sivakumar, V. and McCabe, B.A. (2017) Creep improvement factors for vibro-replacement design, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Ground Improvement, Vol. 170, No. 1, pp. 35-56. [DOI: 10.1680/jgrim.16.00029]

McKeon, É.P., O’Connell, A.M. and McCabe, B.A. (2017) Laboratory foundation model with pyrite-bearing mudstone fill, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, accepted Nov. 2016. [DOI: 10.1680/jphmg.16.00001]

2016

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

Sexton, B.G., McCabe, B.A., Karstunen, M. and Sivasithamparam, N. (2016) Stone column settlement performance in structured anisotropic clays: the influence of creep, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 8, pp. 672-688. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2016.05.004]

Sheil, B.B. and McCabe, B.A. (2016) Biaxial loading of offshore monopiles: numerical modelling, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 04016050. [DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000709]

Sheil, B.B. and 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 [DOI:10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.02.001]

Sheil, B.B. and 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. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.08.031] 

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

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

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

McCabe, B.A., Sheil, B.B., Buggy, F., Long, M.M., Farrell, E.R. and Quigley, P. (2016) Discussion: Empirical correlations for the compression index of Irish soft soils, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 169, No. 1, pp. 90-92. [DOI: 10.1680/jgeen.15.00101]

2015

McCabe, B.A. and Sheil, B.B. (2015) Pile group settlement estimation: the suitability of nonlinear interaction factors, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 15, No. 3, 04014056. [DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000395]

Sheil, B.B. and McCabe, B.A. (2015) Numerical modelling of pile foundation angular distortion, Soils and Foundations, Vol. 55, pp. 614-625. [DOI:10.1016/j.sandf.2015.04.012]

Sexton, B.G. and 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. [DOI: 10.1179/1939787914Y.0000000090]

Sheil, B.B., McCabe, B.A., Hunt, C.E. and 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, Vol. 2, No. 3,4, pp. 119-142. [DOI: 10.3233/JGS-140027]

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. [DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2013-067]

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. [DOI: 10.1520/GTJ14195]

2014

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

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

Killeen, M.M. and McCabe, B.A. (2014) Pad footings on soft clay supported by stone columns: A numerical study of factors influencing settlement performance, Soils and Foundations, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 760-776. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2014.06.011]

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

McCabe, B.A., Kamrat-Pietraszewska, D., Egan, D., Sagaseta, C. and Castro, C. (2014) Discussion:Ground heave induced by installing stone columns in clay soils, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 167, No. 6, pp. 598-599. [DOI: 10.1680/geng.14.00074]

2013

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

Sexton, B.G. and 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. [DOI: 10.1007/s11440-012-0205-4]

McCabe, B.A., Sexton, B.G. and 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. [DOI: 10.1007/s10706-012-9579-1]

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

2012

Timoney, M.J., McCabe, B.A. and 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. [DOI: 10.1680/grim.2012.165.1.3] Paper awarded Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Telford Premium Prize, 2013.

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

2010 and before

Gavin, K.G., Gallagher, D., Doherty, P. and 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. [DOI: 10.1139/T09-146]

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

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

McCabe, B.A. and 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. [DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:3(401)]

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

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

Lehane, B.M., Chow, F.C., McCabe, B.A. and 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. [DOI: 10.1680/geng.2000.143.2.93]