Research Interests

piling, ground improvement (including vibro-replacement stone columns and soil mixing), microtunnelling, soft soil engineering, geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring, geo-engineering education.

 

Books

Lehane, B.M., Jardine, R.J., McCabe, B.A. (2006) Pile Group Tension Cyclic Loading: Field Test Programme at Kinnegar. Northern Ireland Health and Safety Executive Books. Sudbury, UK [Details]

Book Chapters

Nash, S; McCabe, B; Goggins, J; Healy, MG (2012) 'The use of digital resources in civil engineering education: student learning and achieving accreditation criteria' In: The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland: Case Studies from the National Learning Resources Service. Ireland: NDLR. [Details]

Edited Books

McCabe, B.A., Pantazidou, M. and Phillips, D.T (Ed.). (2012) Shaking the Foundations of Geo-Engineering Education. London: CRC Press. [Details]

Ni Nuallain, N., Walsh, D., West, R., Cannon, E., Caprani, C. and McCabe, B (Ed.). (2010) 4th National Symposium on Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland. Galway: Starlight Solutions. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

McCabe, BA, Kamrat-Pietraszewska, D and Egan, D (2013) 'Ground heave induced my installing stone columns in clay soils'. Proceedings of ICE Geotechnical Engineering, . [Details]

Sexton, B.G. and McCabe, B.A. (2013) 'Numerical Modelling of the Improvements to Primary and Creep Settlements offered by Granular Columns'. Acta Geotechnica, . [Details]

McCabe, BA, Sexton, BG and Lehane, BM (2013) 'Operational coefficient of consolidation around a pile group driven in clay/silt'. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, . [Details]

Sutton, D, McCabe, BA, O'Connell, A and Cripps, JC (2013) 'A laboratory study of the expansion of an Irish pyritic mudstone/siltstone fill material'. Engineering Geology, 152 :194-201. [Details]

McCabe, BA, Orr, TLL, Reilly, CC, Curran, BG (2012) 'Settlement trough parameters for tunnels in Irish glacial tills'. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 27 :1-12. [DOI] [Details]

Timoney, MJ, McCabe, BA and Bell, AL (2012) 'Experiences of dry soil mixing in organic soils'. Proceedings of ICE Ground Improvement, 165 (GI1):3-14. [Details]

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, 47 (7):730-741. [DOI] [Details]

Pooya Nejad, F, Jaksa, MB, Kakhi, M and McCabe, BA (2009) 'Prediction of pile settlement using artificial neural networks based on standard penetration test data'. Computers And Geotechnics, 36 (7):1125-1133. [DOI] [Details]

McCabe, BA, Nimmons, GJ and Egan, D. (2009) 'A review of field performance of stone columns on soft soils'. Proceedings of ICE Geotechnical Engineering, 162 (6):323-334. [Details]

McCabe, BA, Lehane, BM (2006) 'Behavior of axially loaded pile groups driven in clayey silt'. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 132 :401-410. [DOI] [Details]

Black, J, Sivakumar, V, Madhav, MR, McCabe, B (2006) 'An improved experimental test set-up to study the performance of granular columns'. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 29 :193-199. [Details]

Lehane, BM, McCabe BA, Phillips, DT (2000) 'Instrumented Single and Group Piles in Belfast Soft Clay'. Australian Geomechanics, 35 (4):33-45. [Details]

Lehane, BM, Chow, FC, McCabe, BA and Jardine, RJ (2000) 'Relationships between the shaft capacity of driven piles and the CPT end resistance'. Proceedings of ICE Geotechnical Engineering, 143 (2):93-101. [Details]

Other Journals

Curran, B.G., McCabe, B.A. and Ward, M.J. (2010) 'Microtunnelling - the future for pipeline construction?' The Engineer's Journal 64 (1) :16-20. [Details]

McCabe, B.A., McNeill, J. (2006) 'Vibro-techniques for Ground Improvement in Ireland' The Engineer's Journal 60 (3) :181-182. [Details]

Conference Publications

Flynn, K.N., McCabe, B.A. and Egan, D. (2012) Residual load development in cast in place piles - a review and a new case history IS Kanazawa / 9th International Conference on Testing and Design Methods for Deep Foundations Kanazawa, Japan, [Details]

Sexton, B.G. and McCabe, B.A. (2012) A preliminary numerical study of the improvement to secondary settlement offered by stone columns International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI 2012) Wollongong, [Details]

McCabe, B.A. and Jaksa, M.B. (2012) Sport and soil mechanics - analogies to aid student learning . In: McCabe, B.A., Pantazidou, M. and Phillips, D.T eds. Shaking the Foundations of Geo-engineering Education (SFGE 2012) , pp.281-286 [Details]

Sheil, B.B. and McCabe, B.A. (2012) A 3D finite element study of pile groups in soft clay IS Kanazawa / 9th International Conference on Testing and Design Methods for Deep Foundations Kanazawa, Japan, [Details]

Manton, R., Duggan, A.R., Goggins, J., McCabe, B.A., Clifford, E. (2012) Use of carbon calculation tools for sustainable cycle network design 7th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Ohrid, Macedonia, [Details]

A.R. Duggan, B.A. McCabe, J.M. Goggins, E. Clifford (2012) Factors affecting Embodied Carbon/Embodied Energy associated with ground improvements techniques for construction on peat Joint Symposium on Concrete Research and Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland Dublin, [Details]

Timoney, M.J., McCabe, B.A., Faherty, M. and Mac an tSearraigh, C. (2012) Dry Soil Mixing Trials and Scale Column Testing with an Irish Organic Silt Joint Symposium on Concrete Research and Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland Dublin, [Details]

Reilly, C.C., McCabe, B.A. and Orr, T.L.L. (2012) Analysis of microtunnel jacking forces in alluvium and glacial till in Mullingar, Ireland World Tunnelling Conference Bangkok, [Details]

Gavigan, D., Goggins, J. and McCabe, B.A. (2012) Strength and durability performance of stabilised soil block masonry units International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Conference Egypt, [Details]

Timoney, M.J., Quigley, P. and McCabe, B.A. (2012) Some laboratory mixing trials of Irish peats International Symposium on Ground Improvement (IS-GI) Brussels, [Details]

Finnegan, J., Regan, J.T., McCabe, B.A. and Healy, M.G. (2012) Use of brashmats for clearfelling of forestry on peat: an Irish perspective International Peat Congress (IPC) Stockholm, [Details]

Nash, S., McCabe, B.A., Goggins, J. and Healy, M.G. (2012) The use of digital resources in civil engineering education: enhancing student learning and achieving accreditation criteria NDLR Research Symposium: Evaluating the impact of digital resources in Irish education [Details]

Sheil, B.B. and McCabe, B.A. (2012) Predictions of friction pile group response using embedded piles in PLAXIS 3rd International Conference on New Developments in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Nicosia, Cyprus, [Details]

Sexton, B.G., Killeen, M.M. and McCabe, B.A. (2012) Appraisal of Current Settlement Prediction Methods Applicable to Vibro Replacement Design Joint Symposium on Concrete Research and Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland Dublin, [Details]

Timoney, M.J., Quigley, P. and McCabe, B.A. (2011) The stabilisation of Irish peats International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (ICAGE 2011) Perth, [Details]

Curran, B.G. and McCabe, B.A. (2011) Measured jacking forces during slurry-shield microtunnelling in a boulder clay in Kilcock, Ireland 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering , pp.1627-1632 [Details]

Killeen, M.M. and McCabe, B.A. (2010) A numerical study of factors affecting the performance of stone columns supporting rigid footings on soft clay 7th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering , pp.833-838 [Details]

Curran, B.G. and McCabe, B.A. (2010) Prediction of surface settlements beneath shallow tunnels in Mullingar Joint Symposium on Concrete Research and Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland Cork, , pp.273-280 [Details]

McCabe, B.A. and Egan, D. (2010) A review of the settlement of stone columns on soft soils Ground Improvement and Geosynthethics: Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2010 International Conference , pp.197-204 [Details]

Killeen, M.M. and McCabe, B.A. (2009) Numerical modelling of pad footings supported by stone columns 4th International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (iYGEC) Alexandria, Egypt, , pp.2B 91-94 [Details]

McCabe, B.A., Phillips, D.T., Orr, T.L.L. and Murray, S.P. (2008) Geotechnical engineering in Ireland: 2008 national report International Conference on Education and Training in the Geo-engineering Sciences Constanza, Romania, , pp.439-442 [Details]

Nimmons, G.J. and McCabe, B.A. (2008) A review of stone column field settlement data Joint Symposium on Concrete Research and Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland Galway, , pp.401-408 [Details]

McCabe, B.A., Killeen, M.M. and Egan, D. (2008) Challenges faced in 3D finite element modelling of stone column construction Joint Symposium on Concrete Research and Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland Galway, , pp.393-400 [Details]

Phillips, D.T. and McCabe, B.A. (2008) Taking geotechnical education into the 21st century International Conference on Education and Training in the Geo-engineering Sciences Constanza, Romania, , pp.439-442 [Details]

McCabe, B.A. and Phillips, D.T. (2008) Is geotechnical education meeting industry demands? The Irish position International Conference on Education and Training in the Geo-engineering Sciences , pp.493-497 [Details]

Egan, D. Scott, W. and McCabe, B.A. (2008) Observed installation effects of vibro-replacement stone columns in soft clay 2nd International Workshop on the Geotechnics of Soft Soils - Focus on Ground Improvement , pp.23-29 [Details]

McCabe B.A. and Phillips, D.T., (2008) Design lessons from full scale foundation load tests 3rd International Conference on Site Characterisation Taipei, , pp.615-620 [Details]

McCabe, B.A., Gavin, K.G. and Kennelly, M.E. (2008) Installation of a reduced-scale pile group in silt 2nd BGA International Conference on Foundations Dundee, , pp.607-616 [Details]

McCabe, B.A. and Lehane, B.M. (2008) Measured and predicted t-z curves for a driven pile in lightly overconsolidated silt 3rd International Conference on Site Characterisation Taipei, , pp.487-491 [Details]

Black, J.A., Sivakumar, V., Brown, J. and McCabe B.A. (2007) An investigation into the performance of vibrated stone columns under triaxial loading conditions 14th European Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE) Madrid, , pp.1433-1438 [Details]

McCabe, B.A. and Lehane, B.M. (2006) Prediction of pile group response using a simplified non-linear finite element model 6th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE06) Graz, Austria, , pp.589-594 [Details]

Brown, W., Black, J.A., McCabe, B.A. and Sivakumar, V. (2006) Use of waste materials in ground improvement applications 2nd International Conference on Problematic Soils Kuala Lumpur, [Details]

McCabe, B.A. and Lehane, B.M. (2006) Prediction of pile group response using a simplified non-linear finite element model 3rd National Symposium on Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland Dublin, , pp.91-98 [Details]

Gallagher, D., Gavin, K. and McCabe, B.A. (2005) Use of insitu test methods to model the installation process of closed-ended piles in soft clays 5th International Symposium on Pressuremeters Paris, , pp.519-526 [Details]

Gallagher, D., Gavin, K., McCabe, B.A. and Lehane, B.M. (2004) Experimental investigation of the response of a driven pile in soft silt 18th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials Perth, , pp.991-996 [Details]

Lehane, B.M., Jardine, R.J. and McCabe, B.A. (2004) Response of a pile group in clay to one-time cyclic tension loading Skempton Memorial Conference, Advances in Geotechnical Engineering London, , pp.700-709 [Details]

Lehane, B.M., Jardine, R.J. and McCabe, B.A. (2003) One-way axial cyclic tension loading of driven piles in clay 1st BGA International Conference on Foundations: Innovations, Observations, Design and Practice Dundee, , pp.493-505 [Details]

McCabe, B.A. (2003) The behaviour of pile groups driven in Belfast soft silt 2nd International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (iYGEC) Constanza, Romania, [Details]

McCabe, B.A. and Lehane, B.M. (2003) Stress changes associated with driving pile groups in clayey silt 13th International Conference in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) Prague, , pp.271-276 [Details]

Lehane, B.M. and McCabe, B.A. (1999) Interaction effects in laterally loaded pile groups Advances in Civil and Structural Engineering Practice Edinburgh, , pp.393-399 [Details]

                                                               

Invited papers

Lehane B.M., McCabe B.A., Phillips D.T., Jardine R.J., Paul T.S., Horkan E. (1999) Piling research in Belfast’s soft clay. Invited papers [Details]

Invited Review Articles

McCabe, B.A. (2000) The use of instrumentation in field piles. Invited Review Articles [Details]

                                               

Technical Publication

Gavin, K., Gallagher, D., McCabe, B. (2007) Design of piles in soft clay. Technical Publication [Details]

McCabe, B.A., McNeill, J.A. and Black, J.A. (2007) Ground improvement using the vibro- stone column technique. Technical Publication [Details]