Precast hollow core wall panels have gained popularity for their efficient use as load-bearing and non-load-bearing wall elements. ICC ACOTEC hollow core wall panels are manufactured locally and intended to be used as ...

Floods, one of the major disasters in Sri Lanka occur not only due to a single daily rainfall but due to multiday rainfall events. Thus, to safeguard the properties, analysis of the multiday rainfall events is more ...

Façade fires are one of the most critical and increasingly frequent hazards in buildings. These fires pose a great risk to the building occupants. The Grenfell Tower fire, which happened in 2017, killing 72 people, is ...

The use of Calcium Carbide Residue (CCR) which is a calcium-rich material as a soil stabilizer is often discussed as a solution to reduce negative environmental impacts and costs involved with soil stabilization with ...

With the increasing traffic congestion in alternative roads, the demand for expressways is increasing rapidly in Sri Lanka. With this increase in demand, traffic management systems are needed for expressways. Deviating ...

Use of thin folded membranes for deployable structures is becoming increasingly popular especially in aerospace applications such as a deployable solar arrays, sun shields, and solar sails. The folding and compaction ...

Hydropower is popular as one of the most environmentally friendly renewable energy sources. However, with the expansion of knowledge about footprint methods, it has been identified that there are considerable carbon, ...

Conventional Terzaghi's consolidation theory is developed for saturated soil. However, in practice the concept is used with unsaturated soils as well. The behaviour of unsaturated soils is quite different due to the ...

Steel brackets have a renowned potential of being used in bridge constructions as a load-bearing element. Due to the higher consumption of steel in bridge constructions, the emission of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) gas is increased ...