Steel towers are widely used in the telecommunication and power transmission sectors. Failure of these towers causes direct and indirect losses and disruption to the services provided by those towers. As a result, industries ...

In this research, an attempt has been made to check the feasibility of using concrete-filled circular double skin steel tubes in buildings in Sri Lanka in terms of performance. Concrete-filled steel tubes (CFST) are ...

As Sri Lanka is a small island located in the Indian Ocean close to the equator, most of the built-up areas are close to the coastal belt and subjected to hot temperatures. Due to the diurnal temperature changes, coastal ...

There are plenty of alternative building materials introduced to construction industry in order to save energy. Although typical materials are used for construction, there is a trend to use alternative materials as ...

A building or a structure requires waterproofing, if the building materials are not watertight enough on their own. Therefore, waterproofing has become an essential component of a structure to protect its aesthetic ...

Bottom ash emerges as a by-product from the combustion of municipal solid waste in energy generation plants. The global predicament surrounding the management and disposal of bottom ash, an aftermath of waste-to-energy ...