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 ...

The use of limestone in the construction industry has been increasing due to its potential as aggregate. Some of the benefits of limestone include good strength, low possibility of alkali-silica reaction and the decrease ...

Evaluation of seismic performance of existing buildings is vital to reduce their seismic vulnerability. Performance can be evaluated by the interaction between structure's capacity and the probable seismic demands. After ...

One of the main concerns in block masonry is cracking, mainly due to thermal and moisture movement. There are some standards which give guidelines and recommendations to control cracking, but these cannot be directly used ...

The Sri Lankan Construction Industry has been booming for the past few years, with the emergence of several mega projects. Mega Projects are currently led by foreign consultancy and construction companies with the foreign ...

This research involves the concept of creating rapidly deployable ecofriendly cabanas for the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. The cabanas are to be pre-fabricated; thus could be purchased off the shelf and assembled at ...

CNTs are cylindrical nanostructures having a range of potential applications in nanotechnology. Therefore, an accurate study of mechanical behavior of CNTs is vital. Elastic modulus is an important parameter which is ...

Introduction of a roundabout is a proven method of minimizing delays and risks at an intersection simply due to the reduction in number of conflict points, implementation of give way rule, single directional circulation ...

A sludge blanket clarifer is a treatment unit combining flocation and upward flow sedimentation, which is more efficient compared to the conventional sedimentation tank. It has the abiltiy to treat the water at a faster ...