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CERS - 2015
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[Conference-Full-text]Gravity retaining walls derive their capacity to resist lateral movement through the dead weight of the wall. The design methodologies proposed by standards do not take into account the construction sequences that simulate ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Measuring physical properties of fresh concrete is important to understand the behavior of the early phase of concrete. The measurement of tensile strain capacity of fresh concrete predicts the risk of cracking due to ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Most of the Cricket batsmen in Indian subcontinent face a great difficulty in batting against fast bowlers on English and Australian fast and bouncy wickets. The lack of having fast and bouncy pitches in Indian subcontinent ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Sri Lanka experiences various natural disasters like floods and landslides, where extreme rainfall is a major contributory factor. In relation to climate change, a crucial question also arises about the possible variability ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Low volume roads, have remained the least attended roads in Sri Lanka, although over 72% of the entire road network in Sri Lanka are low volume roads. The funds allocated by local authorities are insufficient to maintain ...
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Investigation of the most effective method of installing CFRP strips in retrofitting concrete beams [Conference-Full-text]This paper is based on an experimental analysis carried out in order to identify the best method of installation of CFRP strips to enhance the flexural capacity of a reinforced concrete beam. Of the two methods of ...
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[Conference-Full-text]The need for selecting correct material for the pedestrian paving is greater than ever before. Due to increasing number of pavements constructed in urban areas the climate conditions of cities are changing into unfriendly ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Noise pollution has been identified as the third most hazardous type of pollution in the world. Vegetation was used for experiments recently to check the effectiveness as a sound barrier. This research includes a qualitative ...
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[Conference-Full-text]The recycling of construction waste as concrete aggregates is an important way to contribute to sustainable development. However, the use of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) instead of natural aggregate influences the ...
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[Conference-Full-text]River restoration is defined as the establishment of improved hydrologic, geomorphic and ecological processes in a degraded watershed system, returning its lost, damaged or compromised biotic, structural and functional ...
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[Conference-Full-text]As the population and CO2 level in urban areas are increasing day-by-day, attention should be given to identify sources, sinks and influence of CO2 in urban areas. This research focuses on identifying a possible natural ...
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[Conference-Full-text]The paper evaluates existing level of service (LOS) of the airport curbside and roadway operations at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and how user characteristics can be incorporated to LOS improvements. ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Today most of the rural roads and sidewalks in urban areas paved with Interlocking concrete blocks. Also non geometric interlocking blocks; cobble shapes are widely used for paving due to aesthetic appearance, availability ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Fatigue is an important design consideration for tall steel structures. Accurate prediction of fatigue endurance is essential to design the elements subjected to wind and earthquake induced fatigue. The design guidelines ...
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[Conference-Full-text]The tropical climate conditions cause the residual soils near ground water level to be in an unsaturated state generally. Matric suction enhance the shear strength of the soil. In tropical countries like Sri Lanka where ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Colombo city is the main commercial and administrative hub of Sri Lanka. The city is frequently subjected to flooding during rainy seasons which disturb day to day routines. The existing drainage system is not sufficient ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Ground improvement in soft soils through pre-consolidation by preloading with or without vertical drains or vacuum consolidation has the main drawback of time consumption. Deep mixing with the cement is an alternative ...