Structural health monitoring helps to protect infrastructure by guiding timely interventions. Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing (DFOS) is one such monitoring technique with significant advantages such as continuous measurement ...

Structural optimization of solids aims to find the optimal designs of structures by minimizing a constrained objective function such as the material compliance within a given problem domain. This constrained optimization ...

Steel structures such as steel bridges greatly contribute to the socio economic development of the world. The current traffic demand has exhausted the service life of steel bridges paving the way for failures without ...

Commuting by bicycle is a sustainable transport strategy and has advantages over other modes of transport, both for the commuter and for society. The social cohesion that can bring through recreational opportunities also ...

Sri Lanka has faced an unprecedented economic crisis during the year 2022 and the entire infrastructure development sector is now experiencing severe adverse effects. Under prevailing conditions, a cost-effective fund ...

Water is a crucial element that covers two-thirds of the surface area of the earth, and it is one of the main substances in the body of every living being on the earth. Thus clean, safe, and adequate freshwater is important ...

This research paper focuses on creep movements of rainfall-induced landslides with their groundwater level fluctuation, to understand the pore water pressure development in saturated/ unsaturated soil layers in relation ...

Road safety is a vital element of the road's overall function, which is often neglected in decision-making for road maintenance management. As a result, the safety issues, especially in rural roads, remain without funding ...

Ella is a popular tourism destination in Sri Lanka due to its salubrious climate and aesthetic quality of the surrounding environment. Beeralla stream (tributory of Kirindioya) flow through the Ella city by increasing ...

Kalu Ganga is the primary source of potable water supply in the greater Colombo area and total Kalutara District. Kethhena water treatment is supposed to cover the water demand in the middle and southern parts of the ...