Traditional monolithic building construction is labour and time- intensive and usually found
in inadequate quality. Rapid urbanization and steadily expanding metropolitan populations
need fast and time-saving construction ...
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 ...
Negative skin friction (NSF) is a common problem for a pile foundation in soft soil arises
when soil settles more than the pile. Negative skin friction induces an additional compressive
axial force (Drag load) and an ...
The majority of dry zone basins are still ungauged in Sri Lanka, and this has led to
uncertainties in the planning and development of water management infrastructure. The
Irrigation Guideline of Sri Lanka (IGM) has been ...
Structural optimisation has become an important tool in the field of Civil Engineering, but
there is limited research done on structural optimisation of specific structures and
components, especially for large construction ...
Rain–induced slope failures in residual soil slopes are a common geotechnical hazard in most
tropical countries like Sri Lanka. To reduce the risk of failure in slopes with low safety margins,
or to rectify the slopes ...
Utilising fibre-based textile structure as the composite reinforcement results in making
composite more tailorable and effective for applications where various types of loads are
anticipated to be supported by the ...
Rice husk ash (RHA) is one attractive additive that can be used for the enhancement of
engineering properties of problematic soils as a full/partial replacement of cement/lime. The
present study reviews the production ...
It is crucial to assess the impacts due to climate change on the hydrological cycle for the
characterization of basin hydrology and water resource management. Climate elasticity can be
used as an indicator to quantify ...
Air travel is rapidly increasing all over the world and airport capacities are crucial when serving
this growing demand. When it comes to airport capacities, whether it is passenger or freight,
runway capacity is the key ...
All the landslides in Sri Lanka are triggered by excessive rainfall. Sloping grounds in Sri Lanka
are formed of; residual soils, rocks at different levels of weathering and colluvial soils. During
periods of dry weather, ...
The construction sector is one of the most vital industries in a nation as it directly assesses the
populace's necessities. Globally, the construction industry is among the top five trades,
contributing significantly to ...
De Zoysa, RN; Dias, WPS; Weerasinghe, TGPL[Conference-Abstract]
Spalling of concrete is a common phenomenon in reinforced concrete structures subjected to
fire. As there are both macroscopic and microscopic factors involved, studying the behaviour
of concrete spalling in fire is ...
Microplastics (MPs) contamination in marine waters has recently become a serious
environmental concern. Hence, the identification of various types of MPs in marine waters is
essential to control the MPs contamination in ...
Concrete is a highly heterogeneous composite material that is widely used in the construction
industry. At present with the development of new constituent materials, the durability of
concrete is the key factor in the ...
Karunaratne, PHHR; de Silva, LIN[Conference-Abstract]
Accurate prediction of the bearing resistance of piles which is a combination of shaft and end
resistance is important in the pile design process since if not, it will cause for an uneconomical
and unsafe design. As an ...
Wind flow over low-rise buildings is quite complicated because of the flow separation over the
roof. Accordingly, wind flow over roof-mounted objects such as water tanks, solar panel arrays,
solar water heaters, and ...