The bond between brick and mortar plays an important role in the ability of masonry to resist loads. The single and most important property of mortar is bond strength, and it is critical that this bond be complete, strong, ...

Two Publications included . Titles of publication as "Comparative performance of burnt clay bricks and compressed stabilized earth bricks and blocks " & "Characteristics of different masonry units manufactured with stabilized ...

Title in publication as "Comparative performance of masonry bond patterns"

The adsorption process is considered as one of the effective methods for colour removal from wastewater. In this study a number of low cost adsorbents were investigated in search of an alternative to commercial Granular ...

The research into the issue of maintainability of multi-story buildings in Sri Lanka is still in its adolescent stage. This report summarizes the main deliverables of a research project dealing with maintainability of ...

Life style bounded with working and living in high risers is somewhat new to us as Sri Lankans. For the last decade or so, land values have risen up especially in Colombo and the high rise culture is an inevitable ...

In Sri Lanka, nearshore wave climate is influenced by the simultaneous occurrence of swell waves approaching from a more or less southerly direction and sea waves mainly influenced by monsoonal weather pattern. Some ...

“Inspection and Assessment of bridges’' plays an important role, because the resources being spent in keeping existing bridges functioning to the standards for which they were designed are no longer sufficient. There is ...

Demand for self compacting concrete is Abstract: increasing due to the possibilities of usage in congested reinforced areas, and reduction in manpower. Use of high fine content and superplasticisers has significantly ...

AC induction motors are used today for a wide range of applications demanding variable speed. This has created a high demand for AC induction type variable speed motor drives. These drives mainly use PWM and Space vector ...