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Fragility curves for structures under tsunami loading

Nanayakkara, KIU; Dias, WPS [Article-Full-text]

Susceptibility to structural damage can be characterized by a fragility curve, which is expressed as a normal or lognormal cumulative distribution of the conditional probabilities of reaching or exceeding a particular ...
Fragility curves for tsunami loading

Dias, WPS; Nanayakkara, KIU

Vulnerability to structural damage can be characterized by a fragility curve, which is expressed as the conditional probability of reaching or exceeding a particular damage state, expressed by a lognormal cumulative ...
Overview of different types of fly ash and their use as a building and construction material

Gamage, N; Liyanage, K; Fragomeni, S; Setunge, S [Conference-Full-text]

Fly ash is produced, in massive amount, as a waste material of burning fossil fuel (coal combustion) for the thermal generation of electricity. Currently about 900 million tonnes of fly ash produced, worldwide, annually ...
Possibility of recycling plastics from municipal solid waste (MSW) and their potential applications in construction industry

Jayathilaka, WMDS; Chandrasena, N; Premachandra, J; Halwatura, RU [Conference-Full-text]

The rate of resource consumption today is more than the rate of generation in natural resources. In developing countries, municipal solid waste (MSW) is a growing problem due to heterogeneous composition, non-biodegradability ...

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