Design of large space structures is restricted due to the limited storage capacity of
launch vehicles. Deployable structures made with ultra-thin woven fibre composites
eliminates this bottleneck due to self-deploying ...
Deployable structures play a vital role in a variety of applications such as aerospace
structures, rapid development civil engineering projects, medical devices,
reconfigurable robotics and many other engineering ...
Landfilling has now become a prime concern all around the world, not only
because it squanders usable land, it causes major environmental issues such
as contamination of soil, water, and air, as well as an impact on ...
Thin Asphalt surfacing (TAS) is an innovative idea that has the potential to lower
construction and maintenance costs of road construction in Sri Lanka. Laboratory based
studies conducted in Sri Lanka have shown that the ...
All over the world, sustainability has been given immense attention, thus novel stateof-the-art
materials and building systems are emerging as alternatives. With those
different alternatives, comparison and the selection ...
Flood forecasting is a powerful tool for flood management and early warning, where the
anticipated flow values are determined by incorporating basin attributes and climatic factors.
In the field, data-driven models offer ...
The downstream of the Kelani river with relatively flat terrain is extremely important as a region with high population density and semi/highly built-up areas. However, this part of the basin is highly flood-prone and ...
Transport demand models assess impacts of transport policies and transport infrastructure. In recent times transport modellers have been moving towards disaggregate activity based models from widely used aggregate trip/tour ...
Sustainability is a universal concept applied in all industries and services to instigate a base of responsibility in an individual and collective manner. The need to promote the concept and hold stakeholders responsible ...
Applicability of concrete filled steel tubes (CFST) for compression members in truss type steel light vehicular bridges is studied in this research as an economical solution for the lack of light vehicular bridges in Sri ...
Mahaweli river is the longest river in Sri Lanka which flows through all the climatological regions with vast diversities in precipitations, environmental conditions, water usages, and livelihoods. The hydrology of the ...
The energy used to maintain the thermal comfort of building greatly contributes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global warming. This study developed a sustainable cost-effective rice husk ash (RHA) based mortar for ...
World population is rising day by day. Due to the increment of population, the demand for all the needs including foods, clothes, shelter etc. are also being increased. Therefore, escalating the production of various sectors ...
Synthetic fiber blended textile (polyester spandex) offcuts generated from apparel industry is considered as a waste; currently it is incinerated as fuel in the cement manufacturing process and remainder ends up in illegal ...
Rainfall induced slope failures are a very critical issue in Sri Lanka. The risk of rainfall induced slope failures has increased over the past few years in Sri Lanka due to the introduction of new cut slopes as a part of ...
In Sri Lanka, monsoonal floods, droughts, cyclones and landslides are the common
and well-known natural hazards and almost every year the country experiences one or
more of these hazards. Tsunamis have not been frequent ...
This study focuses on the development of an adhesive to bond Carbon Fibre Reinforced
Polymer (CFRP) fabric with a concrete substrate which performs well under elevated
temperature. The epoxy adhesive which is the generally ...
Low-rise structures are not often subjected to rigorous structural analysis, despite their omnipresence. Estimating wind loads on low buildings is moderately complicated
compared to high-rise structures due to the effect ...
Folding structures with a large surface area into a compact configuration and deploying them only when required can be achieved by employing origami based folding patterns. This technique is widely seen in nature and ...
Over the last few decades number of tall buildings has seen an exponential increase. At present tallest ever building under construction measures 1000m vertically, and the height of future buildings is likely to be even ...