The world is changing; the economy is changing; and Architectural practice is changing. Therefore, there is a definite trend towards the irregular shapes with large spans in buildings due to the fact that there is now ...

Over usage of natural resources for construction of buildings has caused many environmental problems. Hence mainstream requirements of building projects such as cost effectiveness and rapid construction should be achieved ...

Use of viscous dampers in seismic applications for drift control as well as for reduction of base shear in building frames is studied using a simplified method. This study reports the results of a parametric study performed ...

Application of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) materials is an emerging technique for retrofitting concrete structures. Performance of composites mainly depends on the adhesive component which uses to create the ...

The resilience and adaptation for the disasters caused by climate change is the most emerging trend and the need of this century. Most of the countries including Sri Lanka, the mitigative strategies used are mostly sole ...

This paper proposes the design a of PID controller to improve the dynamic response of a DC motor using Particle Swarm Optimization and comparing it with that obtained from fuzzy logic. The parameters of the PID controller ...

Steel reinforcement corrosion is the most frequent threat to concrete durability. Carbonation is considered to be one of the prominent precursors to steel corrosion in concrete. The introduction of fly ash concrete increases ...

Noise, which is inevitable from piling activities, interferes with sleep, speech and cause discomfort and other non-auditory effects. The level of noise due to the piling activity varies with the number of parameters ...

Smart initial guess of Conjugate Gradient (CG) method for solid finite element simulation is developed by using the meta-modeling based finite element solution conversion method. The key feature of this solution conversion ...

In this study performance and emissions of diesel and diesohols was compared using a Computerized Variable Compression Ratio Multi Fuel Engine Test Rig (VCRMF) with different loads and different compressions ratios. Diesel ...