The housing requirement in Sri Lanka is rising due to the growth of population and urbanisation. This rising demand has to be met in an environment of rapidly rising prices of conventional building materials. Over exploitation ...

The most common approach to modelling in Sri Lanka is based on zoning of the area concerned, and the identification of the travel network within the area, connecting the different zones. The resulting travel patterns of ...

This thesis presents alternate policy decisions based on technical strategies to operate minor and medium irrigation schemes with integrated conjunctive use of surface and groundwater to improve groundwater systems in a ...

ABSTRACT Along with the celebrated history in the field of construction in the world, wood has been a building material for hundreds of years. The stability of timber structures is influenced by their reliance on ...

Steel structures such as steel bridges greatly contribute to the socio economic development of the world. The current traffic demand has exhausted the service life of steel bridges paving the way for failures without ...

Development of guidelines to coordinate traffic signals for non-similar intersection clusters Despite the mega scale projects focusing on the long term benefits, proper traffic management initiatives should be introduced ...

Energy rating system can be considered as a key policy instrument that will assist the government to reduce energy consumption. Energy rating includes the direct bene ts such as, energy requirement and carbon dioxide ...

The key lateral loads acting on a freestanding telecommunication/broadcasting tower are due to wind effects though occasionally seismic forces also can act. Though earthquake design guidelines are well covered directly or ...

Coagulation and flocculation is attained within a sludge (floc) blanket of an upward flow clarifier unit. In this study cohesivity of the floc blanket, measured by the indicator sludge cohesion coefficient (SCC) is used ...

The unplanned and rapid growth of developments has led to adverse impacts on the climate and biodiversity. Among them, the building industry is one of the foremost sectors. Therefore, the proper selection of building ...