This research paper focuses on creep movements of rainfall-induced landslides with their groundwater level fluctuation, to understand the pore water pressure development in saturated/ unsaturated soil layers in relation ...

Skin friction is a major component in any pile foundation’s load bearing capacity. In terms of a floating pile, almost entire bearing capacity depends on the skin friction. Skin friction may depend on the soil type and ...

Soil nailing has been used in Sri Lanka lately, in a wide range of infrastructure projects, as a cost-effective stabilization technique that can be implemented quickly. However, detailed designs with rigor, for nailhead/ ...

Undrained shear strength is one of the essential parameters in most of the applications of geotechnical engineering. Unconsolidated undrained (UU) triaxial test is the most commonly practiced method of determining the ...

Instabilities and failures in rock slopes occur due to numerous factors such as unfavorable slope geometries, geological discontinuities, weak or weathered materials in the slopes, existing weather conditions and environmentally ...

Large scale constructions such as highways, bridges, high rise buildings, jetties etc. are designed to withstand heavy loads depending on the dead loads and imposed loads on the structure. For this purpose, loads from ...

Slope instability, triggered by excessive rainfall, is one of the common geo –hazards that geotechnical engineers are challenged with in tropical countries such as Sri Lanka. Typically, these slope failures are initiated ...

Due to rapid development and population growth, construction industry has emerged with few recent problems. The major problem faced by the construction industry is the scarcity of construction material and disposal of ...

Bottom ash is a solid residue byproduct produced by coal burning for electricity generation. In Sri lanka it has not been developed proper system to dispose of this bottom ash other than using small amount for concrete ...

Engineers involved in infrastructure development projects in the hilly terrain of Sri Lanka encounter ancient landslides which could be triggered by rainfall or construction activities. One such landslide was encountered ...