• Cost comparison between conventional and flat slab structures 

  Hewavitharana, N [Thesis-Full-text]

  In present era,conventional Reinforced Concrete(RC) frame buildings are commonly used for the construction. The use of flat slab building provides many advantages over conventional RC frame building in terms of architectural ...
• Early age cracks in concrete walls 

  Hettiarachchi, DS [Thesis-Full-text]

  During the development of construction industry, people looked forward on building their houses by Construction of a concrete structure requires a large volume of concrete. Due to the small surface area-to-volume ratio, ...
• Investigation of structural defects in government hospital buildings in Sri Lanka 

  Dilrukshi, ALA [Thesis-Full-text]

  Sri Lanka has a free of charge health care system heavily subsidized by the government. The national health system of Sri Lanka is guided by the concept ofthe welfare state. The major armed conflict, which started in 1983 ...
• Study on behavior of concrete fins against blast pressure 

  Prasad, RMB [Thesis-Full-text]

  Designing structures against blast loading is becoming more and more important as the number of terrorists attacks are increasing day by day. It is necessary to protect the structures against a credible blast load to ensure ...
• Geosynthetic reinforced pile supported embankments 

  Kumara, JMP [Thesis-Abstract]

  The design of embankments on weak foundation soils is a challenge to the geotechnical Engineer. There are several issues related to bearing capacity failures, intolerable settlements and slope instability that need to be ...
• Bolted end plate beam to column connections – are they semi rigid? 

  Kalyani, P [Thesis-Full-text]

  The most commonly used moment resisting connections are bolted end plate beam to column connections. Connections are usually designed as simple or continuous although the actual behavior is known to fall between these two ...
• Study on structural design of highway box structures 

  Chinthaka, SSLD [Thesis-Full-text]

  I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my research supervisor Dr.K.Baskaran, Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka for his guidance, suggestions and continuous support ...
• Investigation on performance of heavily cracked concrete beam strengthened with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (cfrp) sheets 

  Dharmaratne, PD [Thesis-Full-text]

  Repair and retrofit of existing structures especially buildings, bridges, water tanks etc., have been amongst the most significant challenges in Civil Engineering. In the past construction was evolved from thousands of ...
• Design bending moment in concrete box structures : a comparative analysis between shell and soild element models 

  Rasikamal, AADI [Thesis-Full-text]

  Concrete box structures are mainly used in railway and highway projects as culverts or frame bridges. Structural engineers prefer to do finite element method (FEM) analysis using shell or frame element models to obtain ...
• Seismic hazard assessment for Colombo city with local site effects 

  Priyantha, SM [Thesis-Full-text]

  floods, droughts, landslides etc. Due to the experiencing of ground shaking in last few decades and the disaster on 26th December, 2004 due to tsunami, Sri Lanka cannot further treated as an earthquake damage free country. ...
• Feasibility study on polyurathene sandwich panel for domestic construction 

  Fernando, WB [Thesis-Full-text]

  The place to live is the third need of mankind. Everybody try to build up a suitable mean to meet their own requirements. The Sri Lankan need always changes drastically after two decades from initial construction as the ...
• Study improvements to the structural performances and cost optimization of existing telecommunication poles 

  Kumara, WAKB [Thesis-Full-text]

  Presently SLT invests huge capital on production of RCC poles to draw various types of telecommunication cables and hence explores the possibilities of minimizing the investment on production of RCC poles by introducing ...
• Investigation of cement based adhesives to replace epoxy bond in cfrp/concrete composite 

  Kumari, DGN [Thesis-Full-text]

  107252-1.pdf The completion of this thesis was made possible by the help of many individuals. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude and indebtedness to my supervisor Dr. Mrs. J C P H Gamage, for her scholarly ...
• Comparative study on seismic analysis of buildings for different code of practices commonly used in Sri Lanka 

  Prasanna, KPN [Thesis-Full-text]

  Earthquake threat has been identified by many countries and analysis and design against seismic effects have therefore become almost a basic part of their structural design process. Sri Lanka has also identified the ...
• Design of Dowels for shear transfer at the interface between concrete cast at different times : a case study 

  Karunarathna, SMP [Thesis-Full-text]

  Enlargement of original cross-sections or replacement of defective concrete layers with new concrete are usual situations in strengthening operations of reinforced concrete structures. In these situations, the shear strength ...
• Evaluation of seismic capacity of existing highway bridges in Sri Lanka 

  Aluthapala, UL; Lewangamage, CS; Baskaran, K [Thesis-Full-text]

  Sri Lanka is an island located in the Indian Ocean and it lies in the large Indo-Australian plate seemingly far away from any of the plate boundaries. Therefore, many people believe that this fortuitous scenario makes Sri ...
• Evaluation of present safety limits of steel lattice type telecommunication antenna towers in Sri Lanka 

  Perera, GRV [Thesis-Full-text]

  Sri Lanka has made a significant development in the telecommunications sector since the inception of sector reforms in 1991, resulting in a competitive market environment. The results of liberalization have been impressive, ...
• Strength assessment of axially loaded RC column strengthened by steel cages 

  Thenuwara, TATE [Thesis-Abstract]

  In reinforced concrete buildings the columns are the main vertical elements, which sustain and carry the entire weight. Hence they should be capable to withstand the loads transferring from the beams and slabs without any ...
• Height limits for reinforced concrete wall-slab residential buildings 

  De Silva, AKTV [Thesis-Abstract]

  It is common in urban areas for medium rise residential buildings to be constructed with a scarcity of land. With rapid urban growth in developing countries like Sri Lanka, it is crucial that low income families are provided ...
• Sizing of reinforced concrete structural members based on Sri Lankan design data 

  Konara, MRN [Thesis-Abstract]

  The majority of building structures in Sri Lanka, are of reinforced concrete. Often it is required to estimate structural member sizes at the initial stage of a building construction project for load evaluation, cost ...

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