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LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

 
 
 

ICSBE 2010 - Volume 2

1.)THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL FABRICS IN A SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE INFRASTRUCTURE By Ibell T.J., Darby A.P., Orr J.J.and Evernden M. BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom


2.)DISCUSSION PAPER: DEVELOPING A RESILIENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT: POST-DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION AS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY By Dr. Richard Haigh


3.)STABILISED SOILS FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS AND SOME ISSUES ON SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTIONS By Prof. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, INDIA


4.)NANOBEAM MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON By N. Rajapakse Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, V5A 1S6


5.)PALAIS ROYALE, A TREND SETTER By Mr. GIRISH DRAVID
Sterling Engineering Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India


6.)A RELIABILITY BASED APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS By S.Setunge Associate Professor , Discipline Head, Environmental Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia K.Zhang Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia


7.)DEVELOPING A SIMPLE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) TOOL TO ASSESS CLIMATE ADAPTIVE BUILDINGS By Fernando K C A Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri Lanka


8.)EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR MAJOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROJECTS By Dr. P.B.G. Dissanayake Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya


9.)REFORMING HEI FOR THROUGH-LIFE SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS By Thayaparan1, M., Siriwardena2,M.L, Kulatunga3,U., Amaratunga4,R.D.G. & Malalgoda5,C.I. School of the Built Environment, Maxwell Building, The University of Salford, The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT, UK.


10.)EMERGING RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN POST DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION By NiroojaThurairajah, Prof. DilanthiAmaratunga School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, M5 4WT,UK


11.)GLOBAL CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT ON COASTAL WATER RESOURCES – CASES OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION By A/Prof. Gregory Shahane De Costa Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Prof. BithinDatta Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T. Kanpur, India A/ Prof Mark Porter University of Southern Queensland, Australia Dr. Hamaguchi DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan


12.)LAKE GREGORY, ALIEN FLORA AND URBAN AQUA-ENVIRONMENTS IN A MISTY CITY OF SRI LANKA By Shirantha, R. R. A. R. Research Officer, Inland Aquatic Resources and Aquaculture Division, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Mattakkuliya, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka Amarathunga, A. A. D. Research Officer, Environmental Studies Division, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Mattakkuliya, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka Pushpa Kumara, N. W. J Research Assistant, Inland Aquatic Resources and Aquaculture Division, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Mattakkuliya, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka


13.)NUISANCE ALGAE IN WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS IN SRI LANKA By SenalieSethunge and Pathmalal M Manage Department of Zoology,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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14.)HEALTH HAZARDOUS: NITRATE-N IN GROUNDWATER AND SOIL IN
INTENSIFIED AGRICULTURAL AREAS By T. Jeyaruba1, Post graduate student, Post Graduate Institute of Agricultulture, Peradaniya, Sri Lanka. M. Thushyanthy Senior Lecturer, Department of Agric. Engineering, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.


15.)TEMPORAL VARIATION OF NITRATE POLLUTION IN AGRO WELLS IN VAVUNIYA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KANTHAPURAM By P.Loganathan Head, Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka


16.)MICRO IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY: A REMEDY FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN JAFFNA PENINSULA By Christy Nilani, L., Thushyanthy, M. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna S.Sivakumar Department of Agriculture Extension office, Thirunelvely, Jaffna Sri Lanka


17.)FARMER PARTICIPATION ON WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE TANK
IRRIGATED SYSTEMS IN TAMIL NADU By Nanthakumaran. A Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. Palanisami. K Director, IWMI-TATA Policy Research Program, International Water Management Institute, South Asia Regional Office, Hyderabad, India.


18.)EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HYPORHEIC INTERACTIONS By UpakaRathnayake Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Norihiro Izumi Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan


19.)WATER MARKET IN THE TANK IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN TAMIL NADU By Nanthakumaran. A Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus, Vavuniya, Sri
Lanka. Palanisami. K Director, IWMI-TATA Policy Research Program, International Water Management Institute, South Asia Regional Office, Hyderabad, India.


20.)TEMPORAL AND SPACIAL CHANGES IN BED-FORM DUE TO CHANGE IN FLOW IN A FLUME ENVIRONMENT By Chamika De Costa, A / Prof. Stephen Coleman University of Auckland Prof.Kawanishi Hiroshima University


21.)NON-LINEAR STATISTICAL MODEL FOR THE DAILY STREAM FLOW
PREDICTION IN THE KALU RIVER CATCHMENT IN SRI LANKA By H.A.N.S. HewavitharanaPostgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. K.Perera Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. K.D.W. Nandalal Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.


22.)FIELD MAPPING OF WETTING FRONT USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR UNDER UNIFORM AND NON-UNIFORM WETTING By D.M.C.S. Mimrose Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka L.W. Galagedara Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka G.W. Parkin School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada


23.)ASSESSMENT OF RAIN WATER HARVESTING POTENTIAL – A CASE STUDY FOR IDAMELANDA By Bandara, H.R.S, Yahiya, Z., Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology, c/o MASL, Digana Village, Rajawella. Zubair, L. The Earth Institute at Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, (Street: 61 9W), Palisades, NY 10964-8000, U.S.A.


24.) INTEGRATED LAND USE AND MULTIPLE WATER SUPPLY-DEMAND
MODELLING FRAMEWORK: A PERI-URBAN CASE STUDY By B. Nawarathna, H. Malano Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia B. Davidson Department of Resource Management, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. B. Maheshwari School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW 1797, Australia.


25.)STATISTICAL MODELING OF DAILY EXTREME RAINFALL IN COLOMBO By N.Varathan Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. K.Perera Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. N.Wikramanayake Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Open University, Navala, Sri Lanka.


26.)RAIN WATER HARVESTING FOR WATER EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT By Ariyananda T Director, Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum, 28/3a, Subadrarama Lane, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Prof. Wickramasuriya S S Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Prof. Wijeyesekera D S No. 7, Barnes Avenue, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka.


27.)SUSTAINABLE GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN US By Prof. R. Purasinghe, E. Maguino Department of Civil Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles, California.


28.)WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGEIS: MUNICIPAL WASTE VS DISASTER WASTE By G. Karunasena Lecturer, Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. D. Amarathunga Senior Lecturer, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom.


29.)DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION CENTRE (EPC) AT NAWALAPITIYA FOR URBAN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT By Ariyawansha R.T.K., Chandrasena A.S.H., Senevirathne, S.A.D.N., Basnayake B.F.A. Solid Waste Management Research Unit (SWMRU), Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

30.)REMOVAL OF AMETRYN USING MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR PROCESS & ITS INFLUENCE ON CRITICAL FLUX By DimuthNavaratnaand VeeriahJegatheesan School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia

31.)STONEWORTS (CHARA, NITELLA) AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE TREATMENT OF LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATERS By P.I.A. Gomes, N.M.S. Wasanthi Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka. T. U. L. Liyanage
SMEC International (Pty) Ltd, No. 26, Jawaththa Road, Colombo 5

32.)ECO FRIENDLY RESORT FOR TOURISM – A CASE STUDY AT ULAGALLA RESORT By Mr. RanjanDissabandara, Eng. NamalPeiris International Construction Consortium, Kohuwala, Sri Lanka.


33.)SUSTAINABLE USE OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) WASTE AS A ROAD BASE MATERIAL By NarantuyaBatmunkh, KomsunSiripun, PeerapongJitsangiamand Prof. Hamid Nikraz Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, WA, Australia


34.)USE OF THE PARALLEL GRADATION TECHNIQUE TO ASSESS THE SHEAR STRENGTH OF RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT IN DIRECT SHEAR By Asso. Prof. P. S. K. Ooi, P. Selvarajah Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Holmes Hall 383, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.


35.)RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE: A SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT By M. ChakradharaRao, Prof. S. V. Barai Department of Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. S. K. Bhattacharyya Director, Central Building Research Institute, CSIR, Roorkee 247 667, India


36.)EFFECT OF DIMENSIONAL VARIATION OF CSE BLOCKS By Prof. C. Jayasinghe, T.S. Pathirage, K.R.T.I. Perera, C. Kariyapperuma Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.


37.)EFFICIENCY FACTORS FOR BOTTLE-SHAPED STRUTS IN DEEP BEAMS MADE OF RECYCLED COARSE AGGREGATE By SahooDipak Kumar School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi-682022, Kerala, India. A/Prof. Singh Bhupinder, Prof. BhargavaPradeep Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India.


38.)SUSTAINABLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION WITH COMPRESSED STABILIZED EARTH By K. P. Arandara MOS Executive (Former Project Engineer), MAS Intimates Thurulie (Pvt) Ltd, Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka. Prof. C. Jayasinghe, Prof. M. T. R. Jayasinghe Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

39.)USING SHREDDED PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS WASTES IN SOIL IMPROVEMENT By Kalumba, D. Snape Building, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, 7701 Rondebosch, South Africa.


40.)A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH FOR MEASURING SUSTAINABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING By AditiMisra and DipanjanBasu Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Connecticut 261 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2037 Storrs, CT, USA.


41.)SOIL CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN By William Higgins, Harry Martindale, DipanjanBasu Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. TanusreeChakraborty Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.

42.)UTILIZATION OF COIR DUST TO PARTIALLY REPLACE SAND IN VERTICAL DRAINS FOR SOFT GROUND IMPROVEMENT By U.P. Nawagamuwa Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka G.H.A.J.J. Kumara Department of Civil Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan

43.)METHODOLOGY TO DEMONSTRATE PILE CAPACITY IN RELAXING GROUND By T. A. Peiris, R. Kelly Coffey Geotechnics, Sydney, Australia B. Morris SMEC, Sydney, Australia K. Chan GHD, Sydney, Australia

44.)MODEL STUDY ON “PENDULOR” TYPE WAVE ENERGY DEVICE TO UTILIZE OCEAN WAVE ENERGY IN SRI LANKA By Gunawaradane S.D.G.S.P, Uyanwaththa, D.M.A.R, Tennakoon, S.B, Wijekoon, W.M.J.S, Ranasinghe R.A.P.C Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Peradeniya Abeysekara M.P Department of Energy Technology, KTH University, Sweden

45.)ENERGY PLANNING MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT By Bimlesh Kumar Assistantr Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, India.

46.)ENHANCING SUSTAINABILITY OF LOCAL RICE MILLS BY CLEANER PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES By H.M.A.P Rathnayake, T.M.R. Dissanayake Institute of Post harvest Technology, JayanthiMawatha, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. A.K. Kulatunga Lecture. Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

47.)DEVELOPMENT OF A 3D MODEL TO STUDY THE CO2 SEQUESTRATION PROCESS IN DEEP UNMINEABLE COAL SEAMS By M.S.A. Perera, P.G. Ranjith, A. Bouazzaand J. Kodikara Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Building 60, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia. S.K. Choi Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO), Locked Bag 10, Clayton South VIC 3169, Australia. D. Airey School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia.

48.)A STUDY OF METHODOLOGIES AND CRITICAL PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH CO2 STORAGE ESTIMATION IN DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS By P.N.K.De Silva,P.G.Ranjithand A.Haque Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Building 60, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia. S.K.Choi Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) Locked Bag 10, Clayton South VIC 3169, Australia.

49.)DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL BASED ON HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED TITANIA NANOTUBES By J Akilavasan, J Bandara Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hanthana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka. P R Chandrasekera UwaWellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka.

50.)STUDIES ON BIOSYNTHESIS OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES BY FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM By Deepa K. and Tapobrata Panda Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, MSB 140A & MSB 235A, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India.

51.)AIR FLOW THROUGH MACRO POROUS CERAMIC STRUCTURES By Dharmasena R.R, Perera D.D.M, Karunaratne B.S.B Department of Physics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Ekanayake P Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Brunei Darussalam, JalanTungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei

52.)EXISTING CHALLENGE TO SUCCEED A SUSTAINABLE BUILT AQUA-ENVIRONMENT IN MISTY GREEN VALLEYS IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF SRI LANKA; A CASE STUDY By Shirantha, R. R. A. R. Research Officer, Inland Aquatic Resources and Aquaculture Division, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Mattakkuliya, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka Amarathunga, A. A. D Research Officer, Environmental Studies Division, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Mattakkuliya, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka Weerasekara, K. A. W. S. Research Officer, Environmental Studies Division, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Mattakkuliya, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka

53.)RAINFALL FORECASTING FOR FLOOD PREDICTION IN THE NILWALA BASIN By UdithaRatnayake, D.A. Sachindra, K.D.W. Nandalal Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

54.)COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF URBAN FACILITIES IN INDONESIA BASED ON RECOVERY CURVES AFTER THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI By K. Sugiyasu, Asso. Prof. O. Murao Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573 Japan

55.)VULNERABILITY FUNCTIONS FOR BUILDINGS BASED ON DAMAGE SURVEY DATA IN SRI LANKA AFTER THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI By Murao, O. Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573 Japan Nakazato, H. Okinawa Electric Company, Japan

56.)SETTING UP OF INDICES TO MEASURE VULNERABILITY OF STRUCTURES DURING A FLOOD By H.K. Nandalal, U.R Ratnayake Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

57.)IDENTIFY DAMAGED BUILDINGS FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY IN HAZARD AREA USING DIFFERENTIAL MORPHOLOGICAL PROFILE By C. D. K. Parape Doctor Student, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan M. Tamura Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan

58.)ADVANCEMENTS IN SUSTAINABLE HOUSING PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA By Saman de Silva Senior Lecturer, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia.

59.)ECOLOGICAL PARADIGMS IN PLANNING THE LIVEABLE CITY By Prof. Harsha Munasinghe Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

60.)USE OF RAINFALL DATA TO CALCULATE INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION IN TROPICAL COUNTRIES By S. Sendanayake, Prof. M. T. R Jayasinghe Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

61.)DEVELOPMENT OF DARRIEUS-TYPE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE FOR STAND-ALONE APPLICATIONS By Samaraweera K.K.M.N.P., Pathirathna K.A.B., De Silva H.E.D, Dr. Sugathapala A.G.T. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

62.)MODELING AND SIMULATION OF TEMPERATURE VARIATION IN BEARINGS IN A HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING UNIT By C.G.S.Gunasekara PO Box 42, Mahaweli Complex, Ceylon Electricity Board, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Primal Fernando University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Joachim Claesson Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

63.)STRATEGIES FOR ADOPTING NEW TRENDS IN WIND LOAD EVALUATION ON STRUCTURES By Weerasuriya A.U., Prof. Jayasinghe M.T.R. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

64.)ON THE VARIABILITY OF TREND TEST RESULTS By A. Ramachandra Rao and M. Azli Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

65.)SUSTAINABLE FARMING THROUGH MECHANIZATION: DEVELOPMENT OF A BUND MAKING MACHINE By Pathirana P. H. S, Bandara P. C, Ratnaweera A.C Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Balasooriya C.P, Bandara M. A Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

66.)DESIGN OF POWER WEEDER FOR LOW LAND PADDY CULTIVATION By Ratnaweera A.C , Rajapakse N. N., Ranasinghe C. J., Thennakoon T.M.S., Kumara.R.S. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Balasooriya C. P, Bandara M. A University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

67.)GLOBAL DROUGHT AND FLOODS IN 2009/10 EFFECTED BY ASTRONOMICAL CONDITIONS By L. W. SENEVIRATNE Former Deputy Director of Irrigation, Irrigation Department, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

68.)A SIMPLE FRACTURE CRITERION TO PREDICT FAILURE OF STEEL STRUCTURES IN EXTREMELY-LOW CYCLE FATIGUE REGION By S.A.S.C.Siriwardane, K.S. Wanniarachchi Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka. P.B.R. Dissanayake Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. M. Ohga Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.

69.)CRACKING DUE TO TEMPERATURE GRADIENT IN CONCRETE By W.G.J. Prasanna and A.P. Subhashini

70.)COMBINED HIGH AND LOW CYCLE FATIGUE MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF STEEL BRIDGE LIVES By M. OHGA, K. KARUNANANDA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan P.B.R. DISSANAYAKE Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka S.A.S.C. SIRIWARDANE Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

71.)FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION OF BRIDGES CONSIDERING THE EFFECT OF MULTIAXIAL STRESSES By M. OHGA, K. KARUNANANDA, and A.M.N.D. ADASOORIYA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Japan P.B.R. DISSANAYAKE Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

72.)EVALUATION OF TENSILE STRENGTH DETERIORATION OF STEEL BRIDGE PLATES DUE TO CORROSION By Ohga M, Appuhamy J.M.R.S
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Japan Kaita T Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Tokuyama College of Technology, Japan Fujii K Department of Social & Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan Dissanayake P.B.R Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

73.)NUMERICAL STUDY ON REMAINING STRENGTH PREDICTION OF CORRODED STEEL BRIDGE PLATES By Ohga M, Appuhamy J.M.R.S Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Japan Kaita T Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Tokuyama College of Technology, Japan Fujii K Department of Social & Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan Dissanayake P.B.R Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

74.)NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FUTURE TSUNAMI HAZARD ON SRI LANKA FROM THE EARTHQUAKES OF SUMATRA-ANDAMAN REGION By Ohga M, Appuhamy J.M.R.S Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Japan Tinti S Dipartimento di Fisica, Settore di Geofisica, Università di Bologna, Italy Lai C European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk, University of Pavia, Italy Dissanayake P.B.R Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

75.)OMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF PERMEABLE AND POROUS PAVEMENTS By Niranjali Jayasuriya Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Nilmini. Kadurupokune Civil Engineer, Waterways and Coastal, GHD Pvt Ltd, Brisbane


76.)Insight into the structural and optoelectronic properties of e beam evaporated nanostructured TiO2 thin films annealed in air By Abdul Faheem Khan, Mazhar Mehmood National Centre for Nanotechnology & Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad 45650 , Pakistan. A. M. Rana Department of Physics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan M. Ashraf Optics Laboratories, P. O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan. A. Mahmood NILOP, Islamabad 45650, Pakistan S.K. Durrani P.O. Nilore, Materials Division, PINSTECH

77.)EXPOSURE RISK ASSESSMENT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDOOR AIR PARTICULATE MATTERS IN SELECTED INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS IN KANDY, SRI LANKA By D G G P Karunaratne Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. S.B.A.M.B.Y. Wijayarathna Postgraduate Student, Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

78.)CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING PRACTICE: A CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE By S. Senadheera Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.

 

 

 
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