LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

Symposium on Civil Engineering Research for Industry – 2011

(Dedicated to Professor Chandrakeerthy S.R.DE S)

1.) DEVELOPMENTS IN CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION by Dr R Sri Ravindrarajah. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

2.) SUCCESSES, PITFALLS, AND FAILURES OF CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH FOR INDUSTRY: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE by Prof. S. R. De S. Chandrakeerthy Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

3.) ASSESSMENT OF HYDROPLANING CRASH CONDITIONS IN FLORIDA'S HIGHWAYS by V. W. P. Jayasooriya, Prof. M .Gunaratne. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, USA

4.) CONTINUUM MODELLING OF NANOBEAMS by Prof. Nimal Rajapakse. Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

5.) LESSONS FROM HISTORIC BUILDINGS by Prof. W. P. S. Dias. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

6.) USING VALUE CHAIN APPROACH TO DECIDE ON RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATE SCARCE RESEARCH RESOURCES by Eng. Gratian A. Peiris. Freelance Consultant and Member, Council, University of Moratuwa

7.) ULTIMATE STRENGTH PREDICTION FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS EXTERNALLY STRENGTHENED BY FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER (FRP) by Abarna Sivarajah, Anushka Abeysinghe, Malith Lakshitha, Dr. Sujeewa Lewangamage. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratwa

8.) STATE OF THE ART OF CONCRETE PAVING BLOCKS IN SRI LANKA (CPBs) by Dr K.Baskaran, K.Gopinath. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

9.) STRENGTH ASSESSMENT OF STEEL TOWERS by Dr Baskaran, K., Jeneevan, G., Jayasinghe, J.P.L.M., Hettiarachchi, H.H.A.N.C. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

10.) EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE CONCRETE–MASONRY INTERFACE by P. K. S. Premadasa, S. K. Liyanage, H. D. A. R. Ariyarathna, S.A.D. Induprabha, Dr K.G.S. Dilrukshi. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

11.) TRAFFIC INDUCED VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF EXISTING STEEL BRIDGE IN PADENIYA-ANURADHAPURA ROAD by K. A. T. L. Kodikara, U. D. Morawaka, I. A. P. M. P. Gunathilake, Dr. C. S. Lewanagamage. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

12.) BOND PERFORMANCE OF CFRP STRENGTHENED CONCRETE SUBJECTED TO FIRE by R. A. T. M. Ranasinghe, D. V .L .R. Jinadasa, H .P. S. Srilal, Dr. (Mrs) J. C. P. H. Gamage. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

13.) STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN CONCRETE CONFINED BY SPIRALS by U. Kaneswaran, J. Reginthan, H.M.P. Perera, Dr. K. Baskaran. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

14.) ASSESSING THE CRACKS DEVELOPED IN DEMATAMAL VIHARAYA, BUTTHALA by Thishan Jayasinghe, Senior Professor, Suganya Paskaran, Manori Perera, Dhanushka Kumara. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

15.) FE MODELING OF CFRP STRENGTHENED CONCRETE BEAM EXPOSED TO CYCLIC TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY AND SUSTAINED LOADING by H. R. C. S. Bandara, J. C. P. H. Gamage, M. D. Aravinda, S. D. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

16.) EFFECT OF RELICT JOINTS IN RAIN INDUCED SLOPE FAILURES IN RESIDUAL SOIL by Neethimappiriya Tharmalingam, N.W.H. Lakshamana, R.D.T.B. Kumarasinghe, S.A.S Kulathilaka, Professor Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

17.) THE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FAILURE MECHANISM AND BEARING CAPACITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS by Nissanka Fernando, Eranga Sendanayake, Dulan Sendanayake, Dr. Nalin De Silva. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

18.) FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTIMATION OF OVERALL PROBABILITY OF DAM FAILURE OF ANCIENT EARTH DAMS IN SRI LANKA by Dr L. I. N. De Silva, Premkumar. S. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

19.) STUDY ON THE POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS OF ICTAD SPECIFICATIONS FOR COHESIONLESS SOIL TO BE USED AS A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL by B. Suvetha, D. G. S Tharaka, J. A. C. L Ranasinghe, Dr W. K Mampearachchi, Prof. S. Thilakasiri. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

20.) EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON LANDSLIDE FREQUENCIES IN RATNAPURA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA- 2011 by T. D. Rathnaweera, Dr U. P. Nawagamuwa. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

21.) A STUDY ON SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION PRACTICES IN SRI LANKA HOTEL SECTOR by Eng Prof (Mrs) N Ratnayake, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa Eng Srilal Miththapala, Project Director, Greening Sri Lanka Hotels, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Colombo 2.

22.) LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF A CONSTRUCTED WETLAND PLANTED WITH TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA by Dr Mahesh Jayaweera, Ayoma Witharana. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

23.) AN AQUIFER CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFYING GROUNDWATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES IN THE WET ZONE OF SRI LANKA by Mayooran S., Manarathna S.P., Gogulan N., Dr Rajapakse R. L. H. L. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

24.) EVAPORATIVE COOLING FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH by K. P. Arandara, C. Jayasinghe, Professor, M. T. R. Jayasinghe, Senior Professor. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa

25.) DEVELOPING PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT TO SUSTAIN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WORKFORCE: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE by Vindya Chandradasa, Dr Lesly Ekanayake. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

26.) CEMENT STABILIZED RAMMED EARTH FOR WALL JUNCTIONS OF TWO STOREY HOUSES by Kandamby T., Jayasinghe C., Professor. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

27.) FRP STRENGTHENING OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES – DESIGN AND PRACTICAL EMPHASIS IN SRI LANKA by Shiromal Fernando, Dilina Hettiarachchi. Design Consortium Limited

28.) INNOVATIVE EARTH RETAINING SYSTEM ADOPTED AT THE PROPOSED PRINTING COMPLEX PROJECT FOR AITKEN SPENCE (PVT) LTD. AT MAWARAMANDIYA by Shiromal Fernando, Vasana Jayasena, Neomal Ferdinando. Design Consortium Limited