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  • Investigation of Measures for Sustainable Development using Sustainable Construction 
    Manchanayake, R.K.N.A.H.; Malkanthi, S.N.; Dassanayake, D. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Sustainable construction practices throughout the life cycle of a project refer to minimize the adverse effect on social, environmental and economic development in a country. The present study focused on how ...
  • Effect of pH for Colloid Stability in Chemically Heterogeneous Soils 
    Gunawardhana, T.; Balakrishnan, B.; Deepagoda (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Until recently, natural soils were believed to constitute two mobile phases: soil moisture and soil air. However, research revealed later the presence of another mobile phase, which is now referred as the colloidal ...
  • Storm water: pollutant characterisation and treatment practices 
    Ekanayake, D.; Loganathan, P.; Kandasamy, J.; Vigneswaran, S. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Stormwater quantity and quality can vary widely depending on the landscape of the area and amount and intensity of precipitation. Stormwater is a good source of water which can reduce the demand on potable water ...
  • Study of Aerodynamic Effect on Skybridges Connecting Tall Buildings: A Computational Fluid Dynamic Approach 
    Kalpani, K.A.U.; Kulathunga, D.D.T.K.; Kiriparan, B.; Kathriarachchi, M.A. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Many cities have developed with the rapid growth of the population. Due to the shortage of land, tall buildings have to be implicit closeness. In the recent past due to various advantages, skybridges are adopted ...
  • Experimental Investigation on Greener Self-Compacting Concrete With Inclusion of Rice Husk Ash 
    Hareindirasarma, S.; Athapaththu, D.; Sivasankaranarayana, S.; Janarthanan, B. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Self-compacting concrete (SCC) has become more popular than conventional concrete owing to its advantages, such as a high level of consistency, finishability, and flow rate with the least possible water-cement ...
  • Feasibility of Waste Calicut Tiles as Aggregates in Structural Concrete 
    Jayasekara, D.A.B.P.M.; Jayathilaka, S.T.N.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    This study is intended to investigate the feasibility of using Calicut Tile Aggregates (CTA) sourced from industrial waste and construction and demolition waste as a replacement for Natural Aggregates (NA) use in ...
  • Feasibility of Cement Mortar System with Textile Waste 
    Gunathilaka, D.P.D.U.; Jayathilaka, C.S.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Fabric wastes are commonly burned or recycled into practical goods, they do not stay usable long enough before they return to being wastes once again. Massive textile waste generation due to the high demand for ...
  • Comparison of Classical and Recent Predictive Models for Soil-Gas Diffusivity 
    Lakshani, T.; Deepagoda, C. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Accurate prediction of soil- gas diffusivity (Dp/Do: where Dp and Do are gas diffusion coefficients in soil and free air, respectively) and its variation with air-filled porosity (ε) is important for understanding ...
  • The effects of anisotropy on static and dynamic behaviour of soil 
    Rousseau, P.; Sivathayalan, S. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    The undrained behaviour of sands is affected by many factors including the initial state and loading path. If laboratory studies are to be meaningful in the context of in-situ problems, both the initial state and ...
  • Modeling the Resilience of Power Distribution Systems Against Extreme Winds by Considering Falling Trees 
    Guangyang, H.; Muraleetharan, K.K. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Overhead electrical power distribution systems (PDS) are very susceptible to extreme wind events such as hurricanes and typhoons. Power outages can cause catastrophic consequences, including economic loss, loss of ...
  • Characterizing the Compressive Piezoresistive Behavior of Smart Cement Using Vipulanandan Model 
    Vipulanandan, C. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    The effect of water-to-cement ratio (w/c) on the piezoresistive behavior of smart cement was investigated. The sensing property of the smart cement was modified with 0.1% carbon fiber (CF) and the behavior was ...
  • Lightweight Masonry Blocks with Expanded Glass Aggregate for Fire Resistance 
    Ariyaratne, I.; Ariyanayagam, A.; Mahendran, M. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    This research study aims to develop masonry blocks using expanded glass aggregate with enhanced fire resistance characteristics. In recent years many research studies focused on developing lightweight construction ...
  • Improvement of Engineering Characteristics of Poor Quality Soil by mixing with Bottom Ash 
    Wipula, W.K.; Priyankara, N.H. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Huge quantity of bottom ash is generated as a by-product of burning of coal when generating electricity at Norochcholai power plant. However, only very small quantity of bottom ash is used by the industry to ...
  • Onshore Wind Energy Potential in Sri Lanka 
    Cai, B.; Sritharan, S. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Wind power production has grown substantially in the world over the past two decades, making wind the fastest-growing non fossil energy source. The growing rate of installed capacity of wind power was reported to ...
  • Design of Thin Steel Roof Battens Subject to Pull-through Failures 
    Mayooran, S.; Mahen, M. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    The use of thin steel roof battens for roof structures has been increased notably around the world. However, the occurrences of more intense and frequent storms due to climate changes have been a major cause of ...
  • Preserving Our Structures through Structural Health Monitoring 
    Thambiratnam, D.P. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Civil structures such as bridges, buildings, dams, etc., are normally designed to have long life spans. However, changes in load patterns, deterioration with age and environmental effects may initiate damage in ...
  • Vehicle Parking Mobile Network 
    Muralitharan, R. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Universal Software Defined Radio Peripheral (USRP) and Banana pi board can be used to configure a vehicle parking mobile network. The base station is created in the center of the parking area. The base station can ...
  • Evaluation of Safety Performance in Provincial Road Network 
    Tharmarajah, S.; Pasindu, H.R. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Provincial roads in Sri Lanka considered as class C and D which serves connection between urban and rural to ensure the social and economic necessities. Even though it is a developing country, the majority of these ...
  • Feasibility of Cement Mortar System with Industrial Metal Fibre Waste 
    Perera, K.D.Y.G.; Ahamed, Y.L.F.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    The traditional cement mortar has limited characteristics. Because of the lack of expected results, the engineering scope has focused on alternative materials instead of using the traditional constituents. As a ...
  • Controls of solar power systems for grid connected and islanded mode operations 
    Nagaratnam, R.; Thiriambahasharma, K.; Ratnakumar, R.; Manchukan, Y.; Kanagasundram, A.; Arulampalam, A. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Continuous supply of electricity, when there are supply constrains is a major challenge. Environmental concerns and non availability of fossil fuels increases the demand for the use of renewable energy sources such ...