Rail transportation is a resource-efficient mode of transportation that provides economic benefits, higher safety, and lessens travel time. Ballasted rail tracks are the conventional and popular rail tracks all around the ...

Peat is a kind of soft organic soil having partially disintegrated plant remains hence it is not good for constructions. Chemical stabilization is the commonly used ground improvement technique by adding chemical admixtures ...

Railway transport plays a vital role in safely carrying away commuters and freights from one place to another, both short and long distances with comparatively low cost and high efficiency. Ballasted tracks and concrete ...

Rail transport is one of the highly demanded transport modes due to its safety, reliability and economic profits. The ballast layer, major component by weight and volume, effectively transmits the train exerted loads from ...

Currently, there is an increasing demand for rail transport from a growing and urbanizing population worldwide as it is a resource-efficient transport system. Moreover, its popularity among people is due to safety, reliability ...

Rail transport is the most popular mode of transport where a large number of passengers and a large amount of freights are transported efficiently with econom- ical benefits. Ballasted tracks are ...

Peat has several unfavourable characteristics such as low bearing capacity, high compressibility, high content of natural water and difficulty of access and thus is not suitable for Civil Engineering constructions. One of ...

Prison libraries are expected to cater to the information needs of prisoners as well as to educate those with difficulties in reading and writing. In Sri Lanka, the library system in prisons is not well-established and ...

The national collection of a nation refers to all types of publications related to a country, and maintaining such collection in libraries to serve the purpose of documentation and providing access to readers is vital. ...

The theory on sovereign rights remains to be the most important arrangement effected towards the gradual decentralization of the sovereignty of a state and to maintain its stability. The king is God’s representative. The ...