12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management

Application of virtual element method for plane stress - plane strain problems.- simulation of reinforced concrete beam shear behavior: contact density model approach.- comparison of masonry wall modelling approaches under in-plane mono- tonic load & cyclic load.- Spherical indentation test to determine metal properties using representative strain concept: a review.- Influence of upstream mature trees on wind loading on the gable roof of a low-rise building - a wind tunnel study.- vortex shedding induced fatigue analysis for high-mast lighting towers.- Modeling of reinforced concrete beam-column joint retrofitting.- Lessons learnt from recent explosions in storage facilities with ammonium nitrate.- Vibration assessment and mitigation of storage building composite slab decks.- Investigation on the existing cracks and structural health monitoring of the oxidation ditches in a wastewater treatment plant.- A review on the advances in distributed fibre optic sensing technology for structural health monitoring.

Prof. Ranjith Dissanayake is a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, who is also currently serving the country as the Secretary for the State Ministry of Rural Roads and Other Infrastructures. He is the Chairman of the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL) and Vice President of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL). In private sector, he is the Chairman for Lego International (Pvt) Ltd, ICB (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka AAC (Pvt) Ltd and GAP (Pvt) Ltd. Prof. Dissanayake was a Fulbright Scholar in USA, Endeavour Fellow in Australia, and JASSO Research Fellow in Japan while being awarded the Young Scientist Award in 2007 by the NSTC of Sri Lanka.
Prof. Priyan Mendis is a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia, who also serves as the Director of the ARC Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Modular Housing (ARC CAMP.H) and the Leader of the Advanced Protective Technology of Engineering Structures Group, Australia. He is a leading expert in Innovative construction methods such as prefabricated structures, tall buildings, durability of concrete structures, and advanced sustainable construction materials. Prof. Mendis is the Honorary Chairman of Civil and Structural Engineering Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. and the Founding Chairman of Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL) while being a Member of many global civil engineering bodies.
Prof. Kolita Weerasekera is a Senior Professor and the Chair of Department of Civil Engineering, Open University of Sri Lanka, who is also a Chartered Engineer, International Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, a Member of Institution of Engineers Australia, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Institution of Highways and Transport, United Kingdom. As a transport engineering expert, he has authored two text books on highway and traffic engineering; "TowardsBetter Roads" and "An Introduction to Traffic