{"id":569,"date":"2021-01-21T05:10:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T05:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=569"},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:44:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:44:41","slug":"structural-testing-and-material-engineering-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/structural-testing-and-material-engineering-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Testing and Material Engineering Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Structural Engineering brings a broad range of experimental and computational modeling practices for escalated challenges in the field of civil engineering.\u00a0In reaching these goals, the Structural Engineering Laboratory plays a vital role in providing extensive support for both undergraduate and postgraduate<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Key research areas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Fire performance of light-weight structures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0Web crippling behavior of cold-formed structures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sustainable and innovative pre-mix designs comprising river sand substitutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Development of self-compacting concrete incorporating alternative fine aggregates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Development of light-weight pre-cast concrete panels for partition walls in high-rise buildings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Design and development of mortar mix for the restoration of ancient structures<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Student activities:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Development of Self-Supporting Structures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Design of Spaghetti bridges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Intra university mix design competition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Non-Academic Staff:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Mr. Darshana Adikari (Technical officer)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Mr. M.T. Guruge (Lab attendant)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural Engineering brings a broad range of experimental and computational modeling practices for escalated challenges in the field of civil engineering.\u00a0In reaching these goals, the Structural Engineering Laboratory plays a vital role in providing extensive support for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Key research areas Fire performance of light-weight structures \u00a0Web crippling behavior of cold-formed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1515,"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions\/1515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}