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CES New Executive Committee 2011/2012

The new office bearers were elected at the CES AGM held on September 2011. Ex-Officio: Head of the Department PRESIDENT: Dr. W.M.V.S.K. Wickramasinghe VICE PRESIDENTS: N.G.P.B. Neluwala N.M.T.R. Revel SECRETARY: Mr. D.D. Dias JOINT SECRETARY: T.J. Lerociyan ASSISTANT SECRETARY: B. Kiriparan TREASURER: Dr. (Mrs.) H.K. Nandalal JOINT TREASURER: S.A.A.K.A. Subasingha EDITOR: S.A.S.P. Sathurusinghe STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES: D.S. Sampath (E/07) S.D.K.S. Kumara (E/08) S. Jayasinghe(E/09) We invite valuable articles from students and staff members to be published in the coming issues of CES Newsletter. Send your contribution to newsletter publishing committee or email to, editor.ces.pdn@gmail.com

The Annual General Meeting of the CES

The 2011/12 Annual General meeting of the Civil Engineering Society was held on 29th of September 2011 at 4.00 pm in the E.O.E. Pereira theatre. During the AGM, the new Executive Committee members were elected.

In her talk Prof. Sunanda explained a study she and her colleagues have carried out in the state of Kansas on the use of Optical Speed Bars in controlling the speed of vehicles. The talk was very useful for student members as it demonstrated how to carry out and implement research practically.

Warm Welcome to New CES Members E09

Prof. Sunanda Dissanayake is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the Kansas State University in USA. Prof. K.D.W. Nandalal delivering his speech The Department of Civil Engineering together with the Civil Engineering Society warmly welcomed the new batch of E09 students to the Department of Civil th Engineering on 14 of November, 2011. Prof. S.B. Weerakoon, Dean, Faculty of Engineering; Prof K.D.W. Nandalal, Head of the Department and the academic staff of the Department participated in the event.

Introduction to Civil3D
A demonstration on Civil3D software was held on 21st November from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm at the E.O.E. Pereira theatre by Mr. W.W. Bandara, an engineer from Road Development Authority design office in Kandy and also a past member of the CES.

Low cost speed management in rural areas

The inaugural talk of the CES th 2011/12 was held on 24 Oct. 2011 from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm at Seminar room No 1 and was conducted by Prof. Sunanda Dissanayake on Low cost speed management in rural areas.

-CES Newsletter Publishing Committee

2012 The Civil Engineering Society (CES), Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Thondamanaru Bridge
The Thondamanaru Bridge project is a prefabrication of steel bridge. There had been a bridge in this location which was destroyed in 1996, and reconstructed temporarily by Sri Lankan army. This project is funded by the Government of Spain. Main contractor of this project is United Nations for P ro j e c t S e r v i c e s ( U N O P S ) a n d subcontractor HAG construction (PVT) Ltd.

the piles in each pier were 2, 3, 6 and 4 mm respectively. Currently pile caps are being concreted and beams are about to be cast.

CES Workshop on Concrete Admixtures and Waterproofing techniques

The inaugural workshop of CES workshop series 2011/12 was held on th 25 November, 2011 from 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm at the E.O.E. Pereira Theatre. The workshop was conducted by resource personnel of FINCO (PVT) Ltd. and mainly focused on,

Reinforcement of a cast insitu pile This is a balanced cantilever type bridge and is constructed over the sea. It is designed to resist marine corrosions, and bear the wave energy. K.T.S. Karunanayake (E/07)

Construction of piles The new bridge is 128.5 m long and 10 m wide and is designed to bear 180 ton of load. It consists of 4 piers, 4 spans. In each pier there are 4 piles, making altogether 16 numbers of piles. Piles were bored using the SR 40 pile rig. From the top level of the pile, a depth of 25 m was bored. When boring the pile holes, bentonite slurry was used to prevent collapse. Then C40 concrete was cast with retarder and the superplastilizer admixtures added to the mix. According to the design, piles bear the load by skin friction and end bearing 50 % in each. After finishing all 16 piles, pile load test was started. Four pile load tests were done for each pier. Each pile was loaded up to 270 tons. Deflections of Mr. Manjula Kalubowila delivering his presentation

2012 The Civil Engineering Society (CES), Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Field Visit to a Steel Construction and Fabricating Site - E/08 Batch

E/08 batch had the opportunity to participate in a field visit on 26th of November 2011, to RN Construction Group's, Steel construction site at Ratmalana and Steel Fabricating site at Koratota.

Field Visit to Victoria, Randenigala and Rantambe Dams - E/07 Batch

For the E/07 batch, CES organized a field trip to the 3 vast reservoirs of Mahaweli Project, Victoria, Randenigala and Rantambe and Victoria power plant th on 27 of November 2011. It was a rare opportunity for the students to visit some of the most important hydraulic structure in the country and marvels of Civil Engineering.

Environmental Engineering in the perspective of a Hydraulic Engineer

The 3rd talk of the CES. Talk Series was an invited lecture by Prof. Soon K e a t Ta n o n E n v i r o n m e n t a l Engineering - in the perspective of a th Hydraulic Engineer on the 07 December from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm in the Seminar Room 1. In his talk Prof. Soon Keat Tan shared with the audience how Hydraulic Engineering is used in Singapore for urban water resource management and other aspects of Environmental Engineering.

It was a great opportunity to gather some practical knowledge about steel structures, techniques of steel designing, fabricating methods & quality control, steel connection types, production of metal sheets for various purposes & finally about the assembling of fabricated steel structural components at the work site.

The productivity of the trip was greatly enriched by Prof. K.P.P. Pathirana who shared his knowledge and experience with the students about the structures. The CES is especially thankful to the engineers and other personnel of Mahaweli Authority and Ceylon Electricity Board for facilitating this field visit and sharing their knowledge with the budding civil engineers of the E/07 batch.

Prof. Tan explaining his studies on pier base protection from scouring Prof. Tan is from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He is Director, NTU-MPA Maritime Research Centre, an inter-school research centre.

It would not have been possible to organize this event without the guidance of Dr. U.I. Dissanayaka and the CES is thankful to Dr. Dissanayaka for his support in making this trip a success.

CAN YOU?????????? You are given a cylindrical cup of water and you have to empty exactly half of water from the cup. You are not allowed to use any kind of measuring instrument. How are you going to do this? Send your answers to editor.ces.pdn@gmail.com

First Expressway of Sri Laka - E01 (Dakshina Lanka Distributor)

Pinnaduwa Interchange

Pinnaduwa Interchange at night

2012 The Civil Engineering Society (CES), Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Spaghetti Bridge Competition 2012

Designers would have to bring their skills to a whole new dimension, because behaviour of spaghetti is like no other conventional structural material found in industry. The competition will be judged by a panel lead by Prof. M.P Ranaweera and Dr. A.L.M. Mauroof. The design with maximum ratio of bearing capacity over length is going to win the competition. This will be a great opportunity for all the participants to sharpen their design and conceptual skills. Also to improve team spirits while having fun playing with spaghetti. 1 , 2 and 3 places will receive attractive cash prices and certificates, so all the students are welcome to have a place in this once in a lifetime experience.
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FIELD VISIT Advisors: Prof. K.P.P. Pathirana Dr. L.C. Kurukulusuriya Members: H.C.L Hewage K.M.K.G. Karunarathna K. Krishan P.R. Amarasekara S. Arrooran NOTICE BOARD & WEB PAGE Advisors: Dr. A.G.H.J. Edirisinghe Dr. H.D. Yapa Members: K.T.S. Karunanayake W.G.S.D. Kumari S. Hariprasath M .Samarakon K.K. Tennakon TALKS Advisors: Dr. K.B.S.N. Jinadasa Members: S.M.A.K. Bandara S.F. Anandan V. Manoj D.S.P.M.T. Pathirana H.R.L. Premadasa SEMINAR Advisors: Dr. I.M.S. Sathyaprasad Dr. P.B.G. Dissanayake Members: U.P.A.S. Ukwatta N. Ajithshanker P. V. S. Randima R.A.S.T. Perera A.B.D. Saliya ENTERTAINMENT AND FUND RAISING Advisors: Dr. U.I. Dissanayake Prof. P.B.R. Dissanayake Members: J.M.C.K.B. Jayasinghe D.M.S. Dissanayake T. Kirushanth M.R. Udaya J.M.T.S. Jayaweera

A spaghetti bridge competition first time in a Sri Lankan University will be th held on 18 of February 2012 at Engineering faculty premises. The Civil Engineering society is going to host this event with the helping hand of Melwire Rolling (pvt) Ltd. Spaghetti is a kind of long, thin, cylindrical, pasta of Italian origin. A team should consist of maximum 5 members. Each group gets half a kilogram of spaghetti, glue gun and cutting tools. They are required to build a b r i d g e w h i c h h a s fo l l o w i n g specifications. Span :- 600 mm Width:- 100 mm

Look Forward To . o Seminars o Field Visits o Social and Entertainment Events o Sports Events o Design Competitions o And many more. Meantime, work hard and do well at your examinations, Good Luck and Best Wishes from the CES!

CES SubCommittees
NEWS LETTER Advisors: Mr. H. Abeyruwan Dr. K. R. B. Herath Members: N.K.L. Rathnayake N.G.M. Weerasooriya T. Jeevarnath D.R. Weerasinghe Y. Dilrooban

Deck: - A box of 100 mm width should be able to pass along the deck.

2012 The Civil Engineering Society (CES), Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka