FOCUS AREAS
In recent years, analytical and numerical modelling in geotechnical engineering has been accelerated with many emerging computational techniques as well as the increasing availability of computational power. These methods play a vital role in obtaining a better understanding of fundamental behaviour of geomaterials and geostructures and also in warranting the safety and sustainability of large-scale complex geoengineering projects.
Our main focuses are: Soil-structure interaction systems, constitutive models of geomaterials, evaluate response of different foundation systems, slope stability and earth retaining structures and their construction sequences.
PUBLICATIONS
- Amarasinghe MP, De Silva LIN, Gallage C (2018), The effect of lateral confinement on the settlement characteristics of shallow foundations on sand, Int. J. GEOMATE 15 (51), 258-265.
- Amarasinghe MP and De Silva LIN (2017), Experimental study on the effect of presence of deep embedded retaining walls on the settlement of shallow foundations, IESL Annual transactions, pp. 11 - 16.
- Chiaro G, Koseki J, De Silva LIN, Kiyota T (2016), Modelling the monotonic undrained torsional shear response of loose and dense Toyoura sand, Proceedings of the 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, Fukuoka, Japan, http://doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.TC101-01, pp. 407-410.
- Dilrukshi KGS, Dewapriya MAN, Puswewala UGA (2015), Size dependency and potential field influence on deriving mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes using molecular dynamics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 5, Elsevier, pp.167-172.
- De Silva LIN, Koseki J, Gabriele C (2015), A stress–strain description of saturated sand under undrained cyclic torsional shear loading, Soils and Foundations, 55(3), pp.559-574.
- Chiaro G, Koseki J, De Silva LIN, Kiyota T (2015), Calibration and performance of a newly developed cyclic model to describe the liquefaction behaviour of loose and dense sand under torsional simple shear conditions. In: Proc. of the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Aug. 10-11, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 137-140.