Ms. S. Venuja

Ph.D. Student

Ms. S. Venuja is a Ph.D. candidate under AHEAD Project affiliated to Geotechnical Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Research Title	Enhancing the performance of ballasted rail tracks using geosynthetic inclusions
Research Supervisors	Dr. S. K. Navaratnarajah, Dr. C. S. Bandara, Dr. J. A. S. C. Jayasinghe

Publications

Venuja, S., Navaratnarajah, S. K., Bandara, C. S., and Jayasinghe, J. A. S. C. (2021). Review on geosynthetic inclusions for the enhancement of ballasted rail tracks, ICSECM 2019, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, Vol. 94, 459-468. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7222-7_38
Venuja, S., Navaratnarajah, S. K., Wickramasinghe, T. H. V. P., and Wanigasekara, D. S. A. (2022). A laboratory investigation on the advancement of railway ballast behavior using artificial inclusions, ICSBE2020, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, Vol. 174, 47-55. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4412-2_5
Navaratnarajah, S. K., Venuja, S., Shahmi, N. M., and Rimas, N. M. (2019). Influence of fine materials on stress-strain and degradation behavior of railway ballast under static loading conditions. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Vol. 2, pp. 82-88.
Navaratnarajah, S. K. and Venuja, S. (2021). Shear and degradation behavior of rail track ballast contaminated with fines: An experimental study. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 122-126.
Venuja, S. and Navaratnarajah, S. K. (2021). Influence of geosynthetic and rubber inclusions on shear and breakage behavior of rail track ballast. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 155-160.
Venuja, S. and Navaratnarajah, S. K. (2021). Analysis of shear and degradation behaviour of fresh and fouled rail track ballast using large-scale direct shear test. Transactions 2021, Part B, 114th Annual Session, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, pp. 22 (1-7).
Venuja, S., Navaratnarajah, S. K., Bandara, C. S., and Jayasinghe, J. A. S. C. (2021). ‘Insertion of geogrid to the ballast layer to improve rail track performance’. Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, iPURSE 2021, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Vol. 23, p 451. Navaratnarajah, S. K., Mayuranga, H. G. S., and Venuja, S. (2021). ‘Large-scale testing facilities to study the stress-strain, degradation and drainage behaviours of railway ballast’. Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, iPURSE 2021, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Vol. 23, p 452.
Venuja, S., Navaratnarajah, S. K., Jayawardhana, W. R. R., Wijewardhana, P. H. L., Nirmali, K., and Sandakelum, M. A. M. (2021). Numerical study on the shear behaviour of railway ballast using discrete element method. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Kandy, Sri Lanka, p 146. (Selected for Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature publication)