{"id":15579,"date":"2025-03-24T09:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileng.helashop.lk\/?page_id=15579"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:28:57","slug":"sr-herath","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/sr-herath\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. (Mrs.) S. R. 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structures<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1472\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1472\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Appointments <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1472\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e9675 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3e9675\" 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Santa Barbara<\/li><li>1986\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: Temporary Instructor in Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1473\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1473\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Visiting Appointments <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1473\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa2821f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa2821f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1473\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-230280c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"230280c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ddd29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7ddd29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Visiting Senior Lecturer (HG), Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe (on Sabbatical Leave) Jan. 2018 to Dec. 2019<\/li><li>Visiting Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Peradeniya 1997-2007<\/li><li>Visiting Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Univ. of Peradeniya 2006<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1474\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1474\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Publications <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1474\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6f4915 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c6f4915\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1474\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-048b34b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"048b34b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcd455d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcd455d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>WAHA Abayawardena, SR Herath, 2020, Effect of Infill Walls for Seismic Aanlysis of<br>\nBuildings in Sri Lanka, Annual sessions of Society of Structural Engineers,   Sri<br>\nLanka, 2020<\/li>\n<li>S. R. Herath, H. Abeyruwan, K. R. B. Herath, U. I. Dissanayake, D. J. Gallage, M.Vignarajah, M. Raviprasad and M. P. Ranaweera, STRUCTURAL APPRAISAL OF A WROUGHT IRON TRUSS RAILWAY BRIDGE, Proceedings of the International Conference on \u201cAdvances in Concrete Technology, Structural Engineering and Design: Dedicated to Helarisi Abeyruwan\u201d, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka,August 13, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>AMZ Zimmer, MN Mohammad, MH Nowsath and SR Herath, 2016, Nonlinear&nbsp;Behaviour of Metal Foams under Tensile Loading, Moratuwa Engineering Conference, MerCON. 2016&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Sathurusinghe, SASP, Herath, SR, 2016, Investigation of mechanical properties of architectured materials, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions(iPurse), Vol. 20, November, 2016&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Saturusinghe, SASP  and Herath, SR, 2015, Mechanical Properties of Perforated Plates, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions (iPurse), Vol. 19, November, 2015&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>SMAK Bandara, DMS Dissanayake, SR Herath and APN Somaratna, 2013, Determination of Parameters of Seismic Analysis of the Victoria Dam, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Vol. 17, , pp. 56., July 2013&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>SASP  Saturusinghe, KRB. Herath and SR Herath, 2012, Elastic Properties of Open Cell Metallic Foams Using Finite Element Analysis and Homogenization Technique, 45th IEP Convention, December 2012, The Institute of Engineers Pakistan.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>PAG Gunatilake and SR Herath, 2012, Supercarbon Nanostructures, Proceedings of The First International Conference on Advanced Materials, Science and Engineering (ICAMSE\u201912)<\/li><li>PAG Gunatilake and SR Herath, 2011, Chirality Dependence of Elastic Properties of Supercarbon Nanotubes,  Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Vol. 16- Part II, pp, .&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>PAG Gunatilake and SR Herath, 2011, Versatality of Carbon Nanostructures, Proceedings of the SAITM Research Symposium on Engineering Advancements, pp.33-36&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>MRMW Akram, SMK Madusanka and SR Herath, 2011, On the Use of Self Consistent Three Phase Model to Estimate Elastic Properties of Metal Foams, Proceedings of the SAITM Research Symposium on Engineering Advancements, pp. 97-99&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>SR Herath and KRB Herath, 2011, Bounds for Radial Elastic Modulus of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes, International Journal of NanoScience and Nanotechnology (IJNN), Vol.2 No.3 pp. 177-188&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>KRB Herath, JP Karunarathnaand SR Herath, 2011, Strength and Stiffness of C60 Fullerenes, International Journal of NanoScience and Nanotechnology (IJNN), Vol.2 No.1 pp. 43-50&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>KRB Herath, SR Herath and JP Karunarathna, 2011, On the Elastic Anisotropy of C60 Fullerenes, International Journal of NanoScience and Nanotechnology (IJNN), Vol.2 No.1 pp. 25-32&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>SR Herath and KRB Herath, 2010, On the Radial Stiffness of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes, International Journal of NanoScience and Nanotechnology (IJNN), Vol. 1&nbsp;No.1 PP. 57-70&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>RS Amarasinghe and SR Herath, 2010, Engineering Challenges in Designing Customized Bone Implants- A Review, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Vol. 15- Part II, pp. 691-693.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>KRB Herath, JP Karunarathna and SR Herath, 2010, Variation of Anisotropic Elastic Moduli at the End-capped region of an Armchair Type Single Walled Carbon Nanotube, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Vol. 15- Part II, pp. 685-687.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>RS Amarasinghe, SD Pathirana, SR Herath, 2010, Design and Manufacture of Custom-made Bone Implants, Annual Symposium 2010 on Sharing Knowledge for Sustainable Peace, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Rathmalana, Sri Lanka, pp 71-73.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>RS Amarasinghe, RAM Rupasinghe, P Anurathan, SR Herath, 2011, Effects of geometry of the intramedullary stem of the ulna component of hinged elbow joint prostheses on the bone and implant bending stresses, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology(JMMB), Vol 11, No 5, pp. 1271-1293&nbsp;<\/li><li>Amarasinghe, RS, Rupasinghe, RAM, Anurathan, P, Herath, SR (2009). Effect of Geometry of Prosthesis Stem on the Stresses of an Elbow Joint Prosthesis.<\/li><li>Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, PURSE 2009 Volume 14, Part II, pp.462-464.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Anurathan, P, Rupasinghe, RAM,  Amarasinghe, RS, Herath, SR (2009), Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, PURSE 2009Volume 14, Part II,pp.456-458.<\/li>\n<li>Rupasinghe, RAM, Anurathan, P,  Amarasinghe, RS, Herath, SR (2009), Stress Analysis of Customized Bone Implants. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, PURSE 2009 Volume 14, Part II, pp.459-461.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Herath, SR, Thevamaran R, Illeperuma WRK, Ranaweera MP, Herath KRB, \u201cRadial Properties of Carbon Nanotubes\u201d,Proceedings of the international conference on \u201cAdvances in Continuum Mechanics, Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Dedicated to Professor Munidasa P. Ranaweera\u201d, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, September 26-27, 2008&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Gunawardena, SR, Jansson, S, Leckie, FA, 1993, \u201cModelling of Anisotropic Behaviour of Weekly Bonded Fiber Reinforced Composites\u201d, Acta Metall. Materllugica, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp 3147-3156<\/li>\n<li>Agahtehrani, A, Gunawardena S, 1991, \u201cMicrobifurcation and Macrobifurcation of Fibrous Metal Matrix Composites under Uniaxial Compression\u201d, Journal of the Mechanics of Physics and Solids, Vol. 39, No. 8, pp 1073-1103.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Gunawardena, SR, Jansson, S, Leckie, FA, 1991, \u201cTransverse Ductility of Metal Matrix Composites\u201d, Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Gunawardena, SR and  Usami, T, 1990, \u201cAn Elasto-Plastic Large Deformation Analysis of Compressed Cylindrical Shells with Initial Imperfections\u201d, Procedings of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Eng.\/ Earthquake Eng., International Edition, Vol. 7, No1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. (Mrs.) S. R. Herath Senior Lecturer Office Address:Department of Civil Engineering,University of Peradeniya,Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka. shobhaherath@eng.pdn.ac.lk +94-81-2393555 Educational Qualifications PhD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : University of California at Santa Barbara (1992) MEng\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: Nagoya University (1989) BScEng\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26513,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15579\/revisions\/26513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}