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Warna Karunasena is affiliated with the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on civil and structural engineering. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, building and construction, mechanical engineering, and materials chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as geotechnical engineering and underground structures, concrete corrosion and durability, structural behavior of reinforced concrete, structural integrity and reliability analysis, innovative concrete reinforcement materials, numerical methods in engineering, and tunneling and rock mechanics.

Karunasena has contributed to multiple scholarly publications within various reputed venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Applied Sciences
  • Structures
  • Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)
  • Case Studies in Construction Materials
  • Engineering Failure Analysis

Among the recent papers associated with Karunasena are:

  • Investigation on the properties of concrete with recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) granules as fine aggregate replacement, 2022, Case Studies in Construction Materials
  • Nonlinear dynamic instability of edge-cracked functionally graded graphene-reinforced composite beams, 2022, Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Analysis of failure modes in pipe-in-pipe repair systems for water and gas pipelines, 2022, Engineering Failure Analysis
  • Predicting grout's uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) for fully grouted rock bolting system by applying ensemble machine learning techniques, 2024, Neural Computing and Applications
  • A New Design-Oriented Model of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Reinforced Hollow Concrete Columns, 2020, ACI Structural Journal

Collaborative efforts are a recurring part of Karunasena's research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Allan Manalo
  • Weena Lokuge
  • Brad P. Wham
  • Shanika Kiriella

Best Publications

  • A review on the degradability of polymeric composites based on natural fibres

    Z.N. Azwa;B.F. Yousif;A.C. Manalo;W. Karunasena

  • Behavior of concentrically loaded geopolymer-concrete circular columns reinforced longitudinally and transversely with GFRP bars

    G.B. Maranan;A.C. Manalo;B. Benmokrane;W. Karunasena

  • Flexural behaviour of structural fibre composite sandwich beams in flatwise and edgewise positions

    A.C. Manalo;T. Aravinthan;W. Karunasena;M.M. Islam

  • A review of alternative materials for replacing existing timber sleepers

    A. Manalo;T. Aravinthan;W. Karunasena;A. Ticoalu

  • Evaluation of the flexural strength and serviceability of geopolymer concrete beams reinforced with glass-fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars

    G.B. Maranan;A.C. Manalo;B. Benmokrane;W. Karunasena

  • Free vibration of functionally graded-GPL reinforced composite plates with different boundary conditions

    R. Muni Rami Reddy;W. Karunasena;W. Lokuge

  • An overview of mechanical properties and durability of glass-fibre reinforced recycled mixed plastic waste composites

    Rohan Muni Bajracharya;Allan C. Manalo;Warna Karunasena;Kin-tak Lau;Kin-tak Lau

  • Fibre-reinforced geopolymer concrete with ambient curing for in situ applications

    Mark Reed;Weena Lokuge;Warna Karunasena

  • Investigation on the properties of concrete with recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) granules as fine aggregate replacement

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  • Flexural behaviour of glue-laminated fibre composite sandwich beams

    A.C. Manalo;T. Aravinthan;W. Karunasena

  • Free vibration analysis of laminated composite plates based on FSDT using one-dimensional IRBFN method

    D. Ngo-Cong;N. Mai-Duy;W. Karunasena;T. Tran-Cong

  • Flexural behavior of geopolymer-concrete beams longitudinally reinforced with GFRP and steel hybrid reinforcements

    G.B. Maranan;Allan Manalo;Brahim Benmokrane;Warna Karunasena

  • Compressive behavior of axially loaded circular hollow concrete columns reinforced with GFRP bars and spirals

    O.S. AlAjarmeh;A.C. Manalo;B. Benmokrane;W. Karunasena

  • Buckling and vibration analysis of laminated composite plate/shell structures via a smoothed quadrilateral flat shell element with in-plane rotations

    H. Nguyen-Van;N. Mai-Duy;W. Karunasena;T. Tran-Cong

  • Pullout behaviour of GFRP bars with anchor head in geopolymer concrete

    G.B. Maranan;A.C. Manalo;W. Karunasena;B. Benmokrane

  • Plane-strain-wave scattering by cracks in laminated composite plates

    W. M. Karunasena;A. H. Shah;S. K. Datta

  • Shear behaviour of geopolymer-concrete beams transversely reinforced with continuous rectangular GFRP composite spirals

    G.B. Maranan;A.C. Manalo;B. Benmokrane;W. Karunasena

  • Modelling the load-deformation response of deep foundations under oblique loading

    K. Johnson;Pamela M. Lemcke;W. Karunasena;Nagaratnam Sivakugan

  • Axial performance of hollow concrete columns reinforced with GFRP composite bars with different reinforcement ratios

    Omar S. AlAjarmeh;Allan C. Manalo;Brahim Benmokrane;Warna Karunasena

  • Wave propagation in a multilayered laminated cross-ply composite plate

    W. Karunasena;A. H. Shah;S. K. Datta

  • Free vibration of cantilevered arbitrary triangular Mindlin plates

    W. Karunasena;S. Kitipornchai;F.G.A. Al-Bermani

  • Characterisation of recycled mixed plastic solid wastes: Coupon and full-scale investigation.

    Rohan Muni Bajracharya;Allan C. Manalo;Warna Karunasena;Kin-tak Lau;Kin-tak Lau

  • Influence of infill concrete strength on the flexural behaviour of pultruded GFRP square beams

    Majid Muttashar;Majid Muttashar;Allan Manalo;Warna Karunasena;Weena Lokuge

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan Manalo
Allan Manalo University of Southern Queensland
Brahim Benmokrane
Brahim Benmokrane Université de Sherbrooke
Kin-tak Lau
Kin-tak Lau Swinburne University of Technology
Priyan Mendis
Priyan Mendis University of Melbourne
Arvind H. Shah
Arvind H. Shah University of Manitoba
Sritawat Kitipornchai
Sritawat Kitipornchai University of Queensland
Sujeeva Setunge
Sujeeva Setunge RMIT University
K.M. Liew
K.M. Liew City University of Hong Kong
Yu Bai
Yu Bai Peking University
Hao Wang
Hao Wang Swinburne University of Technology

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