dentifying drought-affected regions is usually done using ground based data collection such as rainfall or field V\veys. However in data scarce regions or of large spatial extent, such assessment is difficult and time ...

Selection of a probability distribution for discharge series is very important in estimating floods accurately. Since the introduction of L-moments (Hosking 1990), numerous investigations have been carried out to assess ...

It is understood that the manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka do not perform effectively in terms of resource utilization in order to compete with the international competition. There are several management shortcomings ...

IS function includes all the activities related to the information system function in the organization. In other words, it includes the planning, organizing, coordinating, controlling of information system activities and ...

Purpose – The construction industry consumes large amounts of natural resources, which are not properly utilised owing to the generation of waste. Construction waste has challenged the performance of the industry and its ...

This research focuses on characterization of Tsunami waves by using tsunami sediments, as the only reliable source of information which a Tsunami leaves after strike are sediments. The sediments contain information about ...

The ceramic industry is a highly energy intensive industry in Sri Lanka. In meeting its daily rated out put of nearly 34,000m2 which is growing at a steady rate, the ceramic factories consume a sizable chunk from the ...

Rapid industrialization and the severe industrial accidents occurred during the past decades have increased the public awareness on the negative impacts of present technologies used and the hazards posed by potential ...

'Banki turbine', named after its inventor professor Banki, is different from other types in that the flow through the turbine is across it. Thus some literature prefers to call it 'crossflow turbine', while some others ...

Design and construction of a machine to desalinate and sieve sea sand is discussed. Initially, a full scale machine was designed according to the requirement. Then, the device was modelled using Pro/Engineer to depict the ...