Browsing by Author "Dias, P"

Aesthetics and ethics in engineering: Insights from polanyi

Dias, P [Article-Full-text]

Polanyi insisted that scientific knowledge was intensely personal in nature, though held with universal intent. His insights regarding the personal values of beauty and morality in science are first enunciated. These are ...

Comparison of damage values used in different flood modeling studies

Randil, C; Siriwardana, C; Dias, P [Conference-Abstract]

Estimating the economic loss caused by a flood hazard plays a major role in decision making during disaster risk reduction activities, and such studies have been carried over some major cities of the world. This paper ...

The disciplines of engineering and history: some common ground

Dias, P [Article-Full-text]

The nature of engineering and history as disciplines are explored and found to have some striking similarities, for example in the importance they place on context and practitioner involvement. They are found to be ...

Engineering surveys of Sri Lankan schools exposed to tsunami

Cels, J; Rossetto, T; Dias, P; Thamboo, J; Wijesundara, K; Baiguera, M; Del Zoppo, M [Article-Full-text]

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami affected 5% of Sri Lanka’s schools, severely damaging 108 and destroying 74. The catastrophe highlighted the critical role of schools in providing educational continuity during community ...

Influence of exterior infill walls on the performance of RC frames under tsunami loads: Case study of school buildings in Sri Lanka

Zoppo, MD; Wijesundara, K; Rossetto, T; Dias, P; Baiguera, M; Ludovico, MD; Thamboo, J; Prota, A [Article-Full-text]

This paper assesses the structural performance of RC frame buildings subjected to tsunami-induced loads, accounting for the influence of exterior masonry infill walls on the overall structural performance. Both the in-plane ...

Intelligent buildings for intelligent people A concept

De Silva, S; Dias, P [Conference-Full-text]

The past decade has seen unparalleled evolution in the field of Materials engineering. Largely due to the unique properties seen in materials in the nanoscale relative to their macroscopic counterparts, nanomaterials as ...

A New relative risk Index for hospitals exposed to Tsunami

Baiguera, M; Rossetto, T; Palomino, J; Dias, P; Lopez-Querol, S; Siriwardana, C; Hasalanka, H; Ioannou, I; Robinson, D [Article-Full-text]

The failure of hospitals in recent tsunami have caused extensive social and economic losses. A simple but quantitative approach is required to assess the resilience of healthcare systems to tsunami, which relates not only ...

Possible influences of covid-19 on infrastructure

Wijekoon, U; Dias, P [Conference-Full-text]

During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, there was a sharp rise in the number of persons working from home (WFH), which eventually became the "new normal". The aim of this study was to fill the gap in detailed ...

Post-december 2004 tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka and its potential impacts on future vulnerability

Khazai, B; Franco, G; Ingram, JC; del Rio, CR; Dias, P; Dissanayake, P; Chandratilake, R; Kanna, SJ

The 26 December 2004 tsunami displaced more than 500,000 people and killed an estimated 31,000 in Sri Lanka. Damage was not uniform, often reflecting distinct patterns of social, infrastructural, and ecological ...

Rapid risk assessment of Sri Lankan school buildings against tsunamis

Nawanandana, C; Dias, P [Conference-Full-text]

Rapid assessment of building vulnerability and risk is very useful, especially if based on sound engineering principles as opposed to expert opinion alone. A tsunami relative risk index (TRRI) has recently been proposed ...

Rapid seismic visual screen method for masonry infilled reinforced concrete framed buildings: Application to typical Sri Lankan school buildings

Sathurshan, M; Thamboo, J; Mallikarachchi, C; Wijesundara, K; Dias, P [Article-Full-text]

Seismic rapid visual screening (RVS) methods are used when a large stock of structures is to be evaluated for seismic risk. Although several RVS methods are available, applications of those methods to appraise the seismic ...

A Simplified nonlinear method for progressive collapse analysis of moment resisting frames

Dhasindrakrishna, K; Dias, P [Conference-Abstract]

The Alternate Load Path Method (APM) that is presented in several standards is the widely followed method for the assessment of progressive collapse potential. In particular, the Linear Static APM is popular since it ...

Structural mechanics analogies for a resilience audit and index

Dias, P; Viswakula, S [Conference-Full-text]

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2013 arrived at a working definition for national resilience that involved three characteristics, namely robustness, redundancy and resourcefulness. We have drawn mappings ...

Tsunami preparedness within Sri Lanka's education system

Celsa, J; Rossettoa, T; Little, AW; Dias, P [Article-Full-text]

Asked what hazard posed the greatest threat to their school, the principals of coastal schools in the Galle, Ampara and Batticaloa districts of Sri Lanka overwhelmingly responded “tsunami”. This result is unsurprising ...

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