Landslides related to heavy rainfall cause widespread property damage and occasional loss of lives. During the last ten years it has become evident that the most devastating
landslide events tend to occur as a result of ...
Landfill cover soils have to serve multiple purposes such as operational safety, environmental protection, recultivation and integration of the sites into the landscape.
Cover soil properties must therefore be defined ...
The electrical and electronic industry in Sri Lanka, although relatively small in itself,
is a key service industry to other industrial sectors as well. In the study presented, a sample of around 300 companies/industries ...
Emergency load shedding (LS) for preventing frequency degradation is an established
practice all over the world. The objective of LS is to balance load and generation. This paper presents a technique to develop a reliable ...
Gunasekara, M; Gopura, R; Jayawardena, S[Article-Abstract]
Close interaction can be observed between an exoskeleton robot and its wearer. Therefore, appropriate physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) should be considered
when designing an exoskeleton robot to provide safe and ...
This paper proposes a novel dual layered multi agent system (MAS) based control system for the use in microgrid operations. In developing a smarter grid capable of withstanding disturbances and/or outages and providing ...
Delay results in disputes, which in many cases retard the progress of a project. Due to its criticality, a wide range of Delay Analysis Techniques (DAT) has been developed by various analysts over the years to address the ...
The use of Alternanthera sessilis, which is commonly known as Mukunuwenna in Sri Lanka as a source of chlorophyll was examined. The extraction of chlorophyll was carried out using buffered 80 % (v/v) aqueous acetone. The ...
Friction compensation is often neglected in DC servo control systems where precision is not a main concern. However, friction compensation is necessary to achieve precision of a motion control system. In this research work ...
High Rise Buildings (HRB) have become much popular in recent years. Due to high occupancy in high rise buildings they have become high risk type facilities in case of fire. Properly designed, maintained and operated fire ...
Performance of concrete structures can be directly affected by the presence of a joint.
These joints can be either intentional or unintentional. The intentional joints may be formed to make the construction sequence more ...
Quarry dust (QD) is being extensively used as fine aggregates for both mortar and
concrete applications as an alternative to river sand. Because of the limited availability of river sand, it is necessary to search for ...
Construction activities involve many temporarily assembled multiple stakeholders with multiple interests, which make the process complex. This results in numerous disputes on construction projects. Although various forms ...
Urbanization tends bring out a number of problems, such as inadequate housing and urban services, increase land prices and construction costs, propagation of slums, pollution and; deterioration of the urban environment. ...
Natural barriers are large or small closely grown tree belts, vegetation walls, natural stone structures, tree fences etc. Natural barriers, have emerged as the new trend to address problems in urban areas and has developed ...
An “Insurance”, is a protection against a possible eventuality, which spans through numerous sectors of different types. Since, construction industry is known to be a high risk industry; it is always obscure the extent of ...
De Silva, END; Sampath, DBD; De Silva, CR[Article-Abstract]
Sri Lanka now has a prime market for “vertical growth” and the private sector has become the main developer. However, the government has also contributed to these developments through the condominiums constructed for low ...
De Silva, KGVK; Gunasekera, MY; De Alwis, AAP[Article-Abstract]
This article considers the challenge of setting threshold values or end points for toxic
gas exposure from Major Accident Hazards (MAH) to third parties or the public in the Sri Lankan context. Two different categories ...
According to the Buddhist philosophy, hatred (dosa) is considered as one of the three unwholesome roots which determine the actual immoral quality of volitional states and a conscious thought with its mental factors. Hatred, ...