Khadka, Sushil; Abeygoonewardene, JI; Liyanage, NP[Article Full Text]
Abstract: Long endurance surveillance
drones are preferred in both military and
meteorological applications. Designers aim to
enhance vehicle aerodynamics in view of
increasing endurance by introducing methods
of drag ...
Gunarathne, KAAB; Jayasena, KPN;
[Article Full Text]
Smartphones are the key things
that offer the collection of behavioral data
without knowing the users because it is the
most closest and frequently used accessory
of daily life. The youngsters in Sri Lanka who
are ...
Nadeesha, DMIM; Meththananda, RGUI; Vandebona, R[Article Full Text]
Landmines could be identified as
affordable and effective defensive weapon, but
it has many complexities. Human deaths and
injuries, agricultural land degradation,
destruction to infrastructure, environmental
destruction, ...
Workforce diversity provides
heterogeneity to a workforce thereby making it
a strategic capability to provide competitive
advantage to organizations. Effective
management of diverse human resource in the
right manner ...
Bulugahamulla, BPPN; Premarathne, KDHJ; Hettiarachchi, AA; Nawaratne, NMRAT[Article Full Text]
Colours helps to generate spatial
qualities in architecture and affect the
psychological and physiological condition of
the user. Colours can influence on wellbeing
and provide impact on human behaviour.
Careful use ...
Kumara, GPNN; Sanjunee, SMM; Premarathna, MLNH[Article Full Text]
Designing architectural spaces is
thought to contribute to social inclusion,
eventually satisfying all components of the
society. The building and space characteristics
have a powerful impact on the quality on
peoples ...
Gunawardhana, DMNA; Vithana, NDI[Article Full Text]
Cost overrun is one of the major
issue faced by the construction industry at
present. The contractor’s cost overrun directly
affects with the contractor’s profit margin
which has become a major burden within the
contractor’s ...
Sanjunee, SMM; Nawaratne, A; Batcha, SS; Asmadala, WASMRWS[Article Full Text]
Colombo was founded as an outpost
by Portuguese in 1505. Later it fell in the
hands of Dutch and British. This nonorganically produced city later became the
capital of the independent Ceylon. Throughout
the history ...
Kalugamuwa, KWGIM; Dinusha, KA; Sandamali, KUJ[Article Full Text]
Geographic Information Systems(GIS)
could be identified as a leading application
mechanism that grows beyond in each and
every aspect of the world. The GIS applications
in decision making in the military field ...
Streets are providing a media for the
moving elements such as pedestrians and
vehicles, but it serves a place for myriad
purposes and forming a major part of the cities.
While streets offering multiple activities ...
Public sector institutes inherently
suffer from the information asymmetries,
extra time and cost penalties, corruption,
transparency issues, anti-competition, and
too much documentation with utmost human
interventions ...
Senarathne, EMPT; Dissanayake, KNC; Bandara, GPMCM[Article Full Text]
Payment delay is one of the most
significant issues experienced in public
sector building construction projects.
Correspondingly, most of the building
construction projects in North-Western
Province (NWP) of Sri Lanka ...
Alagiyawadu, VA; Bandara, GPMCM; Fernando, WSD[Article Full Text]
Effective communication among
different stakeholders is a vigorous
characteristic of successful construction
industry practices. Written communication
provides documentary evidence for
strengthening key contractual ...
Premarathne, KDHJ; Bulugahamulla, BPPN; Kumara, WAPS[Article Full Text]
This study investigates the
liveability of low income vertical apartments
in Colombo, by means of finding the
relationship between environmental
psychological satisfaction and height of
living. The main objective of ...
Abeyrathna, HMSP; Gunathilaka, MDEK; Perera, AND[Article Full Text]
Traditionally, seabed layers were
determined by using conventional mechanical
methods like boreholing, which retrieved the
strata at a single point at one time. Later it was
developed to various acoustic remote ...
Wanninayaka, WMR; Rathnayaka, RMKT; Udayakumara, EPN[Article Full Text]
In Sri Lanka, Seasonal paddy field
area mapping is still doing based on the
traditional methods with poor technologies.
Therefore this research focuses on the
machine approach of mapping paddy fields
area accurately ...
Vithana, NDI; Bandara, KPSPK; Jayasooriya, SD[Article Full Text]
Covid -19 is a highly contagious
global pandemic. Social distancing measures
are the most successful tactic in combating
the diseases. Due to the disease itself and
local and global pandemic combating
measures, ...
Samaranayake, Supun M; Premaratne, Nuwan H; Liyanage, Lakshika[Article Full Text]
High-rise buildings have become a
popular strategy for accommodating
population growth in urban areas in Sri
Lanka. Each and every building has different
characters and personalities that offer
different experiences ...
Kudasinghe, KSKNJ; Nawaratne, NMRAT; Wijethunge, MNR[Article Full Text]
The shophouses were the elegant
buildings that lined along the Sri Lankan
streets from the past. The very fact that the
shophouses and their proportions contribute
to the growth of the evolution of tropical
architecture ...
Mendis, T; Pathirana, KNK; Kumara, WAPS[Article Full Text]
One viable solution for clean onsite energy production and utilisation is
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV).
The available area for installation may not be
sufficient to meet the building energy
demand in high-rise ...