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  • Philosophical underpinning for systems thinking 
    Dias, WPS [Article-Abstract]
    The key characteristics that distinguish soft systems from hard ones are spelt out. The writings of Michael Polanyi and Martin Heidegger, despite their very different worldviews, are used to give philosophical underpinning ...
  • Pompeii by Robert Harris : an engineering reading 
    Dias, WPS [Article-Abstract]
    Pompeii, the bestselling novel by Robert Harris, is a rich source of ideas regarding engineering attitude and outlook. Its main protagonist is a young Roman hydraulics engineer in charge of the Roman aqueduct that served ...
  • Reduction of concrete sorptivity with age through carbonation 
    Dias, WPS [Article-Abstract]
    Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete specimens that had been air - dried for 3.5 years were found to have an increase in weight and reduction in sorptivity, with weight and sorptivity changes being greater for specimens ...
  • Response of tall buildings with symmetric setbacks under blast loading 
    Jayatilake, IN; Dias, WPS; Jayasinghe, MTR; Thambiratnam, DP [Article-Abstract]
    This study explores three-dimensional nonlinear dynamic responses of typical tall buildings with and without setbacks under blast loading.These 20 storey reinforced concrete buildings have been designed for normal (dead, ...
  • Sustainability rating systems for buildings : comparisons and correlations 
    Chandratilake, SR; Dias, WPS [Article-Abstract]
    The issue of subjectivity in assigning weights for the domains and aspects in sustainability rating systems has not received much attention, and is hence explored in this study. A survey carried out among building construction ...
  • Tsunami vulnerability functions from field surveys and Monte Carlo simulation 
    Dias, WPS; Yapa, HD; Peiris, LMN [Article-Abstract]
    Data on tsunami damaged houses, collected and compiled by the Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka, was used to construct vulnerability curves with tsunami height as the demand parameter. A common curve could ...
  • Tsunami vulnerability functions from field surveys and Monte Carlo simulation 
    Dias, WPS; Yapa, HD; Peiris, LMN [Article-Abstract]
    Data on tsunami damaged houses, collected and compiled by the Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka, was used to construct vulnerability curves with tsunami height as the demand parameter. A common curve could be ...