Airport Design

Airport design related research carried out include airside design, airport terminal planning, studies on airport city concept.

STAFF MEMBERS

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• Prof. Saman Bandara
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• Dr. H.R. Pasindu

PROJECTS

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• Incorporating Risk Considerations in Runway High Speed Exit Design, 2017

PUBLICATIONS

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• Galagedara, S.D.B, Pasindu, H.R., and Adikariwattage, V.A. (2019). “Evaluation of the Impact of Operational Factors on Aircraft Excursion Risk at High Speed Exits”. MERCON 2019.
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• Galagedera, S.D.B, Pasindu, H.R., Bandara, J.M.S.J. (2014). “Airport Curbside and Parking Area Operations at Bandaranaike International Airport- Analysis of User Behavior”. Journal of the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka, XLVII, No. 04.
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• Pasindu, H.R., Fwa, T.F., and Ong, G.P. (2011).  “Computation of Aircraft Braking Distances”. Transportation Research Record, 2214, 126-135
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• Galagedara, S.D.B, Pasindu, H.R., and Adikariwattage, V.A. (2019). “Evaluation of Operational Risk Factors at High Speed Exit”. 15th World Conference on Transport Research, Mumbai.
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• Saparamadu, S., & Bandara, S. (2017, May). Optimal terminal configuration for minimizing passengers' waiting time. In 2017 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) (pp. 331-336). IEEE.
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• Galagedera, S. D. B., Pasindu, H. R., & Bandara, J. M. S. J. (2014). Airport Curbside and Parking Area Operations at BIA–Analysis of User Behavior. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 47(4).
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• Fernando, W. W. A. S., & Bandara, J. M. S. J. (2017, September). Key Factor Analysis to be an Airport City (Aerotropolis) in Sri Lankan Context. In International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2017: Innovative Transport Logistics in Shaping the Future of Supply ChainsHong Kong Polytechnic University.
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• Jayalath, J. T. D., & Bandara, J. M. S. J. (2001). Future of Colombo airport (CMB) as an airline hub.
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• Bandara, S., & Wirasinghe, S. C. (1992). Optimum geometries for pier-type airport terminals. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 118(2), 187-206.
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• Bandara, S., & Wirasinghe, S. C. (1992). Walking distance minimization for airport terminal configurations. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 26(1), 59-74.
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• Wirasinghe, S. C., & Bandara, S. (1990). Airport gate position estimation for minimum total costs—approximate closed form solution. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 24(4), 287-297.
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• Bandara, S. (1990). Optimum geometries for satellite type airport terminals. In INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSPORTATION AND.
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• Bandara, S., & Wirasinghe, S. C. (1988). Airport gate position estimation under uncertainty. Transportation research record, 1199, 41-48.
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• Wirasinghe, S. C., BANDARA, J., & Vandebona, U. (1987). Airport terminal geometries for minimal walking distances. Transportation and traffic theory.