Browsing Other Research – Reports by Year "1998"

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  • Alternative building materials for Sri Lanka 
    Jayasinghe, C [Article-Full-text]
    The housing requirements in Sri Lanka is rising due to growth of population and urbanisation. Due to change in socio-economic conditions and the living patterns of the society, there is a tendency for every individual ...
  • Cost increases due to earthquake resistant detailing of concrete structures 
    Perera, DFU; Jayasinghe, MTR [Article-Full-text]
    There are two major factors that discourage the use of earthquake resistant design and detailing of structures constructed in Sri Lanka. They are the belief that the earthquake resistant structures will cost a lot more ...
  • Development of a prototype DS-CDMA System 
    Abhayawardhana, VS; Hunukumbure, RMM; Dias, D [Article-Full-text]
    This paper describes the development of a prototype Direct Sequence Code Division Multiple Access (DS-CDMA) system. The main objective of the work was to design and implement a CDMA system, based on its fundamental theoretical ...
  • Effect of lane discipline on highway capacity 
    Wijeyesekera, DS [Article-Full-text]
    Alleviation of traffic congestion is a growing problem because of its effects on trade, public transport viability and the inevitable environmental consequences in the society. Due to the traffic delays thereby causing ...
  • Field measurement of infiltration for irrigation & drainage 
    Wijesekera, NTS [Article-Full-text]
    An understanding of the infiltration of water into soil is very important for irrigation engineers, to ensure optimum use of water resources. Infiltration into the soil under unsaturated and saturated conditions are often ...
  • Fort uniflow system before and after 
    Wijeyesekera, DS [Article-Full-text]
    Transportation being a facility which concerns every person in a country has to be considered by focussing on safety, convenience, economy and security. The relevance importance of each of these factors or its combinations ...
  • Infrared passive counting system for vehicular traffic 
    Dayawansa, IJ [Article-Full-text]
    Vehicular traffic flow is controlled by the use of signal lights. The signal lights change according to a predetermined time sequence, which is estimated by considering traffic flow data. Traffic flow data consists of ...
  • Survey of potential sites for installation of hydraulic ram pumps 
    Wickramasuriya, S.S. [Article-Full-text]
    The overall objective of the project was to identify a few sites, selected from one or more districts which would be suitable for the installation of a ram pump system. In August 1993 a workshop was held at the University ...
  • Timing design for signalisation of roundabout : final report 
    Kumarage, AS; Bandara, JMSJ [Article-Full-text]
    This project was commenced in order to examine the viability of signalising roundabouts, where capacity has been exceede. It was held that successful signalisation, with roundabout would be entail a significant saving ...