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ERU - 2001
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Water scheduling for better yield in paddy cultivation - a study from Mahaweli system h of Sri Lanka [Conference-Full-text]Agricultural production has given the highest priority in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka and has become the main livelihood of people living in the area. It has been found that almost all the cultivation in the area totally ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Ultrasonic techniques are primarily used in engineering for the purpose of flaw detection in materials and components. Such techniques can also be used for measuring the ultrasonic parameters such as wave velocity and wave ...
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Thermal performance of free-running three- storey houses: an assessment through computer simulations [Conference-Full-text]Sri Lanka is presently facing a serious energy crisis due to continuous increase in energy demand annually. One of the solutions for this is energy conservation for which houses are a good candidate. The need for using ...
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[Conference-Full-text]The European Yield Model provides a set of equations, which are derived analytically to predict the lateral load capacity of dowel type joints and is the basis for recent revisions to structural timber design codes. The ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Geotextiles are used in many geotechnical works as support in reinforcement structures. In practice geotextiles made of synthetic polymers such as polyester, polyamide and polypropylene are used. The synthetics are preferred ...
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[Conference-Full-text]The growing number of road accidents is a major national problem in Sri Lanka. By analyzing the police database of past accident records, the causes for the road accidents have been identified as a prominent cause for road ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Finite Element calculations arc frequently utilized for the design of deep excavations because a prediction of ground movements and wail deformation is not possible with classical limit equilibrium methods. To solve such ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Sudden deaths due to various forms of heart failures are very common at present, especially in Sri Lanka. Whatever the causes and types of ailments are, the final stage known as fibrillation causes the patient to die within ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Nearly one half of the approximately 3700 highway bridges on A and B class roads of Sri Lanka are more than 50 years old. About 60% of the total bridges have a width of less than 8.0 m; out of these 689 are steel bridges. ...
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[Conference-Full-text]In flood frequency analysis the objective is to estimate flood quantile magnitudes for different return periods at a station or at a number of stations in a river system. An understanding of the hydrologic characteristics ...
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Project manager to combat corruption in procurement: some issues with special reference to Sri Lanka [Conference-Full-text]
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[Conference-Full-text]In Sri Lanka high grit ball clay is not mined al all from the ball clay deposits as the process adopted in purification is Dry Processing. It involves dry grinding causing high wear and tear to the grinding mill. Hence the ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Maintenance of high dissolved oxygen (DO) level in harbours is highly important as it could give rise to catastrophic effects if it is depleted affecting day- to- day port functions such as dredging activities and other ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Inspection of fabrics is a major consideration in fabric manufacture, as well as in the manufacture of garments and other fabric-based goods. In the Sri Lankan industry almost all fabric inspection is carried out by manual ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Axisymmctric finite element meshes are developed to model the pile tip in the rock-socket, for four different ratios of socket length to pile diameter, the values being I to 4. The pile material (concrete) and the surrounding ...
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[Conference-Full-text]Circularly polarized antennas are used in mobile-satellite or MSAT communication systems. This reduces the polarization mismatch due to the rotational orientation between the transmitter and the receiver and it also minimizes ...
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[Conference-Full-text]This paper discusses the experimental determination of some matric suction characteristics of residual soils from Naketiya landslide site, Badulla District, Sri Lanka. The test programme required the modification of the ...
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[Conference-Full-text]The problem of collecting, transporting and disposal of market and domestic garbage is probably the greatest problem confronted by many municipalities and local authorities. The dumping of garbage in solid waste dumps ...
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[Conference-Full-text]In an integrated plant environment, it is not feasible to replace an existing field device with a different model unless the protocols are properly matched. The system complexity is a deterrent to a software modification ...