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  • Potential of biomethane as a transport fuel and development of pilot scale co•digestion plant for treating source separated canteen waste 
    Rathnasiri, PG; Kularatna, MADIC; De Alwis, AAP [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In recent years the interest in bio-fuels has been increasing, motivated in the one side by the need for reducing green house gas emissions and on the other side by the desire to improve energy security by reducing our ...
  • Predicting the behaviour of a distributed system 
    Femando, S; Gunawardhane, LADSS; Illangasinghe, IKMRM; Jayasooriya, AS; Jayathilake, HPID [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A distributed system is a set of processes that are running in a set of networked machines to perform a set of interrelated tasks. For the correct functionality of the distributed system each and every process should work ...
  • Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium (Pre Text) 
    Wickramasinghe, V [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
  • Resistance to tsunami inundation vegetation: an experimental study by coastal 
    Ratnasooriya, AHR; Samarawickrama, SP; Hettiarachchi, SSSL; Bandara, RPSS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    More than two thirds of the coastline of Sri Lanka was subjected to inundation by the Indian ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004. The inundation distance and the associated damage caused by the tsunami varied widely with the ...
  • Rice husk as a low cost adsorbent for removal of malachite green and nylosan blue from aqueous solutions 
    Jayatunga, GK; Amarasinghe, BMWPK [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Colored dye waste water arises as results of the production of dye and also as a consequence of its use in textile industry. Many types of dyes are used in the textile industries such as direct, reactive, acid and basic ...
  • Runoff coefficients of three wet zone watersheds of Sri Lanka 
    Perera, KRJ; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Computing runoff is very important in water resources development. Estimating runoff from rainfall records in the absence of stream gauge records is extremely important. It is more so in Sri Lanka where most of our watersheds ...
  • Seed oil of kara wila mc43 as a source of drying oil 
    Prashantha, MAB; Premachandra, JK; Amarasinghe, ADUS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Considerable amount of conjugated trienoic (eleosteric acid) or methylene interrupted trienoic (lenolenic acid) acids in fatty oil contribute to form a dried film when thin film of such fatty oil is exposed to air. Generally ...
  • Shear carrying capacity of composite slabs with concrete filled steel tubes 
    Perera, SVTJ; Hettiarachchi, MTP [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Steel and concrete composite floor trusses are an economical solution to achieve large column free spans (in the range of 8m - 12m), for multi-storey buildings. They provide the facility to accommodate service ducts within ...
  • Sinhala optical character recognition for desktops 
    Dias, G; Patikirikorala, TNP; Arambewela, CI; Darshana, RPM; Alahendra, ND [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Optical Sinhala Character recognition is a fairly researched area in the local natural language initiative. Although a fair amount of research and development has been undertaken in this field, a comprehensive product is ...
  • Sport -event management framework (SEMF) 
    Anuruddha, KD; Damayanthi, RGI; Gamage, DCGU; Kariyawasam, KINC; Jayasena, VSD; De Silva, T [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Managing a sport event is a complex task. The requirement of a software system for managing such events has significantly increased in the recent years. Sport-event management software has short life time of operation. ...
  • Study on drying characteristics of gliricidia 
    Kannangara, M; Amarasinghe, ADUS; Sugathapala, AGT [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    At present, gliricidia is becoming a commercialized fuel and there is a tendency to grow Gliricidia as an energy plantation to cater for the increasing demand. Gliricidia is adapted to wide-ranging agro-climatic and soil ...
  • A successful growth of the e-learning system at University of Moratuwa 
    Sarveswaran, K; Perera, GIUS; Fernando, MSD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A successful e-Learning system primarily consists of a Learning Management system and a Content Management system. A Learning Management System addresses the user administration and related managerial requirements. This ...
  • A Successful Growth of the e-Learning System at University of Moratuwa 
    Sarveswaran, K [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A successful e-Learning system primarily consists of a Learning Management system and a Content Management system. A Learning Management System addresses the user administration and related managerial requirements. This ...
  • Swift decision making for agile software paradigm - a proficient guide 
    Perera, GIUS; Femando, MSD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Agile software paradigm was recently introduced to overcome the problems with the classical paradigms. The prime difference of the Agile process models is that it has an utterly flexible process model where anybody can ...
  • Transient response and stability of anaerobic reactors following interm tttant feeding 
    Rathnasiri, PG; Hayun; Bakke, R [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Anaerobic treatment offers a number of attractive advantages in the treatment of highstrength organic waste water, but difficulties in maintaining process stability is a disadvantage. The process is sensitive to changes ...
  • Tsunami hazards: public awareness and response 
    Samarawickrama, SP; Ratnasooriya, AHR; Hettiarachchi, SSL; Lawrance, MKD; Kumara, GGA [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The objective of this research study was to assess the degree of public awareness on tsunamis. The results of the study are useful in planning awareness programs, the preparation of the Hazard Maps and in the implementation ...
  • Ultra sound technique in natural dye application to textiles 
    Samudrika, UG; De Silva, NGH; De Alwis, AAP; Vankar, PS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The conventional method of textile dyeing has been to boil the fabric or yarn in dye bath, till the desired color is obtained. Enormous amount of heat is consumed in terms of heating the dye bath. Some dyes, which are heat ...
  • Use of elastic shortening line to interpret static load• settlement data of piles 
    Thilakasiri, HS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Accurate interpretation of the Load-settlement data obtained by static or dynamic load testing of piles is very important to understand the load carrying mechanism of the pile. Even though dynamic load test results provide ...
  • Use of infrastructure related information in education planning and management 
    Perera, AADAJ; Dassanayake, AHMDR [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Information on education infrastructure has a greater impact on planning and management decisions. As administration of an education system is always being challenging, before addressing the data needs, it is a prerequisite ...
  • Wave reflection from coastal and harbour structures 
    Hettiarachchi, SSL; Samarasekara, MMPD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Coastal and Harbour structures are used to shelter the areas behind them, landmasses or water bodies, from the adverse effects of ocean wave action. Different types of structures can be identified in practice among which ...