Alkyd resins are a special family of polyesters which are mainly limited in application of surface coatings. The popularity of alkyd resins in surface coating industry throughout the world is due to cost effectiveness ...

Time series may contain multiple seasonal cycles of different lengths. There are several notable features in Figure 1, reference to the hourly electricity demand in Sri Lanka, data are given in the Table lFirst, we observe ...

Most development projects/activities in river basins are planned and implemented independently by the relevant agencies based on sectoral interests (e.g. water for irrigation, mining of clay on river banks) for economic ...

The emergence of TQM has been one of the major developments in management practice in the last two decades. The recognition of TQM as a source of competitive advantage has been widely promoted around the world, especially ...

There are several access control systems available in the market, which uses different mechanisms to authenticate the users. Passwords, cards with barcode, card with magnetic systems and signature are the traditional ...

Motion Control is one of the most important research topics in computer vision. It is the base for many other problems such as visual tracking, structure from motion. A major interests of motion analysis is to estimate ...

Yarn trimming is' carried out by using a pair of scissors in conventional lock stitch machines. Three steps should be followed to trim the yarn. First, the presser foot is lifted by using the knee lifter (hand lifter in ...

Main intention of Geophysical resistrvity surveying is to interpret the subsurface conditions for engineering applications. The earth exhibits a far from uniform structure and therefore the surface resistivity varies ...

The shear behaviour rock joints infilled with graphite, bentonite and clayey sand under eNS conditions were studied through a comprehensive laboratory testing programme to assess its influence on rock mass stability. A ...

Testing of bored piles is carried out to investigate the load-settlement behavior of the tested pile. The pile is loaded upto about l.5 times the working load to establish the loadsettlement behavior. The termination of ...