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  • Identification of drainage network characteristics for storm water management modeling of Thotamuna area Matara Sri Lanka 
    Chandrasiri, KSS; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Thotamuna area of Matara Municipal council area taken for the study: in this study 34ha area located near to Thotamuna fishery harbour was tested. Drainage net work and characteristics of this area were identified from ...
  • Identification of parameters affecting the road condition in low volume roads 
    Wannige, EP; Haththoiuwa, DS; Abeywardena, TS; Bandara, S [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    It is an essential requirement to identify parameters affecting the road condition and give solution to the problems in low volume roads, because lack of such knowledge has resulted in many problems and waste of valuable ...
  • Improving low temperature radiator based cooling system for low earth orbit satellites 
    Kuruppumullage, NS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    As radiators are the key cooling technique is satellite cooling systems, improving the performance of radiators was major concern in last few decades. As a solution, active cooling techniques were incorporated with radiators. ...
  • Indoor thermal performance of turf roof slabs 
    Halvvatura, RU; Dareeju, BSSS; Deshappriya, KA; Meegahage, JN [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In the past few decades the scientists had focus their attention more on sustainable development because of the energy crisis, while has reached to an alarming level. Energy requirement of urbanized arrears is rising at ...
  • Investigation of the factors affecting the formation of cold joints in concrete 
    Jatheeshan, V; Peiris, TNU; Mendis, LBSK; Nanayakkara, SMA [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Performance of concrete structures can be directly affected by the presence of a joint. These joints can be either intentional or unintentional. The intentional joints may be formed to make the construction sequence more ...
  • LCR meter 
    Loganathan, N [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A LCR meter (Inductance (L), Capacitance (C), and Resistance (R)) is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure, among other things, the impedance (inductance, capacitance, resistance) of a component. Currently ...
  • Liquefaction potential of sand deposits in Sri Lanka 
    De Silva, LIN; Premkumar, S; Sujeevan, N; Nainanayaka, NPARK [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    After 2004 tsunami, the frequency of earthquake occurrence near Sri Lanka has increased significantly. On the other hand. it should be noted that most of the important structures in Sri Lanka are founded on sandy soils along ...
  • Magnetic induction assisted levitation of metallized particles in sintered dela Iron ore pellets 
    Gobikrishna, S; Raguratnam, E; Guluwita, SP; Munasinghe, RGN De S; Fernando, WLW [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Degree of metallization is on important characteristic of reduced iron ore pellets when determining its applicability in the iron and steel making industry. If the degree of metallization is about 95 -97% induction furnace ...
  • Measuring the heart pulse rate of a human body using a smart textile panel 
    Athauda, T; Amarasinghe, A; Dissanayake, G; Samaravvickrama, N; Thaasan, S; Fernando, S; Jayavvardena, TSS; Niles, SN [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In today's world people have been using a large number of portable electronic devices in medical diagnosis. Of particular note are the portable heart measuring meters, insulin measuring units etc. But today the world is ...
  • Mooshabaya mashup generator for XBaya 
    Pradeeban, K [Conference-Abstract]
    Visual composition of workflows enables end user lo visually depict the workflow as a graph of activities in a process. Tools that support visual composition translate those visual models lo a traditional workflow languages ...
  • Numerical modelling of cracking of masonry walls due to thermal movements of an overlying slab 
    Haadi, MSB; Gunasekera, DN; Rathnasekara, KSK; Dilrukshi, KGS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Concrete slabs exposed to direct sunlight experience temperature related horizontal movements. In addition, temperature of the top surface of the slab reaches higher temperature than the bottom, causing an upward deflection ...
  • Online status monitoring system for patients in intensive care unit 
    Hennayaka, HMSK; Hemachandra, MGNB; Jayasinghe, JMUUK; Hemachandra, MGND; Nanayakkara, ND [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Continuous monitoring of patient's vital signs presides by the sophistical monitoring equipments in modern ICUs. Various health parameters provided by the continuous monitoring of these quipments has to be observed ...
  • Optimization of newspaper pagination using the simulated annealing algorithm and the genetic algorithm 
    Sirisena, KJL; Perera, KAPS; Karunarathna, CDD; Hettimulla, HATD; Weerawarana, S; Koggalage, R [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Newspaper pagination has become an NP-hard problem with the need to optimized the space of a newspaper. A well paginated newspaper is a newspaper which includes a high number of advertisements and articles along with ...
  • Optimization of recycling technology of PET bottles scrap 
    Garnage, DD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The present paper concerns specifically with development of the effective recycling technology of post consumer PET bottles scrap- Chemical de-polymerization of PET scrap was carried out by glycolysis in the presence of ...
  • Optimized Mix Design for Interlocking Concrete Blocks Using Quarry Dust for Roads in Sri Lanka 
    Pilanavithana, US; Perera, PS; Appuhami, RSBR; Mampearachchi, WK [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In an attempt to find a mix design where quarry dust incorporated, optimized combination of cementitious and aggregate materials has been developed which contains cement, sand, quarry dust and chips in intended for the ...
  • Outstation railway supervision system for Sri Lanka railways 
    Sayooran, N; Fernando, JS; Mohamed, MA; Thambugala, LB; De Silva, CR [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This paper discusses the design of a centralized control and data analysis system for railway traffic of Sri Lnaka Railways. The overall solution comprises of a central database server system with redundancy, Controller's ...
  • Overhead of FTPS and FTP over IPsec in IPv6 networks 
    Nawarathne, PR [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    FTP is client server architecture based protocol from transferring files over TCP/IP network. It is used with user based password authentication or which anonymous user access. All transmissions are in clear text. User ...
  • Performance analysis and improvement of an absorption cycle refrigeration system operated by an exhaust system of a motor vehicle. 
    Pathinayaka, CG; Pathirage, HN; Naligama, CA; Fernando, MARV [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Vapour compression refrigeration is abundantly used as the method of refrigeration for refrigerated food transport applications But issues such as higher weight, noise, regular maintenance requirements, higher installation ...
  • Performance enhancement of a general purpose tumbler dryer for rubber glove production 
    Karunanayake, K [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This project focus on performance enhancement of general purpose tumbler dryers which are currently operated at a plant western province Sri Lanaka Tumbler drying is one of the key operation in glove production process ...
  • Position detecting module 
    Dunuweera, MS; Fonseka, M; Gunasekara, RT; Gunasekara, SP; ; Abeykoon, AMHS; Udawatta, L [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This invention relates to a method of sensing positions in application such as mobile robotic applications. The main objective of this invention is to overcome certain issues related to position detection mechanisms available ...