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  • Measuring structural dynamics with smartphones 
    Karannagodage, DCDK; Mallikarachchi, HMYC [Conference-Abstract]
    Dynamic analysis of structures plays an important role in designing civil engineering structures. Increasing population density and limited land availability have led to build taller, lighter and hence slender structures ...
  • Measuring the economic costs of traffic congestion 
    Jayasooriya, CS; Bandara, YM [Conference-Abstract]
    The main concern of this research is to examines traffic congestion costs related with the road passenger transportation. With the rapid urbanization, it is evident that commercial and socio economic activity tending to ...
  • Mechanistic model For electricity generation via biomethane production through anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste generated In Sri Lanka 
    Samarasiri, BKT; Samarakoon, SWS; Rathnasiri, PG; Gunawardena, SHP [Conference-Abstract]
    Waste management practices such as open dumping and composting are widely used for the management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Sri Lanka. Severe socio-economic and environmental problems occur due to open dumping of ...
  • Method and apparatus to weave a fully interlaced three-dimensional textile structure 
    Weerasinghe, S; Osara, ESPV; Senarathna, KKSK; Senarath, SAUK; Fernando, EASK [Conference-Abstract]
    A method was developed to weave a three-dimensional textile structure by interlacing three orthogonal sets of yarns. In this flexible structure, all yarns are fully interlaced at right angles with each other. A manually ...
  • Microstrip patch antenna for partial discharge detection as a condition monitoring tool of power system assets 
    Ediriweera, weps; Priyanayana, KS; Rajakaruna, RMAP; Ranasinghe, Rakg; Lucas, JR; Samarasinghe, R [Conference-Abstract]
    An electric power system consists of a number of critical and expensive equipment that operate under high electric stresses. Failure of such an asset can lead to unscheduled interruptions and incur huge economic losses. ...
  • Mitigation of traffic induced carbon dioxide concentration through road-side greenery 
    Senanayake, IKGA; Rupasinghe, HT; Halwatura, RU [Conference-Abstract]
    Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration due to various human induced activities has become a main topic to discuss over the world in terms of its impact on global warming, environmental impacts, thermal discomfort, probable ...
  • Modeling of compressed air requirement for different weft yarns on air jet weaving 
    Gunarathna, DPIU; Kumari, RKDN; Subawickrama, SGAK; Fernando, EASK; Jayawardana, TSS [Conference-Abstract]
    Although air-jet looms run faster than mechanical weft insertion looms such as rapier or shuttle looms, but their production cost can be higher when their air usage is not optimized. The amount of air required for weft ...
  • Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference - MERCon 2017 [Pre Text] 
    Unknown author [Conference-Abstract]
  • Mud and dirt separation method for floor cleaning robot 
    Milinda, HGT; Madhusanka, BGDA [Conference-Abstract]
    Floor cleaning robot has gained popularity in the European country. When people are busy with their work, the robot is to take over house cleaning task. Most of the service robot technologies become more and more matured ...
  • Novel antimicrobial nano coated polypropylene based materials for food packaging systems 
    Egodage, DP; Jayalath, HTS; Samarasekara, AMPB; Amarasinghe, DAS; Madushani, SPA; Senerath, SMNS [Conference-Abstract]
    Modern days, in food industry significant attention has paid to secure food quality, safety and shelf-life. Microbial growth is the major cause of food spoilage which reduces shelf life of food. Food packaging plays a ...
  • A Novel concept for remotely monitoring babies 
    Wipulasundara, SD [Conference-Abstract]
    A major challenge faced by parents today is child care. Identifying a threat at its earliest stage would be the best way to avoid any hazards caused by it. The baby under observation may not always be in the vicinity of ...
  • A Novel fixturing system for complex shaped components 
    Posindu, BA; Janaka, EB; Kasun, DT; Seekkuarachchi, PS; Kulasekera, AL; Jayaweera, ND [Conference-Abstract]
    Many components used in the aerospace industry are complex shaped components, without symmetric axes and parallel surfaces. During fabrication and repair, these components require fixing for processes such as drilling, ...
  • Occupancy identification based energy efficient illuminance controller with improved visual comfort in buildings 
    Basnayake, BADJCK; Amarasinghe, YWR; Attalage, RA; Jayasekara, AGBP [Conference-Abstract]
    Under this research Smart energy efficient and visual comfort lighting system has been developed based on the presence of occupancy and occupancy localization information. The developed system consist of non-contact occupancy ...
  • Open conductor fault detection 
    Jayamaha, DKJS; Madhushani, IHN; Gamage, RSSJ; Tennakoon, PPB; Lucas, JR; ayatunga, U [Conference-Abstract]
    Detection of open live conductors is a challenging task in the power system operation since it acts as a high impedance fault. High impendence faults (HIF) characteristically has a very low current value which is often not ...
  • Optimal terminal configuration for minimizing passengers’ waiting time 
    Saparamadu, S; Bandara, S [Conference-Abstract]
    Irrespective of the friction arrangement for a given terminal size, there will be a geometry that will be optimum with respect to passenger waiting. Quantitative methodology is used to select a suitable terminal configuration ...
  • Optimized cost enabled rural electrification system 
    Hemapala, KTMU; Dayarathne, MS; Swathika, OVG [Conference-Abstract]
    In most of the countries cost of rural electrification from grid extension is very high. This is mainly due to improper planning and lack of knowledge on low cost distribution technologies. Most of the African countries ...
  • Parameterized diamond tiling for parallelizing stencil computations 
    Wijesinghe, T; Senevirathne, K; Siriwardhana, C; Visitha, W; Jayasena, S; Rusira, T; Hall, M [Conference-Abstract]
    Abstract—Loop tiling is a useful technique used to achieve cache optimization in scientific computations. However, general loop tiling techniques usually fail to improve parallelism in certain scientific computations due ...
  • Particle modelling for convective drying of copra 
    Mendis, ARL; Amarasinghe, ADUS; Narayana, M [Conference-Abstract]
    A three-dimensional particle model to describe the moisture distribution in copra for 20 hours of drying was developed using computational fluid dynamics. Drying experiments were performed for seven different temperatures ...
  • Passenger perception on terminal building facilitation at Bandaranaike International Airport 
    Dayarathna, HCG; Perera, KPDF; Fernando, WWAS [Conference-Abstract]
    Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is the main and the busiest airport in Sri Lanka. There are twenty-six airlines in the airport to get the airport and aviation services from the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri ...
  • Performance analysis of single cell solid oxide fuel cells 
    Ranasinghe, SN; Pussewalage, HSG; Middleton, PH [Conference-Abstract]
    Abstract—Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are a class of fuel cells operating on high temperatures which have the potential to become one of the efficient and cost effective system for direct conversion of a wide variety of ...