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  • Sri Lankan Children’s Independent Mobility 
    Rudner, J; Wickramaarachchi, N; Karunasena [Article-Full-text]
    Children’s and young people’s independent mobility has decreased significantly in industrialised countries, and these trends could be replicated in Sri Lanka as standards of living increase alongside changes in urban form. ...
  • Sri Lankan consumer perceptions on e-waste recycling 
    Perera, RBC; Kavirathna, BV; Fernando, UNS; Amanullah, AMSS; Dassanayake, SM [Conference-Full-text]
    Sri Lanka has the potential to support the national circular economy, though Sri Lanka suffers from the problem of rapid generation of E-Waste. E-Waste generation is inevitable in the constantly developing technology ...
  • Sri Lankan contractors' involvement in international contracts : risk perspective 
    Pancharasa, K; Waidyasekara, KGAS [Conference-Abstract]
    Risk and uncertainty always engage with the global construction market. Awareness of opportunities and threats linked with the international services are paramount important before entering into the international arena. ...
  • Sri Lankan experience in ground improvement 
    Nawagamuwa, UP [Conference-Abstract]
    Very frequently, the infrastructure development activities, especially highways, railways, water supply schemes, etc, and related structures are now constructed on land with poor ground support conditions, basically due ...
  • Sri Lankan fashion designers: Self-directed learning in the apparel industry 
    Gopura, S.; Payne, A.; Bandara, D.; Buys, L. [Article-Full-text]
    The Sri Lankan apparel industry is currently in transition from apparel assembly to manufacturing original designs as a value addition. Design teams work closely with Western brands, buyers and designers to offer advanced ...
  • Sri Lankan graphite making the space elevator possible 
    Samaranayake, BGLT; Gunasekera, S; Kumarasinghe, AKR; Kottegoda, NS [Conference-Full-text]
    A metal catalyst free, low cost process of manufacturing carbon nanotubes (CNT) using Sri Lankan graphite as anode and cathode, in the absence of external cooling, in an inert gas atmosphere is presented in this paper. ...
  • “Sri Lankan Names Reader” Sri Lankan Personal Name Synthesizer 
    Chulasinghe, SKAKB; Dias, G [Article-Abstract]
    There are not many researches undertaken in the area of digital synthesizing of Sri Lankan personal names. The authors could only find a small number of comprehensive works, which includes Sri Lankan personal name translation ...
  • The Sri Lankan tradition for shelter 
    De Silva, Nimal
    The tradition is the opinion or belief or custom handed down from ancestors to posterity. The tradition is not static, it is the product of the functional demand adopted with the nature and environment, flavoured with ...
  • Sri Lankan vegetable supply chain mapping and comparison with international best practices 
    Rajapakse, V; Kumarage, AS [Conference-Abstract]
    The Sri Lankan vegetable supply chain is based on a hub and spoke system. Fourteen economic centres perform as hubs for the major traditional vegetable supply chains. There are however many other minor supply chains ...
  • Sri Lankans built first road tunnel, underpassing a live railway track 
    Samaradivakara, GVI; Bandara, WAAD
    The road and railway network to access the Central Province of Sri Lanka from the city of Colombo was built by the British, mainly to develop coffee and tea plantations, and transport the production back to Colombo, for ...
  • Stabilised soil block technology for Sri Lanka 
    Jayasinghe, C; Perera, AADAJ [Conference-Full-text]
    Due to the high cost and environmental problems associated with burnt bricks and cement blocks used as walling materials, cement stabilized compressed earth blocks have been introduced as a timely alternative. The design ...
  • Stability analysis for a twin boom h- tail medium scale uav through simulated dynamic model 
    Kurukularachchi, PL; Munasinghe, SR; De Silva, HRPS [Conference-Full-text]
    this paper presents on the stability analysis for RAVAN twin boom H-Tail Medium Scale UAV which has been developed by University of Moratuwa. It is required to understand the UAV behavior for the small perturbations in ...
  • Stability analysis of a compost-biochar mixed capping soil on Hydrophobised capillary barrier in an engineered landfill 
    Jaiprakash, T; Vijeeth, U; Kurukulasuriya, LC [Conference-Abstract]
    Engineered landfill is a final municipal waste disposal method. A capping system is the final component in the construction of an engineered landfill. In addition to permeability criteria that need to be satisfied, stability ...
  • Stability analysis of slopes in Aruwakkalu limestone mine during rain: a finite element approach 
    Thirukumaran, A; Dananjaya, L; Dilshan, T; Dassanayake, A; Jayawardena, C; Wickrama, M; Fujii, Y; Boeut, S [Conference-Full-text]
    Water in the forms of rain, snowmelt and groundwater is identified to be the major factor influencing the reduction of the stability of the slopes. The increasing trend of annual rainfall has been a major challenge to meet ...
  • Stability and dynamics of active distribution networks (ADNs) with D-PMU technology: A review 
    Bu, S; Meegahapola, LG; Wadduwage, DP; Foley, AM [Article-Full-text]
    Massive integration of converter-interfaced distributed energy resources (CDERs) has resulted in many emerging stability issues and significantly complicated the dynamics of active distribution networks (ADNs). Large ...
  • Stability of an open dumpsite with ageing 
    Sayilacksha, G; Venuja, T; Kurukulasuriya, LC [Conference-Full-text]
    Open dumping is the most commonly used method adopted in Sri Lanka as solid waste management. However, slope failures of open dump sites lead to environmental pollution as most of the open dumps are located near water ...
  • Stability of mica, k-feldspar and apatite in water, organic matters and citric acid 
    Amaraweera, THNG; Pitawala, HMTGA; Fernando, GWAR [Conference-Full-text]
    The short term stability of mica, feldspar and apatite in different geochemical conditions were tested in the laboratory. Different proportions of powdered minerals (<125 pm) were mixed with organic matter with water, ...
  • Stability of USAB reactor under shock loads 
    Eranga, KS; Fernando, GVDL; Rathnasiri, PG [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Anaerobic digestion is a key area in wastewater treatment. Especially in treating high concentration wastewater such as dairy wastewater. It is crucial because dairy waste water can change in COD and BOD values drastically. ...
  • Stabilization of cut slopes in highways by surface drainage and vegetation 
    Dharmasena, RKN; Kulathilaka, SAS [Conference-Abstract]
    At number of locations in Sri Lanka, deep cuts were made in natural slopes for the construction ' of expressways. These slopes are made of residual soil and the parent rock is metamorphic. In most cases the v ground water ...
  • Stabilization of expansive clay soil using buton rock asphalt the other utilization of buton rock asphalt 
    Rusbintardjo, Gatot [Conference-Full-text]
    Subgrade is the lowest layer of the pavement that must eventually support all the loads that come onto the pavement structure. Therefore, it is essential to make sure that the layer is stable and has sufficient shearing ...