Browsing Conference Proceedings by Year "2010"

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A concept of weather window (WW) in managing the rain risks in construction projects of Sri Lanka

Wiratunga, IVH; De Silva, N [Conference-Abstract]

Different weather conditions such as rain, wind and snow would directly impact on the performance of any construction project. Being a tropical country, the effect from rain would be experienced mostly in Sri Lanka. Within ...
A New prosodic phrasing model for sinhala language

Bandara, WMC; Lakmal, VMS; Liyanagama, TD; Bulathsinghala, SV; Dias, G; Jayasena, S [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

This paper describes a new model of predicting prosodic phrase breaks in Sinhala language in order to improve the quality of the existing ITS Sinhala voices. In a Text To Speech (TTS) system, quality of the synthetic ...
A novel approach for English to Sinhala machine translation

Hettige, B; Karunananda, AS [Conference-Full-text]

During the fast sixty years, many machine translation systems have been developed through the several approaches including Human-assisted, Rule-based, Statistical and knowledge-based. According to the characteristics and ...
A PC based system to monitor and control growth parameters of plants

Abeywardane, PBPA; Alahakoon, AWASG; Arachchi, PP; Ananda, MWRS; Karunananda, AS [Conference-Full-text]

Lacking appropriate mechanisms to monitor and control growth parameters of plants, such as temperature, humidity and light intensity has become a major issue of modern process control applications in agriculture. Therefore, ...
A Study on present situation, construction procedures, sensitivity towards the fill height and possible failure scenarios of corrugated soil-steel bridges using PLAXIS

Gunathilaka, WMS; Shanaka, KBK; Lewangamage, CS; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

The Southern Highway Project introduced the technology of using Soil-Steel Bridges to Sri Lankan construction industry for the first time. Because of the fact that the technology is still new and less familiar, therefore, ...
A study on structural behaviour of corrugated soil-steel bridge structure (long span) in Southern highway for different depth of soil cover

Shanaka, KBK; Gunathilaka, WAS; Lewangamage, CS; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

Corrugated Soil-Steel Bridges have been used as underpass and drainage structures in the Southern Highway Project. This design and construction process is novel to the Sri Lankan context. The Ring Compression theory, ...
A Swarm of agents for language editing

Kiribathgoda, A; Karunananda, AS [Conference-Full-text]

Natural Language Editing has many complexities and ambiguities involved with the process. Natural Language editing in an automated environment is a complex task and due to this complexity, current automated tools face the ...
Accessibility to transit station in multi modal transport framework for Delhi

Kumar, P; Jain, SS; Kulkarni, SY; Parida, M [Conference-Full-text]

Recently, Multi Modal Transit Station has been recognized as a symbol of ‘Urban Identity’ and ‘Urban Mobility’ in Delhi which integrates built environment with multiple modes and provides an important link to complete the ...
Achieving energy efficiency in buildings design through innovative planning and design solutions

Mandal, SK; Sinha, K [Conference-Full-text]

The idea that the, earth is a finite planet in the mathematical sense is commonly accepted today. In 1972, both the Club of Rome, in its report, (Meadows et al, 1972), and the first Earth summit in Stockholm expressed this ...
Advancements in sustainable housing practices in Australia

De Silva, S [Conference-Full-text]

Australian housing industry practices, especially in the single and low to medium density housing development sectors are predominantly driven by the volume builders. Here the term, volume builders, refers to a practice ...
Agent based autonomous graphic design tool "PICTURE IT"

Walisundara, HB; Karunananda, AS [Conference-Abstract]

In the current world all the activities are done by the use of communicating through very precise as well as an unambiguous Media. That's why people try to convey their massages by displaying it using posters, brochures ...
Air flow through macro porous ceramic structures

Dharmasena, RR; Perera, DDM; Ekanayake, P; Karunaratne, BSB [Conference-Full-text]

Macro porous ceramic bodies which are specifically designed for filtration purposes, cooling systems and porous medium burning were fabricated in order to study the three dimensional network of porous structures using ...
Alternative design of a geo textile weaving machine

Appuhamy, SG [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

Our objective of this project is to replace the manual processes which are used to produce geo textiles by a cost effective, reliable, automated geo textile producing machine with a cross rope moving mechanism, which will ...
An agent based framework for resilience modeling of value chains

Premarathne, GI; Karunananda, AS [Conference-Full-text]

Effective management of value chain dynamics in today’s IT driven global economy has become a key to success in almost every organization. The management of value chains has become a complex process due to the uncertainty ...
An assessment of the parameters used in snyder's method to derive unit hydrographs for small ungauged watersheds

Wijesinghe, WMD; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

Snyder's Method was applied to the catchment of Welipenna Ganga, in order to study the variation of the results with the changes of the parameters used. Three vale of Cp were considered for the study while Ct was calculated ...
An experimental study on flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams using externally bonded FRP

Perera, PDR; Jayasinghe, MTR; Lewangamage, CS [Conference-Abstract]

The strengthening technique of Ffiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) bonding externally is now established as a simple and convenient repair method for enhancing the flexural performance of concrete beams. In order to increase ...
An over view of water research and water related activities of its stakeholders

Bamunawala, RMJ; Rajapakse, RLHL; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

Utilization of available water resources in needed to be optimized to meet the necessary capacity enhancements for future demands. In this context, water research plays a vital role, enabling rational decision making at ...
Analysing the morphological changes in vernacular domestic architecture of Kerala, India since 1947

Bhooshan, BS; Kim, MK [Conference-Abstract]

This paper discusses morphological changes in the vernacular domestic architecture in Kerala since 1947 (Independence of India from colonial rule) and identify the changes and analyses the reasons behind these changes. The ...
Analysis and design of a low cost peak flow meter for asthma patients

Jayanath, SA; Imesha, E; Sudasingha, AN [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

Asthma cannot be completely cured and only the control can be achieved by proper medication. Peak Flow Meter (PFM) is an essential device which is used for initial diagnose and continuous monitoring of asthma. Affordable ...
Analysis of drag force characteristics of real trees with three different types of vegetation for bioshield in coast

Karunaratne, WMSS; Tanaka, N; Weerakoon, SB; Yagisawa, J; Jinadasa, KBSN [Conference-Full-text]

This paper presents the experimental investigations on drag force characteristics of vegetation in mitigating the impact of tsunami and other surge effects by the resistance offered to the flow. The experiment was conducted ...

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