Master of Science in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions

  • Wijesundara, WWMRK [Thesis-Abstract]
    Regional traffic models are a useful tool in planning transport infrastructure in keeping with anticipated human settlement patterns and activities. The amount and nature of travel depend on the population size, income ...
  • Mirihagalla, PD [Thesis-Abstract]
    The ability to predict the level of reflection, transmission, run-up and run-down for various types of coastal structures plays an important role in the assessment of their hydraulic performance. These parameters together ...
  • Neilson, AI [Thesis-Full-text]
    This thesis presents an environment for the modelling and processing of structural design standards. This environment is known as SADA, an acronym for Standards Automated Design Assistant. SADA addresses many of the drawbacks ...
  • McNabb, MB [Thesis-Abstract]
    sciency of mechanically extracting valuable resources from municipal solid waste (MSW). With today's techniques, resources such as combustibles, aluminum, glass, and ferrous materials can be extracted from ordinary ...
  • Seneviratne, KS [Thesis-Full-text]
    This thesis is an attempt to introduce a wastewater treatment system to treat wastewater generate in the production of Desiccated coconut in Sri Lanka. In the preparation of this method of treatment based on biological ...
  • Jayasinghe, MTP [Thesis-Abstract]
    The main purpose of a fishery harbour is to offer a sheltered area of water, where fishing crafts can anchor, come alongside jetties or quay walls to unload their catch and obtain necessary services. It has number of general ...
  • Perera, AADAJ
    A field survey of 73 houses was held to evaluate the used building materials, successes and failures, acceptance and rejection by the users etc. The survey included 12 soil based wall houses, 24 cement bases wall houses, ...
  • De Silva, APR [Thesis-Abstract]
    As in other developing countries construction industry in Sri-Lanka is weak. Although there are large number of small contractors throughout the country, their plight is not satisfactory compared to other grades. Though ...
  • Jayasinghe, MTR [Thesis-Full-text]
    The most important aim of expert systems is to emulate the expert. The majority of existing expert systems for design try to achieve this by integrating the phases of the design process within one software environment thus ...
  • Dias, PPG [Thesis-Abstract]
    The Objective of this Study is to develop a Mathematical Model to Forecast Inflows to Senanayake Samudra, given the rainfall in its catchment. This forecast can effectively be used in establishing the reservoir operating ...
  • Karunatilleke C [Thesis-Abstract]
    Every community produced both liquid and solid wastes. The liquid portion which is called wastewater may be defined as a combination of the liquid or water-carried wastes removed from residences, institutions, and commercial ...
  • Ranwala, DAJ [Thesis-Abstract]
    This research aims at developing runoff hydrographs, for Attanagalu Oya catchments. The respective calculations involved ere efficiently done on a personal computer. The calculation of the rainfall excess which is an ...
  • Bandara, JMSJ [Thesis-Abstract]
    Passenger walking distance is a major consideration in determining the geometry of an airport terminal configuration. The number of aircraft gate positions and the expected passenger mix are the significant elements to be ...
  • De Silva, HN [Thesis-Abstract]
    The first part of this report is an univariate Analysis of time series data of the Southern Oscillation Index. The analysis was done in both the time domain and the frequency domain. The nature of the phenomena is such ...
  • Atukorala, NT [Thesis-Abstract]
    The Galoya Irrigation Project is the first multipurpose Scheme started in Sri Lanka. The project was commissioned in the year 1956. After nearly over 20 yrs. of its existence the project was in a rather poor condition. The ...
  • Thuraisingham, M [Thesis-Abstract]
    Giant's tank is located in Mannar district of the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. This tank has 10 sluices, 3 taking off from the inlet channel and the balance 7 from the tank. This scheme consists 162 minor tanks which ...
  • Pattiaratchi, DS [Thesis-Abstract]
    The Government had initiated a National Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Strategy to-assess Sri Lanka's agricultural and food situation and establish priorities for sectoral development. Since the plan involves the use of ...
  • Karunasena, R [Thesis-Abstract]
    This dissertation describes a hydrological study of the Vanathavillu Limestone aquifer using the Electrical Resister Analogue Techniques. Vanathavillu is situated about 18 km, north of Puttalam covering an area of about ...
  • Peiris, MS [Thesis-Abstract]
    This thesis is concerned with various investigations relating to time series analysis and forecasting. Particular attention is given to fractional differencing and its applications to long memory time series models. Chapter ...
  • Samarasinghe, W [Thesis-Abstract]
    This thesis presents the results of an experimental investigation into the strength of brickwork under biaxial tension-compression. Since there is insufficient experimental evidence available on the strength of brickwork ...