• The Chronological development of baptismal fonts in urban churches in Colombo, Sri Lanka 

  Jayasinghe, S [SRC-Report]

  Baptism is the act of ceremonial cleansing by which a person becomes a member of a Christian church. Although baptism could occur anywhere, the special place for baptism, either a freestanding building or smaller font, ...
• Investigation of the fertilizing capacity of bottom sediments in the Anuradhapura region 

  Hemalal *>4, PVA [SRC-Report]

  Abstract (150-300 words), covering: Para I - Introduction to and Significance of Research (50-100words), Para 2 - Objectives and Methodology (50-100 words), and Para 3 - Key results and conclusions (50-100 words) Jaya-Ganga ...
• Investigation on flexural performance of cracked concrete beam strengthened using CFRP with intermediate anchors at cracked locations 

  Gamage, JCPH [SRC-Report]

  The flexural performance of heavily cracked reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with different carbon fibrereinforcedpolymer(CFRP) arrangements was investigated. In total twelve CFRP-strengthened and non-strengthened ...
• Applicability of a carbon tax system in the apparel industry m Sri Lanka ; 

  Ramachandra, T; Karunaratne, T [SRC-Report]

  Global warming and subsequent climate change have been identified as critical global issues which need urgent and close attention. Nevertheless, addressing this has become a problem due to the direct relationship between ...
• An Examination on pedestrians’ behavior to disaster situations 

  Hewawasam, HUCP [SRC-Report]

  The objectives of this research are to understand pedestrian’s behaviour at a disaster event, to find out pedestrian spriorities in a disaster event and to identify important pedestrian facilities for disaster events. The ...
• Adoptability of zero waste Lankan construction industry 

  Waidyasekara, KGAS; Mallawaarachchi, BH; Liyanage, KIAKT [SRC-Report]

  The construction industry, being the largest industry, it generates massive quantities of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. In order to eliminate C&D waste, the Zero waste concept emerged as a potential solution. ...
• An activity allocation model for Sri Lanka using PECAS framework 

  De Silva, GLDI [SRC-Report]

  Traditional Transport Models can under or overestimate the benefits when they try to model a rapidly changing economic surrounding. While looking into transport aspects, they cannot account the changes., the transportation ...
• An assessment of wind loading and wind energy potential for Sri Lanka 

  Lewanagamage, CS; Maduranga, WLS [SRC-Report]

  It was more than 40 years ago that Sri Lanka last established a wind loading map after the severe cyclone that struck the country in 1978. It is strongly believed that statistical methods had not been used in developing ...
• Print vs. electronic : user preferences for information resources : a comparative study 

  Damayanthi, KPN; Seneviratne, TM [SRC-Report]

  Though University libraries have positioned themselves as the main vehicles for the organization, access, distribution and use of knowledge, current library services will eventually be inadequate to keep pace with the ...
• Efficient and economical multi-storey buildings for Sri Lanka pt. I : energy efficieny using passive solar techniques 

  Jayasinghe, MTR; Jayatunga, PTP [SRC-Report]

  The role of passive solar buildings, which utilises the energy of the sun together with the characteristics of the local climates through certain number of passive elements, is to maintain the thermal comfort within the ...
• Ethyl acetate production in the presence of a catalyst 

  Gunasekera, MY; Bamunusingha, BANN [SRC-Report]

  Ethyl acetate is a solvent widely used in the chemical industry including paints, coatings, ink production, adhesives, fragrances and pharmaceuticals. The most common strategy of producing ethyl acetate consists in a ...
• Analysis of urban morphology through spectral mixture analysis technique in remote sensing 

  Mahanama, PKS [SRC-Report]

  The urbanization process effects both structure and function of the cities. Therefore, the analysis of morphological patterns of a particular urban area have evolved as a result of varying factors of demographics, level ...
• An Assessment of off-grid micro hydro potential in Sri Lanka 

  Fernando, S; Senarath, R; Ananda, R; Sarath, DB [Article-Full-text]

  Viability of using off-grid micro hydro technology for rural electrification was first demonstrated by the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) in 1991. Following the demonstration phase, ITDG carried out ...
• Development of a prototype DS-CDMA System 

  Abhayawardhana, VS; Hunukumbure, RMM; Dias, D [Article-Full-text]

  This paper describes the development of a prototype Direct Sequence Code Division Multiple Access (DS-CDMA) system. The main objective of the work was to design and implement a CDMA system, based on its fundamental theoretical ...
• Performance analysis of table and pedestal fans 

  Attalage, RA; Sugathapala, AGT [SRC-Report]

  Performances of pedestal and table fans were analysed through experimental measurements of the induced flow field (velocity distribution) and the power consumption by three different fan types (makes). A test rig was ...
• Positive environmental management via waste minimisation in textile washing and garment industry 

  De Alwis, A [Article-Full-text]
• Developing a database for timber used in Sri Lanka 

  Hettiarachchi, MTP [Article-Full-text]

  Until recently timbers used for Structural purposes were limited to timber species that had been “tried and tested” over a long period of time. Today, however, these timbers are scarce and expensive, and it has become ...
• Thermal comfort in proposed three-storey passive houses for warm humid climates 

  Jayasinghe, MTR; Attalage, RA; Jayawardena, AI [SRC Report]

  Electricity which is the backbone of the industrial sector, plays the vital role in the development of a country. In Sri Lanka an adequate increase in the supply of electricity to meet the rising demand is unlikely to ...
• Thermal performance of free-running three-storey houses: an assessment through computer simulations 

  Jayasinghe, MTR; Attalage, RA; Jayawardena, AI [SRC Report]

  Sri Lanka is presently facing a serious energy crisis due to continuous increase in energy demand annually. One of the solutions for this is energy conservation for which houses are a good candidate. The need for using ...
• Quantification of the thermal performance of free-running three-storey houses 

  Jayawardena, AI; Jayasinghe, MTR; Attalage, RA [SRC Report]

  This paper explores the possible means to adopt environmentally-friendly passive techniques to promote thermal comfort inside houses with the view of minimizing the use of energy-intensive active means such as fans. ...

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