Most of the new coming highways in Sri Lanka are run through low-lying areas mainly to minimize the damages to the existing structures and to the livelihood of the people living in the buildup areas. The shallow subsurface ...

There are several access control systems available in the market, which uses different mechanisms to authenticate the users. Passwords, cards with barcode, card with magnetic systems and signature are the traditional ...

Furniture manufacture during early days was a highly skilled craft where appearance and functions were innovatively designed, but the joints were done in the traditional manner. Though high quality timber was invariably ...

Motion Control is one of the most important research topics in computer vision. It is the base for many other problems such as visual tracking, structure from motion. A major interests of motion analysis is to estimate ...

In model soil slope studies as related to Geotechnical Engineering. the engineers arc interested in the failure surface and the maximum shear strength developed there upon failure. Monitoring the displacements and strains ...

Yarn trimming is' carried out by using a pair of scissors in conventional lock stitch machines. Three steps should be followed to trim the yarn. First, the presser foot is lifted by using the knee lifter (hand lifter in ...

Main intention of Geophysical resistrvity surveying is to interpret the subsurface conditions for engineering applications. The earth exhibits a far from uniform structure and therefore the surface resistivity varies ...

Wastewaters from industrial sources, having Chemical Oxygen Demand greater than 1500 mg/l are generally categorized as 'high strength industrial wastewaters'. In anaerobic digestion, the complex organic compounds present ...

The shear behaviour rock joints infilled with graphite, bentonite and clayey sand under eNS conditions were studied through a comprehensive laboratory testing programme to assess its influence on rock mass stability. A ...

The ability to predict the hydraulic performance of a pipe network during its working life plays an important role in the planning and design of water supply schemes. The nominal diameter and the friction factor of pipes ...