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  • Design and build procurement arrangement in government projects in Sri Lanka 
    Waidyasekara, KGAS; Harichchandra, MRM; Mathusha, F [Article-Abstract]
    Design and Build (D&B) procurement arrangement was identified as a more suitable method to match the current requirements of the construction industry than the traditional procurement system. Because of that in the current ...
  • Design and development of a landmines removal robot 
    Hemapala, KTMU; Razzoli, RP [Article-Abstract]
    Humanitarian demining is a calamity of war affecting many third world countries. Mines are cheap weapons, built to sustain horrible injuries that target active people with a knock‐on effect upon economic growth. The clearing ...
  • Design and development of a landmines removal robot 
    Hemapala, KTMU; Razzoli, RP [Article-Abstract]
    Humanitarian demining is a calamity of war affecting many third world countries. Mines are cheap weapons, built to sustain horrible injuries that target active people with a knock‐on effect upon economic growth. The clearing ...
  • Design and development of a novel re-configurable fixturing system 
    Jayaweera, ND; Subasinghe, LU; Gajanayaka, HGAR [Technical paper]
    Modem aerospace industry is continuously seeking new technologies due to potential increase in demand for new aircrafts which are to be produced on a single production line while reducing model changeover time and improving ...
  • Design and development of a wind turbine simulator using a separately excited DC motor 
    Kariyawasam, KKMS; Karunarathna, KKNP; Karunarathne, RMA; Kularathne, MPDSC; Hemapala, KTMU [Article-Abstract]
    Over the course of the past decade, power generation based on wind energy has become a significant component in modern power systems, which has caused substantial increase in the wind power based research. As it is ...
  • Design and performance of an industrial scale biofilter for odorous gas treatment 
    Wijayawardhana, AJ; Wijeyekoon, SLJ; Walpalage, S; Amarasinghe, ADUS [Article-Abstract]
    Odorous gas treatment is a challenging task due to the difficulties in identifying odor specific gases and their varied characteristics. A bio filter was designed for the treatment of waste gas stream from a tobacco leaf ...
  • Design of a bullet-proof vest using shear thickening fluid 
    Fernando, EASK; Niles, SN; Morrison, AN; Pranavan, P; Godakanda, IU; Mubarak, MM [Article-Abstract]
    Bulletproof vests are used to protect the user from bullets fired at them. Various such vests are currently available and are bullet resistant to a particular threat level. The protection is given by the material used to ...
  • Design of a Fuzzy Logic Controller to Enhance Power System Small Signal Stability 
    Wickramarachchi, N; Gunathilake, DKPU [Article-Abstract]
    A reliable and continuous supply of electric energy is essential for efficient functioning of the modern sophisticated society. Due to a combination of burgeoning energy consumption and impediments to increasing generation ...
  • Design of a solar hybrid dryer for copra drying 
    Udana, HPK; Amarasinghe, ADUS [Article-Abstract]
    A small scale, forced convection, solar-biomass hybrid dryer for drying copra has been designed, fabricated and tested for drying copra. The dryer is consisted with a solar air heater, a biomass-stove heat exchanger and ...
  • Design of exponentially weighted moving average chart for monitoring standardized process variance 
    Razmy, AM; Peiris, TSG [Article-Abstract]
    Control charts for monitoring of process variance are developed based on Shewhart, exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) and cumulative sum (CUSUM) control charts for mean. In all these variance control charts, log ...
  • Design of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthened beam for flexure 
    Gamage, JCPH [Article-Abstract]
    Nowadays, upgrading civil engineering structures is a very important issue, particularly for concrete bridges and buildings. For concrete bridges, increase in traffic load and deterioration caused by environmental factors ...
  • Design of ultrathin composite self-deployable booms 
    Mallikarachchi, HMYC; Pellegrino, S [Article-Abstract]
    Recently developed analysis techniques for thin shells that can be folded elastically and are able to self-deploy are used to develop an iterative design approach for this type of structure. The proposed approach considers ...
  • Designing a small scale industrial type vacuum distillation column that based on laboratory and pilot plant studies 
    Wickramasinghe, PMYG; Walpalage, S; Amarasinghe, ADUS [Article-Abstract]
    Rolling oil is used in packaging industry Abstract: for cooling and lubricating rolling sheets during production process. However, the properties of the rolling oil changes with time and that becomes unsuitable for the. ...
  • Designing a small scale industrial type vacuum distillation column that based on laboratory and pilot plant studies 
    Wickramasinghe, PMYG; Amarasinghe, ADUS; Walpalage, S [Article-Abstract]
    Rolling oil is used in packaging industry for cooling and lubricating rolling sheets during production process. However, the properties of the rolling oil changes with time and that becomes unsuitable for the use. This ...
  • Designing a vibrating sieve 
    Fernando, WLW; Basnayake, BMV; Fernando, HAS; Rajapaksha, HMPB; Rodrigo, SAIJ; Theres Lathanky, J [Article-Full-text]
    This report presents the development of proto type of a Vibrating Sieve. The preliminary objective of this project is to design a prototype of a vibrating sieve to be used for clay refinery process, which can be easily ...
  • Designing chairs with mounted desktop for university students: Ergonomics and comfort 
    Thariq, MGM; Munasinghe, HP; Abeysekara, JD [Article-Abstract]
    The chairs with mounted desktop are widely used in the lecture halls of Sri Lankan universities. An anthropometric survey was carried out among the university students in Sri Lanka to design fixed-type and side-mounted ...
  • Designing of tension control Device to minimize tension variation across Weaver’s beam 
    Fernando, EASK; Jayawardana, TSS [Article-Abstract]
    The tension variations across the width of the weaver’s beam cause uneven tension in the fabric formation zone. As a result of the tension variation, the woven fabric tends to have fabric defects, such as non-uniform ...
  • Determining the co-relation between behavioral engagement and performance of e-Learners 
    Dias, BAMT; Malida, KKDS; Sahani, MA; Jayathilaka, JMSC; Sandanayaka, TC; Karunarathne, GTI [Article-Abstract]
    The main focus of the research is to identify the co-relation between performance and behavioral engagement of learners in the e-learning environment. Two experiments were conducted in controlled environment to gather data ...
  • Developing a foundation design software "Geosoft" 
    Puswewala, UGA; Delakshan, I; Girishanth, S; Sasokanthan, K; Sureshkumar, S; Thavasuthan, T; Vaseeharan, MD [Article-Full-text]
    Foundation Design Software System. The preliminary objective of this project is to develop the correlation between soil profile and allowable bearing capacity for any type of foundation design. In order to achieve this ...
  • Developing a performance measurement system for apparel sector lean manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka 
    Perera, PST; Perera, HSC; uom.lk, HSCP [Article-Abstract]
    Performance measurements systems were rarely adapted to changing manufacturing environments. Lean is one such practice aiming at productivity improvements. Non-cost performance improvements resulting from lean makes the ...