Minor irrigation reservoirs, commonly known as village tanks in Sri Lanka, play a vital role in the economic and social spheres of the rural village population, especially in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. A major issue of ...
Pavement management system is a decision support system that is used by road development agencies to maintain its road networks, extending their useful life within the available budget and resource constraints. Methodology ...
In any geography, it is observable that locations better connected to many other locations attract urban activities and therefore, are in relatively more advantageous positions than the less connected locations in the ...
The prevailing shortage of many building materials based on natural resources has led to a considerable price escalation in recent times. This has created opportunities for developing many alternative masonry materials ...
,\ItIH)ugil there are many ancient buildings constructed with earth as a walling material, bricks and l't'llll'llt blocks have overtaken this material in the recent history. With the sustainable concepts being actively ...
This paper presents a tool that can be used to determine the hazards involved in a
steam distillation unit used in extracting cinnamon oil from cinnamon bark. It is a computer aided tool called 'DistHaz'. In this tool any ...
The current accident reporting systems in Sri Lanka do not cover reporting of all
types of accidents, Several competent authorities are involved in collecting data on certain types of industrial accidents and those data ...
Ahstr.rct: In order to make the houses aesthetically more appealing, different bond patterns are used ill 1'()IIJcJ m,lsonry. This is mainly done in brick masonry. In some cases, walls are left unplastered to ""pns(' the ...
In the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster in 2004, the protection offered
by coastal vegetation has become evident in many countries affected and the role of vegetation as a possible tsunami impact mitigation ...
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 ...
Small cities in Asia will have to playa major role in future urban scenario, as a considerable share of the world urban population by the mid of this century will be living in them. Planning their growth thus, has become ...
This paper presents an attempt to device an empirical method for streetscape analysis.
The need for such method is felt in a context that designing streets has been an area of
wider concern but without adequately developed ...
Small cities in Asia will have to playa major role in future urban scenario, as a considerable share of the world urban population by the mid of this century will be living in them. Planning their growth thus, has become ...
Real-time image processing demands much more processing power than a conventional processor can deliver. As a result hardware acceleration became necessary to augments
processors with application-specific coprocessors. ...
This paper introduces a low cost method of sensing position using a optical sensor. Main objective of this study was to overcome the shortcomings associated with the conventional contact type of position sensors using a ...
This paper introduces a low cost method of sensing position using a optical sensor. Main objective of this study was to overcome the shortcomings associated with the conventional contact type of position sensors using a ...
Chlorophyll is widely extracted; 'for industrial applications and is a key topic of sCien~fic and commercial interest. A. sessilis, which is known as mukunuwenna in Sri Lanka, is one of best selections for the extraction ...
The unit operation blanching was introduced to the desiccated coconut production process to ensure I
destruction of pathogenic bacteria. However, research has shown that even after introducing
blanching process, certain ...
The flexur al strength of masonry. which can be defined both parallel and perpendicular to bed joints. is an important strength parameter especially in lightly loaded walls. d'ue to scarcity of conventional masonry materials ...