Browsing Departmental Conferences by Year "2011"

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  • Accommodating road accident records in a comprehensive highway management system 
    Bandara, JMSJ; Silva, SA; Rajapaksha, RPGKS [Conference-Abstract]
    It has become important to improve planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance standards and manage road system efficiently. There are number of management systems such as pavement management system, road ...
  • Age progressive person-specific 3d model for Sri Lanka 
    Anpaz, AJ; Perera, KKD; Thirunavukkarasu, R; Ajith, C; De Silva, C [Conference-Full-text]
    Face Age Progression is a process of predicting the face of a person with advancing years. Automation of such process with the power of the Computing is one of the huge challenges in the world. This paperexploresautomatic ...
  • Annebot – an evolutionary artificial neural network framework. 
    Mathotaarachchi, MSS; Perera, DC; Udawatte, L; Perera, S [Conference-Full-text]
    A novel method for selecting the appropriate architecture and learning rule of an artificial neural network for a given application is discussed in this paper. Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks (EANN) use the adaptation ...
  • An approach to evaluate horizontal alignment of highways using curvature index and operating vehicle speed 
    Rajapaksha, RPGKS; Bandara, JMSJ [Conference-Abstract]
    In recent years, Sri Lanka has experienced an urban traffic congestion that caused a waste of time and energy. It is known that road geometries partly contribute towards decrease in operating vehicle speed. According to ...
  • An aquifer characteristic analysis for identifying ground water resource development alternatives in the wet zone of Sri Lanka 
    Mayooran, S; Manarathna, SP; Gogulan, N; Rajapakse, RLHL [Conference-Full-text]
    A proper management system for groundwater resources in the wet zone of Sri Lanka is crucially needed to avoid further exploitation of the resource leading to deterioration of groundwater quality. This research study ...
  • Assessing the cracks developed in Dematamal Viharaya, Butthala 
    Jayasinghe, MTR; Paskaran, S; Perera, TM; Kumara, D [Conference-Full-text]
    Stupas of Sri Lanka stand as proud examples for the engineering excellence of ancient Sri Lanka. Dematamal Viharaya at Butthala is one of the oldest stupas in Sri Lanka built in the 2nd Century BC which is a, 19m tall ...
  • Automated Teleprompter 
    Paris, MMSA; Udayanga, GWGKN; Weerakoon, WMTCB; Mihiran, KWC; Silva, CRD [Conference-Full-text]
    This project is focused on automating the current manual teleprompting system. Teleprompting is one of the most widely used techniques in many broadcasting systems. Nowadays, the teleprompting process is handled manually. ...
  • AxiCo2 Concurrency coordination runtime on top of apache axis2 
    Mudannayaka, S; Bandara, L; Gunawardena, V; Weerasooriya, C; Perera, S; Wimalawarne, K; De Silva, R [Conference-Full-text]
    AxiCo2 is an Application Programming Interface (API) designed to simplify the implementation of concurrency in local environment as well as in the invocation of web services. AxiCo2 thereby reduces many inherent difficulties ...
  • Bond performance of CFRP strengthened concrete subjected to fire 
    Ranasinghe, RATM; Jinadasa, DVLR; Srilal, HPS; Gamage, JCPH [Conference-Full-text]
    CFRP (Carbon Fibre Reinforce Polymer) strengthening system has recently emerged as a practical alternative for the flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete structures because of its efficiency in terms of structural ...
  • Cement stabilized rammed earth for wall junctions of two storey houses 
    Kandamby, T; Jayasinghe, C [Conference-Full-text]
    Today the whole world is faced with environmental issues due to unsustainable use of natural resources, especially for construction activities. Finding alternative materials and methods is vital to minimize the impacts ...
  • The cement stabilized soil as a road base material for Sri Lankan roads 
    Bandara, WW; Mampearachchi, WK [Conference-Abstract]
    Dense Graded Aggregate Base has been used for road construction work in the Sri Lanka for many years. Rocks which are used to produce the aggregate are not available everywhere in the island. For example it is difficult ...
  • Civil Engineering Research for Industry Symposium 2011 (Pre Text) 
    Ratnayake, N [Conference-Full-text]
  • Coastal problems associated with Southern Colombo Harbour expansion project 
    Nawarathna, NMIB; Jeevakan, T; Ranatunga, RPUM; Jayasena, JHDJ; Ratnayaka, NP [Conference-Full-text]
    Colombo is the major commercial harbour in Sri Lanka and the government has started to expand this harbour to increase its capacity. Therefore, a breakwater has started to build perpendicular to the shoreline. Due to ...
  • Comparison of density specifications used for construction of hot mix asphalt (hma) 
    Madhusanka, BS; Udakara, PAD; Hirimuthugodage, K; Mampearachchi, WK [Conference-Abstract]
    Measuring the density of asphalt concrete in the field is very important in quality controlling of the flexible pavements. Malpractices use in compaction of asphalt concrete in the field causes quality maintaining and ...
  • Comparison of density specifications used for construction of hot mix asphalt (HMA) 
    Madhusanka, BS; Udakara, PAD; Hirimuthugodage, K; Mampearachchi, WK [Conference-Abstract]
    Measuring the density of asphalt concrete in the field is very important in quality controlling of the flexible pavements. Malpractices use in compaction of asphalt concrete in the field causes quality maintaining and ...
  • Comparison of transport-land use models 
    de Silva, PCP; Bandara, JMSJ [Conference-Abstract]
    Over the last forty years, a variety of operational models has been developed and applied in the field of transportation and presently these models have become principal tools for strategic transportation planning. Once ...
  • Compensation systems for road accident victims 
    Piyasekara, ARR; Kumarage, KAS [Conference-Abstract]
    Worldwide over 1.3 million Persons killed, 50 millions injured in 2007 due to road traffic accidents. In 2004,Road Traffic injuries was the ninth leading cause of death.By,2030 it is estimated the fifth leading cause of ...
  • Cost overruns of foreign funded highway projects in Sri Lanka 
    Hettiarachchi, HHNA; Mampearachchi, WK [Conference-Abstract]
    When an infrastructure development project is planned, an accurate estimation is critical. As a result of failing the fulfillment of expected accuracy, the cost overrun of the projects would result. The cost overrun is ...
  • Cost reduction of quality controlling in metal quarrying 
    Basnayaka, LR; Samarathunga, SPGN; Susantha, TKJ; Nawaneethan, M; Wickrama, MADMG; Samaradiwakara, GVI; Dassanayake, ABN [Conference-Full-text]
    Quality controlling of aggregates is a major concern in aggregate industry. Cost of quality controlling can be minimized via finding correlations between different test on aggregates and rocks. Los Angeles abrasion value ...
  • Debas – a sinhala interactive voice response system 
    Nallathamby, JD; Kariyawasam, KKR; Pullaperuma, HD; Vithana, DC; Jayasena, S [Conference-Full-text]
    Although there are widely used Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems in many languages today, there is no Sinhala language IVR system yet. This paper talks about an approach taken in developing a complete Sinhala IVR ...