The housing requirements in Sri Lanka is rising due to growth of population and urbanisation. Due to change in socio-economic conditions and the living patterns of the society, there is a tendency for every individual ...

There are two major factors that discourage the use of earthquake resistant design and detailing of structures constructed in Sri Lanka. They are the belief that the earthquake resistant structures will cost a lot more ...

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 ...

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 ...

An understanding of the infiltration of water into soil is very important for irrigation engineers, to ensure optimum use of water resources. Infiltration into the soil under unsaturated and saturated conditions are often ...

Vehicular traffic flow is controlled by the use of signal lights. The signal lights change according to a predetermined time sequence, which is estimated by considering traffic flow data. Traffic flow data consists of ...

The overall objective of the project was to identify a few sites, selected from one or more districts which would be suitable for the installation of a ram pump system. In August 1993 a workshop was held at the University ...