Senate Research Committee – Reports: Recent submissions

  • Position detecting module 
    Dunuweera, MS; Fonseka, M; Gunasekara, RT; Gunasekara, P; Harcha, AM; Abeykoon, S; Udawatta, L [SRC-Report]
    This invention relates to a method of sensing positions in application such as mobile robotic applications. The main objective of this invention is to overcome certain issues related to position detection mechanisms available ...
  • Assessment of vulnerability in relation to Tsunami risk assessment 
    Hettiarachchi, SSL [SRC-Report]
    Planning post tsunami rehabilitation and conservation of the Sri Lankan coastline should ideally be undertaken within a multi hazard coastal risk assessment framework giving due consideration to all the coastal hazards. ...
  • Optimization of jatropha oil extraction by liquid extraction and pressing methods 
    Gunawardena, SHP [SRC-Report]
    Various types of seed oils such as coconut, palm, sunflower, rapeseed, groundnut and soybean are being used to produce various non-food products in the world at present. A large portion of this is used for biodiesel ...
  • Bond and compressive strength of masonry for locally available bricks 
    Konthesinghe, KMC; Jayasinghe, C; Nanayakkara, SMA [SRC-Report]
    The bond between brick and mortar plays an important role in the ability of masonry to resist loads. The single and most important property of mortar is bond strength, and it is critical that this bond be complete, strong, ...
  • Blackbox recorder for virtual servers 
    Samarasinghe, AR [SRC-Report]
    The advent of new computing paradigms, such as Cloud Computing and Software as a Service, have brought the server virtualization technology into mainstream use. Previously, virtual server use was confined mainly to ...
  • A Comparison of masonry walls constructed with different bond patterns 
    Jayasinghe, C [SRC-Report]
    Two Publications included . Titles of publication as "Comparative performance of burnt clay bricks and compressed stabilized earth bricks and blocks " & "Characteristics of different masonry units manufactured with stabilized ...
  • Flexural strength of different types of earth masonry 
    Jayasinghe, C [SRC-Report]
    Title in Publication as "Flexural strength of compressed stabilized earth masonary materials."
  • Effects of different bond patterns used for brickwork on in door thermal performance 
    Jayasinghe, C [SRC-Report]
    Title in publication as "Comparative performance of masonry bond patterns"
  • Feasibility studies of a constructed wetland to treat contaminated water 
    Weerasooriya, UK; Dilrukshi, RAN; Adikari, AMHV; Rajeeth, A; Achchuthan, P; Karunarathne, S [SRC-Report]
    Among the vast number of methods that can be applied for the treatment of contaminated water, mine water was identified one of the best methods of treating of abandoned as the subsurface flow constructed wetlands through ...
  • Colour removal from textile effluent using agricultural waste as adsorbents 
    Amarasinghe, P; Jayasinghe, PA; Gunasekara, PY [SRC-Report]
    The adsorption process is considered as one of the effective methods for colour removal from wastewater. In this study a number of low cost adsorbents were investigated in search of an alternative to commercial Granular ...
  • Prospecting geothermal energy from hot water springs at Padiyathalawa 
    Anitha, SSS; Chanaka, HGDDD; Dassanayake, ABN; Wanni Arachchi, WADSR; Suthakar, AA [SRC-Report]
    Being a country with an increasing population, the demand for power is also increased in Sri Lanka As a result there will be a power crisis in the country near future. In this scenario we can not totally depend on ...
  • Enhancing maintainability of multi-story buildings in Sri Lanka 
    Rameezdeen, R; De Silva, N; Samarajeewa, A [SRC-Report]
    The research into the issue of maintainability of multi-story buildings in Sri Lanka is still in its adolescent stage. This report summarizes the main deliverables of a research project dealing with maintainability of ...
  • Design & construction of gasifier 
    Darshana, AHN; Nissanka, NASP; Wanniarachchi, LK [SRC-Report]
    Since the middle of the 1970's the increase in oil prices has led to a renewed interest in wood gasification technology, especially in countries dependent on oil imports but with adequate supplies of wood or other biomass ...
  • Fire safety in high rise buildings 
    Jayasinghe, MTR; Aluthwala, AD; Wickramarathne, DKS; Wijeratne, RKMJB [SRC-Report]
    Life style bounded with working and living in high risers is somewhat new to us as Sri Lankans. For the last decade or so, land values have risen up especially in Colombo and the high rise culture is an inevitable ...
  • An Analysis of the current middle level engineering technology education programmes in Sri Lanka 
    Wanigatunga, NL; Thoradeniya, WBM [SRC-Report]
    Basic technical education provided to fresh school leavers can be divided into four main categories according to the depths of subject matter taught and the skills involved: craft level, certificate level, diploma level ...
  • Application of mathematical modelling for assessment of nearshore wave climate 
    Ranasinghe, DPL [SRC-Report]
    In Sri Lanka, nearshore wave climate is influenced by the simultaneous occurrence of swell waves approaching from a more or less southerly direction and sea waves mainly influenced by monsoonal weather pattern. Some ...
  • An Empirical approach to evaluate streetscapes of Sri Lanka 
    Munasinghe, JN [SRC-Report]
    Streets have been providing a theme for many studies, symposiums and planning and design studios all over the world for last few decades. Literature in the areas of planning, urban design and architecture reveals that ...
  • Manual inspection and assessment method of highway bridges 
    Karthika, M [SRC-Report]
    “Inspection and Assessment of bridges’' plays an important role, because the resources being spent in keeping existing bridges functioning to the standards for which they were designed are no longer sufficient. There is ...
  • Holonomic mobile platform for farm vehicles 
    De Silva, WR [SRC-Report]
    Most mobile platforms or vehicles used in today are non holonomic. They only have one or two independent degrees of freedom. Because of that its manuarability is limited and often require much space to control like turning ...
  • Properties of self compacting concrete 
    Baskaran, K; Wahalathantri, BL [SRC-Report]
    Demand for self compacting concrete is Abstract: increasing due to the possibilities of usage in congested reinforced areas, and reduction in manpower. Use of high fine content and superplasticisers has significantly ...