Engineering: Recent submissions
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Airplane Performance Analysis through CFD Results: Assessment of a NACA 64A212 Wing-body Combination
(2014)A comprehensive understanding of fluid and flight dynamics of an aircraft cannot be understated from both an engineering and aircraft handling perspective. In this context, availability of such descriptive information, ... -
Development of an Integrated Urban Drainage Cycle Management Model for City of Colombo
(2014)Floods are the most frequently occurring hazard event among all natural disasters. Poorly prepared compact cities have become prone to flash floods even in a small storm event. Present urbanization happening in these cities ... -
Modification of ID3 Algorithm to Explore Students' Performance with their Attributes
(2014)Classification is one of the influential techniques in data mining process which can apply to accurately predict the target class for each case in a dataset. Particularly, in the field of education, the object of classification ... -
Sinhala Ontology Generator for English to Sinhala Machine Translation
(2014)Generating Ontology for a given word is a research challenging task that requires morphology, syntax, semantics and other linguistic knowledge. This paper presents a multi-agent system, named Sinhala Ontology Generator ... -
A Comparison of Factors Associated with Run-off-Road and Non Run-off-Road Crashes
(2014)Run-off-road (ROR) crashes have become a major cause of serious injuries and fatalities. Crash data from Kansas, United States of America (U.S.A.) is used in this study to examine the trends in ROR crashes related to non-ROR ... -
Accidents Involving Guilty Car Drivers in Sri Lanka
(2014)Car drivers are only second to motorcycle riders in getting involved in traffic accidents in Sri Lanka. Therefore car drivers are the majority of the drivers who have been guilty of the traffic accidents in the country in ... -
Analysis of Thermal Effectiveness in Sri Lankan Context a Research based on Vertical Greeneries of Multi-storied Buildings
(2014)Thermal energy, which comes from the heat, makes the great influence state-of-the-art of global climate simulations. This effect feels especially for multi-stored buildings and concept of greenery has been introduced as a ... -
Multi-homing to Provide Reliable Connectivity
(2014)There have been tremendous advances over the past decades when it comes to wireless access technologies. Nowadays, several wireless access technologies are available everywhere. Even mobile devices have evolved to support ... -
"Building Section" For Passive Climatic Modifications in Sri Lankan Non Domestic Architecture
(2014)Air-conditioning is commonly used to achieve thermal comfort for commercial buildings in the hot and humid climates. This practice accounts for nearly 60% of total electricity consumption in a building. The passive system ... -
An Unconstrained Traffic Flow Paths Solution for Evacuating from Multiple Regions to Safer Regions Using Graph Theory and Dynamic Programming
(2014)During disasters such as natural disasters, fires, wars, industrial accidents or viral outbreaks, it is important to guide the people to safer zones from hazardous zones. Usually, the trapped people are guided through safer ... -
Introduction to Skeleton Bridge Abutment
(2014)Abutment in a bridge structure is a vital component, defined as the first and the last support to the bridge deck. Most commonly used bridge abutment type is the wall type abutment. Bridge abutment is subjected to horizontal ... -
Monitoring of Air Pollution due to Vehicles at Ratmalana, Sri Lanka
(2014)Urbanization and industrialization are the main causes of air pollution in most of the areas in Sri Lanka. Air pollution is occurred due to natural and manmade activities. Monitoring of air quality especially in urban areas ... -
A Meta-Analysis on Public Sector E-Health Practices to Suggest Emerging Areas of E-Health Services Within Sri Lanka
(2014)E-Health is directly intertwined with Information Technology. It is a key e-Governance domain which has a high tendency of growing rapidly to serve the society's health needs. In general, it is obvious that e-Health concept ... -
Enhancement of Hardness of Aluminum 6063-T6 alloy by Applying Two Step Age Hardening Process
(2014)Aluminum 6063 T6 is an alloy that is mainly used for structural applications such as window and door frames, partitioning, L bars, U bars, and ladders. It contains magnesium (0.45-0.9%) and silicon (0.2-0.6%) as the main ... -
Interaction of EM Radiation Emitted From Mobile Phones and the Human Brain Tissues
(2014)In this paper, we describe the interaction of electromagnetic waves with human brain. In particular, power dissipation mainly in human brain parts such as white matter, Gray matter, Cerebellum, muzzles, Skin eyes and bones ... -
Effect of Degree of Chlorination on Chlorophenols Dechlorination Water Treatment with Zero Valent Iron
(2014)Chlorophenols (CPs) are known for causing water pollution. Zero-Valent Iron (ZVI) can be used to treat water via CP dechlorination. Incorporation (sorption, co-precipitation and/or physical entrapment) of CPs with iron ... -
An Analysis on Effective Outdoor Mobile Phone Jamming Using Radio Frequency Channels
(2014)This paper investigates the design and implementation of mobile phone jammers for GSM (900MHz AND 1800MHz) and 3G (2100MHz) for outdoor use in a high signal reception zone. A mobile phone jammer is a device that blocks ... -
Extraction of Montmorillonite nano Particles from Clay Deposits in Nachchaduwa Area
(2014)Clay deposits in Nachchaduwa, located in the Anuradhapura district, have been used for generations in brick, tile, and traditional cookware manufacturing industries. In modern industries, Montmorillonite clay has applications ... -
RFID Localization Estimation Techniques for Indoor Environment
(2014)The purpose of wireless sensor network (WSN) has made real-time tracking of objects through the use of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system possible. Localization techniques in an RFID system affect on accurate ...