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Locally available low-cost packing media for anaerobic filters to treat Landfill Leachate
(2017)Solid waste generated in urban centres is disposed into sanitary landfills or dumping sites. The generated leachate at dumping sites causes many problems leading to various environmental impacts. Hence, it is decided to ... -
A Novel Approach to Implement a Closed Loop Controlled Power Converter in Thermal Vacuum Tubes
(2017)In electronics, vacuum tube or electron tube is a device that controls electric current between electrodes in an evacuated container. Vacuum tubes mostly rely on thermionic emission of electrons from a hot filament or a ... -
Numerical simulation of debonding of CFRP strengthened steel beam
(2017)Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) is an advanced engineering material introduced to aerospace industry, recently. Later, the applications of CFRP extended to other field as well. In Civil Engineering, CFRP is popula ... -
An Outdoor Smart Robotic Garbage Bin to Assist a Methodical Garbage Collection, Storage and Disposal Process
(2017)Garbage is identified as any matter that is no longer wanted or needed, which is disposed out for no further use of it. Municipal councils face various problems caused due to these tons of garbage that are piling up ever ... -
Preliminary Concept Design of an Affordable Coastal Patrol Craft for Sri Lanka Navy
(2017)The post-war role and the mission of Sri Lanka Navy has become more multi-dimensional. Newer challenges such as piracy, fisheries law enforcement, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and marine pollution prevention have ... -
Probabilistic Approach to Assessment of Damage Survivability of Cargo Ships
(2017)This paper deals with use of the new SOLAS 2009 probabilistic approach to the assessment of damage survivability of a cargo vessel. Method is used for an existing cargo vessel to assess the level of survivability. Furt ... -
Safe Operation of Tugs within Close Proximity to the Forward and Aft Regions of Ships
(2017)When tugs are used for ship assist manoeuvers, hydrodynamic interaction effects between them can adversely affect the safety and handling of the tug. During such manoeuvers, tugs need to frequently change their location ... -
Sea Level Variability in the West Coast of Sri Lanka
(2017)Sea level variability in west cost of Sri Lankan waters was investigated by means of insitu (Tide gauge) and satellite altimetry data over a period spanning two decades from 1993 to 2014. This paper describes the sea lev ... -
Single Carrier Communication System on Open Source Embedded Platform
(2017)Modern open source embedded platforms are very cost effective while providing enormous computing power. Open source embedded platforms with processor clock frequency exceeding 1GHz speed are common and ideal for implemen ... -
Smart Cane for Staircase and Water Detection
(2017)The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that there are 285 million visually-impaired people worldwide. Among these individuals, there are 39 million who are totally blind. Blind people need some help in interacting ... -
Smart Hospital Ward Management System with mobile robot WARDBOT: An efficient management solution for hospital ward
(2017)The hospital ward system is one of the major section of the hospital. Various ward management systems are used by hospital staff in order to maintain the system. This paper presents a novel concept of, Smart Hospital War ... -
Trending of Vibration Spectrum in Marine Diesel Engine, Marine Gear Box and Variations with Rotational Speeds
(2017)Noise and vibration on board ships may cause discomfort to passengers and crew. It may also impair the efficient execution of the crew’s duties, be the cause of damage to sensitive equipment, structural parts of the ship ... -
Waste Elimination and Productivity Enhancement Framework for Aviation Maintenance Manpower through Value Stream Mapping
(2017)The aviation industry is booming in a rapid phase due to the exponentially increasing demand for air travel both locally and internationally. In response, the complexity of the modern aircraft too has expanded in leaps a ...