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Advanced Automation System for Greenhouse Climate Control
(2016)Although the cultivation of crops in greenhouses is considered as the best alternative to obtain quality crops, they often need constant supervising and maintenance unlike the outdoor cultivations. The best solution for ... -
Aircraft Structural Integrity Analysis through Fati gue Crack Propagation
(2016)The life of an aircraft depends mainly on the specific usage of the aircraft. The manufacturer defines a lifetime for the general usage of the aircraft. But with the specific usage of the aircraft, the aircraft structure ... -
Alert value calculation model for aircraft rotable components
(2016)There are pressing reasons for developing a better understanding group of indicators to assess social, economic and environmental sustainability of fuel wood systems. Therefore an important current research need is to ... -
Analysing the “Northrop Grumman B2 spirit” aircraft’s operational and design aspects in order to ascertain the issues related to flying wing concept in implementing as a commercial airliner
(2016)The ?flying wing concept? is a phenomenal innovation in the aviation industry which has revolutionized the preliminary perceptions of the subject. However the rapid industrial expansion of the same is restricted partially ... -
Analysis of Fatigue Crack Initiation of On-Condition Aircraft Structural Components
(2016)This project aims to analyses the fatigue crack initiation of an on condition component and assigns more reliable and accurate inspection intervals to identify the failure soon after it occurs. The current method of ... -
Android Application for Automating the CEB Meter Reading System
(2016)Currently CEB is facing quite a lot of problems in obtaining meter reading from customers due to circumstances such as house owner is out of the house by the time the reader visits or because the readers undergo difficulties ... -
Automated Paddy Transplanter
(2016)Rice is the main staple food in Sri Lanka therefore paddy cultivation plays a major role in the Sri Lankan economy. There are two main methods of paddy cultivation which are sowing and planting. Sowing is the current trend. ... -
Automatic water features recognition from Satellite images using an Artificial Neural Network
(2016)Water body is a significant natural object and 70% of total Earth is covered with water. Out of which approx. 68% is saline water and is part of many water resources such as glaciers, oceans, sea, ponds etc. and only 2% ... -
Bamboo as a New Retrofitting Material for Existing Masonry Walls with Improving the Walls Aesthetic View
(2016)Sri Lankan architecture is mainly based on masonry since ancient time. Among different types of masonry, Un-Reinforced Masonry (URM) construction has possessed the local culture of Sri Lanka especially in home/ residential ... -
Best Interest through Lens of Shared Parental responsibility; A New Model for Child Custody Determinations in Sri Lanka
(2016)Breakdown of the family is very much traumatic for children of a family. In order to assure a safe and a protected future for children, maintenance of ?best interest of the child?concept, in custody disputes is paramount ... -
CFD analysis of ONERAM6 wing using OPENFOAM
(2016)Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) is very important in the aviation industry. Especially it is critically effecting to the model analysis of aeronautical and Aerospace engineering filed. Nowadays lots of CFD software on ... -
Coal Vs LNG based Power Generation and Challenges ahead of the Predicted Climate Issues by end of the 21st Century: Sri Lankan Context
(2016)Since the industrial revolution that took place in 18th and 19th centuries, here in 21st century world is facing climate changes due to the substantial increase in the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. World population ... -
Conceptual Smart Earth Model
(2016)The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing day by day rapidly with modern devices getting connected all the time. Smart world is envisioned as an era in which smart objects such as mobile devices, computers, transportation, ... -
Cost Effective Calling Mechanism for Roaming Users
(2016)The cost of initiating a call when roaming in a foreign PLMN network is considerably high. As a remedy for this, VoIP services can be used, but both calling and called parties have to have internet connectivity with suitable ... -
Creative City Planning: Integration of Cultural Assets in Planning the Vibrant City
(2016)Cultural-planning has been a popular topic among urban planners as a strategy to regenerate city centres. Helsinki started adapting the concept of creative-city, a prodigy of cultural- planning, after being named the ... -
Development of a mobile application on disaster emergency alertness targeting communities in Matara district, in Sri Lanka
(2016)Sri Lanka experienced different disaster events and millions of people were affected due to these events in the past. It also lacks an efficient emergency management system that will help in times of need. Proper disaster ... -
Development of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier
(2016)Gasification is a thermal conversion process in which both heat and a combustible gases are produced. One method of gasification referred as partial oxidation, It is very similar to combustion, except that it occurs with ... -
Effect on physical activity among users of walking track under wetland conditions in sub urban area in Sri Lanka
(2016)Planned environment and Communities can strongly enhance opportunities for people to improve their levels of physical activity (PA). Peaceful area for physical activity nevertheless offer benefits to mind and body both. ... -
An Effective Design and Construction of Robotic musical instrument Using PIC Microcontrollers
(2016)An automated musical instrument is a device which generates sounds using mechanical actuators, electronics and control process rather than conventional human involvement. The main problem in developing such a device can ... -
Employing rGO as an electron acceptor to enhance th e photocurrent of p-Cu2O
(2016)A considerable photocurrent enhancement was found at the Cu/p-Cu2O/rGO electrolyte interface in a photo-electrochemical cell with compared to that of Cu/p- Cu2O electrolyte interface. The reason for that may be due to the ...