Faculty of Engineering: Recent submissions

  • Modelling a Probability Distribution for Extreme Rainfall Events in Colombo, Sri Lanka 
    Mayooran, T.; Laheetharan, A. (2012)
    Modelling of extreme rainfall events is the fundamental part of flood hazard estimation. Establishing a probability distribution to represent the precipitation depth at various durations has long been a topic of interest ...
  • Modeling of the dengue outbreak using modified seir model in jaffna district 
    Selvabavitha, V.; Thanusika, T. (University of Jaffna, 2021)
    Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, mostly Aedes aegypti. In the Jaffna District, about 200 cases of dengue fever per 100,000 people in 2019 ...
  • Construction and Building Materials 
    Somarathna, H.M.C.C.; Raman, S.N.; Mohotti, D.; Mutalib, A.A.; Badri, K.H. (University of Jaffna, 2021)
    Experimental investigation was conducted using concrete specimens to assess the effectiveness of bio based polyurethane (PU) coating synthesized from palm kernel oil in enhancing the dynamic mechanical response of concrete ...
  • Tensile Characteristics of Waste Based Natural Fibre Composites from Rice Husk and Low Density Polythene Waste 
    Abesinghe, P. M. I. B.; Narayana, S. N. B. M. W. Y. S.; Somarathna, H. M. C. C. (University of Jaffna, 2022)
    Manufacturing new products with waste material has exposed a tremen dous contribute to sustainable waste management globally. Recently, natural fibres have gained attention among researchers, engineers and scientists as ...
  • Automated gastrointestinal abnormalities detection from endoscopic images 
    Gowtham,P.; Niranjan,M.; Kaneswaran, A. (16th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS) 2021, 2021)
    Impressive high performance reported in the use of machine learning on computer vision problems is often due to the availability of very large datasets with which deep neural networks can be trained. With inference from ...
  • Predicting Movie Ratings from Audience Behaviors on Movie Trailers 
    Rathnayaka, S.J.J.; Ranathunga, C.J.; Navarathna, R.; Kaneswaran, A.; Balathasan, Y. (10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), 2021)
    Movie rating is a measure of viewer’s reaction to movie performance at the box office and also a key feature to garner publicity. Movie ratings are feedback measures given by a subset of the audience voluntarily. If the ...
  • An automatic air inflated tubeless safety jacket for motorbike riders 
    Bulathsinghala, R.L.; Fernando, S.; Jayawardana, T.S.S.; Heenkenda, N.; Jeyakumar, S.; Packiyarasa, P.; Hemamala, G.; Wijesena, D. (University of Jaffna, 2021)
    Motorcycle is one of the popular modes of transport in developing countries. However,the statistics related to accidents show that motorcycles are the most vulnerable vehicles. Research studies have revealed that half of ...
  • Identify the Best model to Forecast the Monthly Rainfall in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka by Using Time Series Analysis 
    Selvabavitha, V.; Anuthrika, T.; Kirisanth, S.; Yogaraja, B. (University of Jaffna, 2021)
    Rainfall is an important component of the water cycle and is the main of giving fresh water to the earth. Also, rainfall is one of the most significant climatic elements that has a direct impact on agriculture. The Jaffna ...
  • Environmental Monitoring System Using USRP and Single Board Computer 
    Muralitharan, R. (University of Jaffna, 2021)
    Universal Software Defined Radio Peripheral (USRP), GNU Radio, and Raspberry Pi board (single board computer) are used to establish a simple communication network. The communication network is configured to monitor the ...
  • The effects of using agricultural waste as partial substitute for sand in cement blocks 
    Sathiparan, N.; De Zoysa, H.T.S.M. (Elsevier, 2018)
    The disposal of agricultural waste is a serious environmental problem. Use of agricultural wastes in the pro duction of cement block may reduce the global environmental pollution. This study analyzes the feasibility of using ...
  • The scale effect on small-scale modelling of cement block masonry 
    Sathiparan, N.; Anjalee, W. A. V.; Kandage, K. K. S. (2016)
    This paper discusses the effect of scale on the structural behaviour of cement block masonry under various loading condition. A real scale model test makes possible to obtain data similar to real structures. Financial and ...
  • Uniaxial Tensile Characteristics of Natural Fiber Composites From Banana Fibre And Thermoplastics Waste 
    Sanjith, S.; Priyantha, W.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C.; Sampath, D.S. (2019)
  • Feasibility of concrete containing recycled concrete aggregates 
    Bandara, H.M.S.C.H.; Thushanth, G.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C. (2019)
  • Identification of damages to building structures due to roots of trees 
    Halwatura, R.U.; Jayawardena, V.G.N.P.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C. (2012)
    When trees are planted too close to a building, the roots of them are causing damages to that building in both direct and indirect ways. In many cases, these subterranean problems go unnoticed, until cracks appear on ...
  • Feasibility study on a mud block with straw 
    Somarathna, H.M.C.C.; Sampath, K. A. C.; Jayathilaka, K.G.; Ranasinghe, A.W.L.H.; Halwatura, R.U.; Perera, A.A.D.A.J. (2012)
    When, trying to establish “Sustainability” within local built environment, it is important to understand prevailing methods that are using. As a result, concentrating on “methods of wall construction”, it was found that, ...
  • Disease Detection System from Heart Sounds 
    Liyanaarachchi, M.R; Muthalif, F.A.; Perera, K.I.S.; Selvarathnam, M.; Dayananda, Dr. N.W.N. (University of Jaffna, 2011)
    This paper presents a methodology to diagnose some heart diseases which can be identified using heart sounds. As the first stage, audio files in . wav format are acquired using an electronic stethoscope and entered to a ...
  • Deep Cement Mixed Walls with Steel Inclusions for Excavation Support 
    Nishanthan, R.; Liyanapathirana, D. S.; Leo, C. J. (2018)
    Deep cement mixed (DCM) walls are widely used in supporting excavations in many parts of the world. In this paper, a case study of an excavation supported by a DCM wall with steel inclusions is analysed using a ...
  • Shielding effect in pile groups adjacent to deep unbraced and braced excavations 
    Nishanthan, R.; Liyanapathirana, D.S.; Leo, C.J. (2016)
    This paper investigates the shielding effect within piles in a group adjacent to deep unbraced and braced excavations. Numerical simulations based on the finite element method are performed on free-head and capped-head ...
  • Influence of deep excavation induced ground movements on adjacent piles 
    Liyanapathirana, D.S.; Nishanthan, R. (Elsevier, 2016)
    In urban areas, excavations for cut-and-cover tunnels and basement construction cause detrimental effects on adjacent existing piles. Hence quantifying the excavation induced lateral deformations and bending moments on ...
  • Modelling issues in simulation of deep excavations 
    Nishanthan, R.; Liyanapathirana, D.S.; Leo, C.J. (2014)
    This paper investigates three different modelling approaches available in ABAQUS/Standard finite element program for the simulation of short-term behaviour of deep excavations in saturated clayey soils below the water ...