Faculty of Engineering: Recent submissions

  • Piled Raft Foundation System for Tall Buildings 
    Gamage, B. G. S. T.; Kiriparan, B.; Waduge, B.; Fernando, W.J.B.S.; Mendis, P. (Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2021)
    Abstract Design of a safe and economical foundation system is an important task in tall build-ing design. Deep foundations such as piled foundations are generally adopted to transfer heavy loads from superstructure to ...
  • Determination of Pile capacities for piles socketed on fractured rock, with field test data and empirical formulae 
    De Alwis, A. D.; Kiriparan, B.; Fernando, W.J.B.S.; Thilakasiri, H. S.; Hettiarachchchi, D. S. (The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    : The development of tall structures as an uprising trend in Colombo-Sri Lanka is evident during the recent past due to the high land prices. These tall structures require to be founded on strong substrata and piling ...
  • Construction of An Earth Retaining System in the Heart of CBD- A Case Study 
    Kantheepan, Y.; Chandrasekara, W.C.M.T.M.; Kiriparan, B.; Alwis, T.P.G.U.; Fernando, W.J.B.S. (The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    The current trend of building skyscrapers in busy urban areas has led to the unique problem of facilitating deep excavation without disturbing the adjacent structures or roads. This excavation support should be both ...
  • Application of Steel-Concrete Composite Columns in Building Construction 
    Kiriparan, B.; Fernando, W.J.B.S.; Bhathiya, W.; Mendis, P.; De Alwis, A. D.; Dilina, H. (The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Abstract: The steel concrete composites namely concrete filled steel tubular columns (CFST) and encased steel reinforced concrete (SRC) columns are becoming increasingly popular in the building industry due to the ...
  • Structural challenges in design and detailing of skybridges connecting tall buildings 
    Kiriparan, B.; Waduge, B.; Fernando, W.J.B.S.; Mendis, P. (10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (ICSECM), 2019)
    Implementation of skybridges between towers is becoming trendy these days in the urbanizing world to achieve smart mobility in addition to the aesthetic, spatial and technical concerns. Emerging new technologies and ...
  • Advancement in construction materials and challenges in finding structural solutions for modern structures 
    Kiriparan, B.; Waduge, B.; Fernando, W.J.B.S.; Alwis, U.; Mendis, P. (10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (ICSECM), 2019)
    Abstract: In modern construction arena architecturally driven designs with more sophisticated structural forms offers several challenges to the structural engineers and contractors. In addition to the architectural ...
  • Analysis and Design of Skybridges connecting Tall Buildings – A case study 
    Kiriparan, B.; Waduge, B.; Fernando, W.J.B.S.; Mendis, P. (SOCIETY OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, SRI LANKA, 2019)
    Skybridges between adjacent tall buildings are generally adopted to offer iconic features such as sky gardens, swimming pools, observation decks and other luxury amenities. Improved fire safety, horizontal connectivity ...
  • Prediction of Across Wind Response of Tall Buildings: An Overview 
    Kiriparan, B.; Jayasinghe, J.A.S.C.; Dissanayake, U.I. (Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2021)
    Abstract Wind induced lateral loading is one of the vital factors governing the design of tall buildings. Along wind, across wind and torsional responses are three important considerations in wind design of tall buildings. ...
  • Effect of circular openings on web crippling of unlipped channel sections under end-two-flange load case 
    Elilarasi, K.; Kasthuri, S.; Janarthanan, B. (The Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction, 2020)
    Cold-formed steel unlipped channels with web openings increasingly employed as bearers and joists in the floor systems to embed the building services to maintain adequate clear storey-height and aesthetic appearance. The ...
  • Contextual spell checking for Tamil Language 
    Jananie, S.; Sarveswaran, K. (14th Tamil Internet 2015, Singapore, 2015)
    A spell checker is a basic necessity for composing text in any language. However, for the language like Tamil, due to its complex nature, a little amount of reportable work have been done compare to languages like English ...
  • Hybrid approach for spell checking of tamil language 
    Jananie, S.; Sarveswaran, K. (Proceedings of the Peradeniya Univ. International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, 2014)
    The spell checkers are specialised application programs that flags words in a document that may be misspelled. Though there are several spell checkers available for languages like English, no fully functional application ...
  • Concepts to Maximize the Usage of Distribution Networks - Case study on Jaffna Peninsula Distribution System 
    Ravindran, N.; Rodrigo, W.D.A.S.; Prasad, W.D.; Atputharajah, A. (2018)
    Usage of distribution networks are always a challenging task as it directly connected to the consumer loads, which are continuously varying. Under or over voltages are one of the major component that limits the expansion ...
  • Islanding Detection and Enhancement of Microgrid Performance 
    Pouryekta, A.; Ramachandaramurthy, K.; Mithulananthan, N.; Arulampalam, A. (IEEE, 2017)
    Nowadays, renewable energy sources (RES) are widely used in the distribution system. Despite the advantages of RES in the system, they also introduce some problems such as unintentional islanding, protection concerns, ...
  • Study of Northern Province Medium Voltage Network Interconnection with the Sri Lankan Power Grid 
    Ananthasingam, A.; Shailajah, R.; Yoganathan, N.; Arunprasanth, S.; Atputharajah, A.; Fernando, M.A.R.M. (2016)
    Interconnection of power systems will strengthen the power grid due to its inertia addition. However, interconnection of long distanced large loads and generating plants causes problems like voltage drops, line overloading, ...
  • Forecast Daily Night Peak Electric Power Demand in Sri Lankan Power System 
    Ananthasingam, A.; Atputharajah, A. (IEEE, 2015)
    Electricity has become vital for day today life. Electricity consumption has enormously increased during the recent past. However it cannot be conveniently stored. Therefore, at every instant of time there should be a ...
  • Integrated solution for future transportation and power systems through wind-solar hybrid power plant with energy storage 
    Thananjeyan, S.; Arunan, S.; Thiruvaran, T.; Atputharajah, A.; Ramachandaramurthy, V.K. (2014)
    This paper addresses integrated solutions with the energy storage, which plays multiple roles in applications in transportation and power systems. The proposed integrated and automated control concept for a battery charging ...
  • Development of Dynamic EV Load Model for Power System Oscillatory Stability Studies 
    Dharmakeerthi, C.H.; Mithulananthan, N.; Atputharajah, A. (2014)
    The interest on electric vehicles growing as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel driven vehicles. Even though there are a number of grid impact studies, only a scant attention has been paid to study the impact of EV ...
  • Sustainable development through green building concept In sri lanka 
    Bombugala, B.A.W.P.; Atputharajah, A. (2013)
    The construction sector accounts for a large percentage of the world’s total energy consumption and green house gas emissions. One of the effective and intelligent initiatives in infrastructure sector is sustainable development ...
  • Methodology to find the load pattern of a lv distribution Feeder and optimal capacitor placement 
    Gajananan, A.; Fernando, M. A. R. M.; Atputharajah, A.; Karunarathna, C. A. B. (2011)
    The problem of capacitor placement for loss reduction in distribution system has been researched well in the past. In this paper a concept has been developed to determine the load pattern of a distribution feeder. Then a ...
  • Incorporating Pumped Storage Power Plant in the Sri Lankan Electricity Sector 
    Vivekananthan, C.; Anparasan, M.; Arunprasanth, S.; Fernando, M. A. R. M.; Atputharajah, A.; Ratnayake, U. R. (2011)
    Sri Lanka is anticipated to experience a coal dominant electricity sector within this decade with the introduction of planned large scale coal power plants. Developing Pumped Storage Power Plant (PSPP) would be one of the ...