Continuous supply of electricity,
when there are supply constrains is a major
challenge. Environmental concerns and non availability of fossil fuels increases the demand
for the use of renewable energy sources such ...
Universal Software Defined Radio
Peripheral (USRP) and Banana pi board can
be used to configure a vehicle parking mobile
network. The base station is created in the
center of the parking area. The base station
can ...
Cold-Formed Steel (CFS)
members are widely used with openings in the
floor system for various service purposes such
as power, telecommunication, and internet
cables. Also, web crippling is becoming
vulnerable owing ...
Perera, K.D.Y.G.; Ahamed, Y.L.F.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
The traditional cement mortar
has limited characteristics. Because of the lack
of expected results, the engineering scope has
focused on alternative materials instead of
using the traditional constituents. As a ...
Tharmarajah, S.; Pasindu, H.R.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Provincial roads in Sri Lanka
considered as class C and D which serves
connection between urban and rural to ensure
the social and economic necessities. Even though
it is a developing country, the majority of these ...
Thawsika, S.; Rajapakse, R. L. H.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
The frequency of flood occurrence
in the Jaffna Peninsula mainly depends on
rainfall intensity, conditions of natural
drainage, associated terrain, and hydraulic
structures. Jaffna Municipal area has also been ...
Buddika, J.W.G.; Weerasuriya, A.U.; Lewangamage, C. S.; Xuelin, Z.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Natural ventilation creates
comfortable and healthy indoor environments
without consuming energy. However,
maintaining adequate natural ventilation is
arduous because several factors control its
performance, ...
Sutharsan, M.E.; Meegahakumbura, S.P.S.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Groundwater supply has been
one of the pillars of socio and economic
development, especially in the dry regions of Sri
Lanka, where reliable water sources are very
scarce. With the rising water demand, water ...
Selvaratnam, T.; Kharel, H.L.; Tan, M.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Anaerobic digestion (AD) systems
yield methane from wet sludge/biomass leaving
carbon-depleted wastewater known as centrate
in municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Centrate is an ideal feedstock for
nutrient/energy ...
Stormwater quantity and quality
can vary widely depending on the landscape of
the area and amount and intensity of
precipitation. Stormwater is a good source of
water which can reduce the demand on potable
water ...
Gunathilaka, D.P.D.U.; Jayathilaka, C.S.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Fabric wastes are commonly
burned or recycled into practical goods, they do
not stay usable long enough before they return
to being wastes once again. Massive textile waste
generation due to the high demand for ...
Manchanayake, R.K.N.A.H.; Malkanthi, S.N.; Dassanayake, D.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Sustainable construction practices
throughout the life cycle of a project refer to
minimize the adverse effect on social,
environmental and economic development in a
country. The present study focused on how ...
Self-compacting concrete (SCC)
has become more popular than conventional
concrete owing to its advantages, such as a high
level of consistency, finishability, and flow rate
with the least possible water-cement ...
Wijesena, P.C.M.; Karunarathna, D. M. S. M.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
In recent years researchers are
focusing on manufacturing new products by
using wastes as raw materials. Among them, the
products which are developed using natural
fibre wastes have gained substantial attention ...
Many cities have developed with
the rapid growth of the population. Due to the
shortage of land, tall buildings have to be
implicit closeness. In the recent past due to
various advantages, skybridges are adopted ...
Jayasekara, D.A.B.P.M.; Jayathilaka, S.T.N.; Somarathna, H.M.C.C.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
This study is intended to
investigate the feasibility of using Calicut Tile
Aggregates (CTA) sourced from industrial
waste and construction and demolition waste
as a replacement for Natural Aggregates (NA)
use in ...
Gunawardhana, T.; Balakrishnan, B.; Deepagoda(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Until recently, natural soils were
believed to constitute two mobile phases: soil
moisture and soil air. However, research
revealed later the presence of another mobile
phase, which is now referred as the colloidal ...
Navaratnarajah, S. K.; Mayuranga, H. G. S.; Venuja, S.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Ballasted track is the traditional
and widely used railway track system in many
countries due to its numerous benefits. The
ballast layer consists of uniformly distributed
coarse granular material that acts as the ...
Wipula, W.K.; Priyankara, N.H.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Huge quantity of bottom ash is
generated as a by-product of burning of coal
when generating electricity at Norochcholai
power plant. However, only very small quantity
of bottom ash is used by the industry to ...
Lakshani, T.; Deepagoda, C.(University of Jaffna, 2022)
Accurate prediction of soil- gas
diffusivity (Dp/Do: where Dp and Do are gas
diffusion coefficients in soil and free air,
respectively) and its variation with air-filled
porosity (ε) is important for understanding ...