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ABSTRACTS Engineering Excellence Through Collaborative Research and Innovation ABSTRACTS General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Sri Lanka ABSTRACTS Engineering Excellence through Collaborative Research and Innovation ABSTRACTS This book contains the abstracts of papers presented at the 11th International Research Conference of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka held on 13th - 14th September 2018. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka Published by General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Ratmalana 10390 Sri Lanka Tel : +94113370105 E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.kdu.ac.lk/irc2018 ISBN - 978 - 955 - 0301 - 56 - 0 Date of Publication 13th September 2018 Designed and Printed by 2 GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS CONFERENCE CHAIR Dr Upali Rajapaksha CONFERENCE SECRETARY Ms Bhagya Senaratne AssiSTANT CONFERENCE SECRETARIES Dr Danushi Gunasekara Ms Nirupa Ranasinghe Capt Madhura Rathnayake STEERING COMMITTEE Maj Gen IP Ranasinghe RWP RSP ndu psc - President Brig RGU Rajapakshe RSP psc Professor MHJ Ariyarathne Col JMC Jayaweera psc Senior Professor JR Lucas Capt (S) UG Jayalath Senior Professor ND Warnasuriya Capt JU Gunaseela psc Senior Professor RN Pathirana Lt Col PSS Sanjeewa RSP psc Senior Professor Amal Jayawardane Lt Col WMNKD Bandara RWP RSP Dr (Mrs) WCDK Fernando Lt Col AK Peiris RSP Dr KMG Prasanna Premadasa Capt MP Rathnayake Dr CC Jayasundara Ms WB Senaratne Dr (Ms) ADM Gunasekara Ms ND Ranasinghe SESSION PRESIDENT Dr WCDK Fernando Session COORDINATORS Dr TWKIM Dias Capt PWMK Perera Capt DMACDP Abeywickrama Ms Dulani Kuruppu 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 3 ABSTRACTS Senior Editorial Board Mr WAAK Amaratunga: President Col JMC Jayaweera psc Senior Professor WD Ratnasooriya Capt JU Gunaseela USP psc Senior Professor JR Lucas Capt (E) KMD Senevirathne Senior Professor ND Warnasuriya Lt Col RA Samaranayke USP psc Senior Professor (Mrs) SR De A Seneviratne Lt Col (Dr) MDAS Gunatilleke Senior Professor Amal Jayawandane Senior Professor (Mrs) BMR Fernandopulle Senior Professor MHR Sheriff Senior Professor ALS Mendis Senior Professor RN Pathirana Senior Professor TR Weerasooriya Senior Professor (Mrs) N De Silva Senior Professor PR Fernando Professor SS Wickramasuriya Professor W Abeywickrame Professor J Welihinda Professor E C S Vidyasekara Professor (Mrs) IJ Dayawansa Professor (Mrs) CL Goonasekara Professor KN Pulasinghe Dr (Mrs) RMNT Sirisoma Dr (Mrs) LS Liyanage Ms JADUN Jayasuriya Ms DDL Willarachchi Mr V Alagaratnam SESSION EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Dr NK Gunasekara Dr RMPS Bandara 4 GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS Content Page 10 Message From the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence 11 Message from the Vice Chancellor 12 Message from the Conference Chair 13 Message from the Session President Plenary Session Airborne Measurement – Advanced Instrument Development Methods and 15 Insight Prof Nicholas Lawson 16 Technical and Nontechnical Effects of Road Signing and Markings Dr Jayalath Edirisinghe Engineering Research for a Better Country, Beyond the Seeing Eyes 17 Prof Chandima Gomes 18 Uplifting Quality of Living of Physically Weak Individuals: Role of Power Assist Robot Systems Prof Ruwan Gopura Technical Session – Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering 20 Method to Develop Novel Digital Video Surveillance Features to Enhance Home and Business Security Management C Erandith, RPC Erandith and RL Dangalla Development of a Budget Roof Fairing Using a CFD Analysis of Different Roof 21 Fairing Shapes HD Wickramasinghe, WAIS Jayawardana, THDD Wijerathne and SLMD Rangajeewa 22 Design and Development of a Flying Object for Inspection and Cleaning of Distri- bution Power Lines in Sri Lanka KKV Gunawardana, U Hemapala and B Jayasekara 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 5 ABSTRACTS Content Page 23 Impact of Human Factors on Airline Overall Maintenance Effectiveness: An Analy- sis of Major Aircraft Operators in Sri Lanka SH Munna, MA Hossain, KP Yapa and JI Abeygoonawardene 24 Optimal Crew Planning through Variable Capacity Assignment for Commercial Aircraft Flight Line Maintenance WTS Rodrigo Technical Session – Electrical Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering 25 Light Interface for 3D Hand Motional Gesture Recognition in Human Computer Interaction LP Kalansooriya and AMC Priyashantha 26 Early Warning System for Land Slides Using Wireless Sensor Networks DKP Perera, MKK Munasinghe, WMCM Rajakaruna, BGE Priyanwada and PN Karunanayaka 27 Low Cost Real Time Temperature Monitoring System for Concrete Using Wireless Sensors K Thiruvasagar, P Banugoban, P Vishnu, KJC Kumara and CSL Lewangamage 28 Investigate the Necessity of Use of Nuclear Power as an Energy Source in Sri Lanka with Special Concern on Present Nuclear Trend BARS Bamunusinghe Technical Session – Biomedical Engineering 29 Smart Device for Close Monitoring in Elder Care SR Hewarajage, AMC Priyashantha, KN Rathugamage, MVPK Vithanage and M Viththahan 30 Eigenfaces Based Face Recognition Device for Visually Impaired People R Dishanth, MTM Rihan and S Thushan Comparison on Virus Dynamics Models with Different Functional Responses 31 Including Time Delays MKS Mendis and NS Rathnayaka 6 GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS Content Page 32 A Computer-Based Analysis of Acoustic Properties of Sri Lankan Pirith Chants Using Voiced to Unvoiced Ratio and Probability Distribution Functions C Gunawardana and S Gamage 33 A Unit Cell Approach to Reduce Computational Time of Meshfree Based Plant Tissue Models PHK Gamage, AKCI Kodithuwakku, S Baduge and HCP Karunasena Braille Blood Pressure Reader for Home Blood Pressure Measurement for Visually 34 Challenged Individuals AS Warnakulasuriya, SD Karunarathna and PCR Karunasekara Technical Session – Civil Engineering 35 Evaluating the Existing Conditions of Borupana Road and Identifying Measures to Reduce the Traffic Congestion BMN Mendis and TWKIM Dias 36 Factors Affecting Pedestrian Visibility at Night Time for Motor Cyclists HMIWB Herath and TWKIM Dias 37 Introducing a New Traffic Operational Strategy to Minimize Congestion on Galle Road; Dehiwala – Wellawatta KDP Damsara, WMGD Weerasekara, RMNT Sirisoma and TWKIM Dias 38 Feasibility Study for a Shuttle System on Kandawala Road from KDU to Galle Road TMNO Thennakoon and TWKIM Dias Characterization of Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality in Terms of Non-Methane 39 Hydrocarbons of Sri Lanka GVL Subodhini, RNR Jayarathne, TANT Perera and GY Jayasinghe 40 Influence of Vertical Greeneries to Gain Marks in Green Rating Systems for Multi-Storied Buildings in Sri Lankan Context MCL Peiris, AH Lakmal and R Chandratilake 41 Seeking Professional Excellence in Water Management: Case Study on Trincomalee Water Supply Scheme EMPWME Werapitiya 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 7 ABSTRACTS Content Page 42 Time-Series Analysis of Monthly Rainfall Data for the Nuwara-Eliya District, Sri Lanka NM Udumulla, MGA K Madhubashini, NM Hakmanage, IM Sandaruwani, DDM Jayasundara and RMKT Rathnayaka 43 Use of Activated Carbon (AC) to Filter Wastewater to Treat Landfill Leachate. NP Seneviratne and MB Samarakoon Poster Presentations 45 Novel Heating Sustainable Automated Two-Way Valve for Re-Utilization of Automobile or Fabric Industry Waste Heat YAA Kumarayapa and JHWDB Jayathilake 46 Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal on Soil and Water Quality: A Case Study from Muthurajawela Wetland SM Wickramasinghe, SADSS Maheepala, RUK Piyadasa and GY Jayasinghe 47 Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters of Drinking Water Quality in Selected DS Divisions - Hambanthota District AGL Chathuranga, TANT Perera, PMCS De Silvaand and GY Jayasinghe 48 Urbanization and Solid Waste Management Challenges a Review of Literature SPR Dissanayake and H Premarathne 49 Redesigning the Kandawala Road to Improve the Flow of Traffic and Increase its Level of Service HOC Vidyananda, MT Gunasekara, KCS Gunarathna and TWKIM Dias 50 Application of Construction Programme in Project Scheduling of Major Building Construction in Sri Lanka MHM Azeem and MD Rathnayake 51 Greywater Treatment for Reusing in Bathrooms TMWRMB Samarakoon, GVSS Vithanage and NM De A Abeysinghe 52 Sustainable Water Supply Management System for Army Cantonment Panagoda EADP Edirisinghe and S Bogahawatte 8 GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS Content Page 53 Towards Sustainable Practices: Priorities Implementation for Challenges in Construction S Vijayaragunathan Upper Limb Motion Recognition Based on Electromyography Signals (EMG) and 54 Support Vector Machine (SVM) JMAD Jayasinghe and RL Dangalla A Review on Ultrasound Image Pre-Processing, Segmentation and Compression 55 for Enhanced Image Storage and Transmission BRMGWUB Balagalla, SAAM Subasinghe and C De Alwis 56 Shipboard Vibration Data Analysis as an Effective Monitoring Tool in Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for Sri Lanka Navy DMPM Dasanayaka and PABAR Perera 11th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY 9 ABSTRACTS MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE It is with great pleasure that I am issuing this international
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