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CEY6595 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT - TYPE B 1.5 line spacing

TITLE OF THE FINAL YEARPROJECT REPORT AND

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THESES FOR HIGHER DEGREES 1.5 line spacing

10 mm
20 mm

A. B. C. Bandara (Reg. No. 12345678) TNR, 16pt, Bold,

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“A project report submitted for the partial fulfillment of the Degree of Bachelor of
Technology (Engineering) in the Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Engineering
Technology in the Open University of Sri Lanka” TNR, 12pt, centered,
1.5 line spacing

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January 2012 1.5 line spacing
 Maximum 30 mm

Thesis Layout

 Font Type

Times New Roman

Bookman Old Style Font Size 11-Point

Curier New

Arial

 Spacing

Spacing between lines of text and the amount of space need to be provided
between paragraphs is 1.5 lines spacing.

Maximum 20 mm
Maximum 40 mm

Maximum 20 mm
 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY TNR, 11pt, Italic, Bold,
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spacing

“I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor
material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or
diploma of a university or other institute of higher education, except where due
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acknowledgement is made in the text.” Justified, 1.5 line
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Signature………………………………………
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Justified, 1.5 line Name of the candidate: A. B. C. Bandara
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 ABSTRACT

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The abstract should give a concise description of the (a) problem/s addressed, (b) your
method of solving it /them, (c) your results and (d) conclusions from the study. The abstract
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should not contain any illustrative matter, such as tables, graphs or charts. 1.5 line spacing

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Candidates may add a page of thanks to those who have helped them in matters such as
supervision, supplying scientific matter for the report/ thesis, helping the candidate with moral
courage, help, advice, friendship, funding, food, thanking the family members for their
sacrifices etc. the candidate has the freedom to decide whom he/ she is grateful, to be thanked
here.
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If any of the work is collaborative, you should make it quite clear who did which section and
clearly acknowledge it here.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

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TABLE OF CONTENT 1.5 line spacing

ABSTRACT ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii
TABLE OF CONTENT iv
LIST OF FIGURES v
LIST OF TABLES vi
ABBREVATIONS vii
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CHAPTER 1: THESIS WRITING 01

1.1 Thesis Layout 01
1.2 The Number of Pages of the Thesis 01
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CHAPTER 2: PUBLICATIONS 02
2.1 Publications Arising Out of Student Projects 02
2.1.1 Authorship TNR, 11pt, Normal, 02
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REFERENCES 03

APPENDIX A A-1
APPENDIX B B-1
APPENDIX C C-1

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 LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 1.1 - Figure on report writing 01

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Figure 1.2 - The 11 November 2006 incident 06
Figure 2.1 - A section of a rotational slide 11
Figure 2.2 - Haputale landslide 15

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 LIST OF TABLES

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Table 2.1 - Claiming authorship of a scholarly work 02

Table 2.2 - Soil classification data (Sieve Analysis) of samples tested 40

Table 5.1 - Summary of rainfall in year 2004 101

Table 5.2 - Summary of rainfall in year 2005 102

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 ABBREVIATIONS

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B = width of slice
C = Cohesion of the Material
E1 , E2 = Total normal forces on the sides of the element.
EB = Passenger car equivalent for buses
fHV = Adjustment factor for the presence of heavy vehicles in the traffic stream
h = Height of slice
HHV30 = 30th Highest Hourly Volume.
Po = Present vehicle flow in pcph
R = Radius of assumed trial slip surface
S = Shear Strength
U = Pour water force at centre of slice
W = Weight of the slice.
X1 , X2 = Shear forces acting between adjacent elements.
Z0 = Depth of tension crack
ΔH = Total head causing seepage
Δh = Head drop between two equi-potential lines
l = Surface length of slice along the slip surface
α = Angle make at center of slice with the center of slip surface
τ = Shear Stress
τm = Mobilized shear strength at the base of slice
γw = Unit weight of water
σ = Normal Stress
Φ’ = Effective angle of internal friction of soil
γsat = Saturated unit weight of soil

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CHAPTER 1 THESIS WRITING

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1.1 THESIS LAYOUT
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All reports/theses to be submitted should be printed on A4 (297 mm × 210 mm) of International
Standard Organization except for illustrative materials such as drawings, maps and computer
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print-outs.
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spacing

The margins on each sheet shall be not less than 40 mm on the left-hand side, 20 mm on the
right-hand side, 30 mm at the top and 20 mm at the bottom.
All pages except the title page should be numbered consistently as stated in the section on page
numbering.
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Unless or otherwise specifically permitted by the supervisor, diagrams, charts, etc shall be
included, where possible with the text, otherwise they must be clearly referred in to the text,
numbered and folded for insertion in a pocket on the back cover of the thesis. All loose material
shall be marked with the candidate’s name, initials and level of submission, in such a way that it
can readily be linked with the project report or thesis. All loose material and any video tape,
audio tape or computer disk shall be inserted in a pocket in the back inside cover of the volume.
All folded diagrams or charts included in the text shall be arranged so as to open out to the right
and top (Weerasekara, 2012).

1.2 THE NUMBER OF PAGES OF THE THESES

The department does not except the student to write very long final year project report/thesis.
Student should limit the main text of the report to 60 pages unless it is really necessary to
exceed this limit regarding final year project reports.

Figure 1.1 - Figure on report writing (Source: www.writingskills.com)

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CHAPTER 2 PUBLICATION

CHAPTER 2: PUBLICATIONS

2.1 PUBLICATIONS ARISING OUT OF STUDENT PROJECTS

Once the project is complete students are encourage to publish their research outcomes together
with their supervisor/s in relevant conference proceedings or journals if they are of acceptable
quality.

2.1.1 AUTHORSHIP
Any outcome based on student projects when it comes to publication authorship, the main
author should be the student and the supervisor may be a co- author.

A person claiming authorship of a scholarly work must meet the following four criteria:

Table 2.1 - Claiming authorship of a scholarly work

Criteria Description
Substantial participation in conception and design of the study, or analysis and
a
interpretation of the data
Substantial participation in the drafting of the manuscript or in the substantive
b
editing of the manuscript
c Final approval of the version of the manuscript to be published
d The ability to explain and defend the study in public or scholarly setting

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 REFERENCES

REFERENCES

References should be arranged alphabetically. In the text, refer to author/s name (without
initials) and year of publication. If reference is made in the text to a publication by 3 or more
authors, the name of the first author should be used, followed by 'et al.’

1. Black, J. (1997), an example of noise and air quality management plans at Sydney
Airport, Proceedings of the 21st Australian Transport Research Forum, Vol. 21, Pt.2,
Adelaide.
2. Butler, J.D. and Walbert, D.F. (1986), Civil Engineering Technology, Alban Publishers,
London.
3. http://www.ou.ac.lk.
4. Weerasekera, K. S. (2012),Guidelines for Final year Project Reports and Theses
for Higher Degrees, Department of Civil Engineering, The Open University of Sri
Lanka

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