Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC2016 15-17 December 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai, India GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING THE FULL-LENGTH PAPERS Author 11 Author 22 Title, author details, abstract area Researcher (MS), 2 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai – 600 036. 1E-mail addresses 1 Author 3 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. E-mail address ABSTRACT: This article presents detailed instructions for the preparation of camera ready papers for the IGC2016. Kindly follow the guidelines strictly as given in this article. Papers submitted without proper formatting and as to the guidelines will not be considered for review and publication. Authors are requested to submit a pdf file for the first review. Accepted papers are to be submitted both in MS word as well as in pdf format. This template is prepared as per the format. Authors can use this STYLE based template to FORMAT their paper. The LANGUAGE of the paper shall be English (US or UK) and the authors are expected to maintain high quality language. The conference pledges NO to plagiarism. Authors with same affiliation shall be grouped together and the email ID be provided sequentially. (abstract shall be of 180to 200 words). KEYWORDS: IGC2016, format, full paper, 4 pages (maximum five) 1 INTRODUCTION 1.3 Advantage with Style Based Formatting 1.1 First Draft Authors may prepare the first draft in A4 sheet (with 20mm margin on all sides) using 12 size Times New Roman font limiting to total 4 pages including the figures and tables. This content is expected to fit into the prescribed paper size and format once formatted using this template to the allowable limit of FOUR PAGES. Author need not fix the font sizes, tabs, paragraph spacing, heading numbers, etc. HOWEVER, THE PAPER SHALL BE THOROUGHLY CHECKED FOR SYMBOLS AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS. 2 SIZE, MARGINS AND FONT 2.1 Paper Size and Length Text Area 1.2 Using the Style Based Format Template The template [IGC2016Format.dotx] for full length paper shall be copied into your system. Then double click the template to open a new document and save the document with a name starting with the paper ID The formatted paper size is B5 (JIS) 182mm wide x 257mm height. The title and abstract area is single column and the main text area is in double column. The total length of the paper shall be 4 pages and papers with more pages will not be considered for review and publication. 2.2 Margins Select the respective field and Transfer the Title, Author details, email ID, Abstract, and Key words from the First Draft by ‘cut and paste’. Place the cursor anywhere in the title text and select the style ‘IG-Title’. Similarly place the cursor on each component such as ‘Author name’, Affiliation’, ‘Email ID’, ‘Abstract’, etc. and select respective styles. DO NOT SELECT THE ENTIRE SENTENCE OF WORD for this formatting. Typical styles are present towards the end of this document in Figure 5. 2.3 Fonts 3 Fig. 1 Style tab under ‘Home’ in Word 2010 & above Left – 12mm; Right –12mm Top-20mm; Bottom-18mm Two columns for text; Column width-74.7mm Space between columns-6.5mm Times new Roman font size 10 for headings Times new Roman font size 9.5 for all text Times new Roman font size 9 for caption & abstract Times new Roman font size 8 for affiliation & Email STYLES IN THE TEMPLATE All the relevant styles available in the formatting template. These styles are names with a prefix IG, such as IG-Title, IG-Author, etc. 1 Guidelines for Preparing the Full-Length Papers 3.1 Title and Abstract Area 3.4.3 The styles to be used in the area are as below. Typical figures and pictures are presented in Fig. 2 through Fig. 4. Title – IG-Title Author name – IG-Author Affiliation – IG-Affiliation Email ID – IG-Email ID Abstract – IG-Abstract Key words – IG-Key 2 25 Before start of the abstract the word ‘ABSTRACT:’ shall be printed in CAPS 3.2 Paper Content (Text) Style IG-text shall be used for formatting the text. Please note that the entire word or text SHALL NOT BE SELECTED for applying the style. The italics, symbols, subscripts, superscripts, etc., will be removed if entire test or word is selected. peak deviatoric stress, kg/cm 20 15 coarse medium fine 10 0 2L 1/4 2L 1/3 4L layering Fig. 2 3.3 Equations Equations may be prepared using Microsoft equation or Mathtype. The text size may be limited to 9 pt, preferably in Times new Roman and mathtext. Once the equation is placed, style IG-Equation can be applied placing the cursor anywhere in the equation. The equation number shall be provided in smooth brackets such as (1). VS 2 3VP 2 4VS 2 E VP 2 VS 2 Typical Figures Peak deviator stresses for different layered configurations of geopods in sands, for a geo-pod volume ratio of 2.8% (1) 3.4 Figures & Pictures Use of Figures and Pictures Figures shall be referred as Figure 1, etc. in the text and Fig.1 in the captions. Any figures reproduced from other publications shall be properly referenced. Figures from journal papers and text books shall be avoided when simple reference would suffice. 3.4.2 Fig. 3 Existing waste dump overlooking the Ashtamudi Lake Legend may be Arial 7 or 8 Size and Format of Figures and Pictures All figures shall fit within the column width of 74mm. Figures can also run across both the columns. Figures prepared in word or autocad or using any other software including excel graphs shall be converted to JEPG or enhanced meta file that can be shrunk or expanded proportionately. 100 Finer passing (%) 3.4.1 RMT-Before compaction RMT-After compaction Upper bound Lower bound 80 60 40 20 0 Pictures shall be in in grey scale with good contrast. High definition photos converted to grayscale shall be used. Analysis out puts with different color shades shall be avoided. Red, blue and green may appear black or dark grey. 0.1 10 Particle size (mm) 100 Fig. 4 Particle size distribution of RMT before and after compaction Axis details may be Arial 8 2 1 Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC2016 15-17 December 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai, India 3.5 Tables Table and figure captions can use the style ‘IGCaptions’. Once the table is placed within the column width, the table shall be selected in full and apply the style ‘IG-Table’. Individual columns, rows, cells, etc. can be modified to suit the requirements. Typical table format is in Table 1. Table 1 Shear Properties of Different Mix Proportions Dry unit weight (kN/m3) c (kPa) 100S 18.5 0.0 37° 50S+50T 12.8 3.5 29° 100T 7.5 6.2 21° Mix Proportion 4 Erken, A. and Gerkuş, H. (2012) ‘Stress Strain Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Sands’. International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI 2012) 30 Oct. – 2 Nov. 2012, University of Wollongong, Australia IS: 2720 (Part 4) (1983), Methods of Test for Soils: Grain Size Analysis, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, India. Medvedev, J. (1962) Engineering Seismology, Academia Nauk Press, Moscow. Nakagawa et al., (1989) ‘Problems of Osaka Ground from the Point of Seismic Waves’, Proc. of Applied Geology, Kansai Branch, pp90-105. Simmons, B. (2015, January 9). The tale of two Flaccos. Retrieved from http://grantland.com/the-triangle/thetale-of-two-flaccos/ UNITS AND DECIMALS 4.1 Units The paper shall use SI unit as far as possible. The referenced values may be in the original units. 4.2 Decimals The number of decimal places shall be as per relevant standards. For example, LL, PL, SL, NMC, etc. shall be presented in percentage as the nearest whole number. The unit weight in kN/m3 shall be with one decimal. 5 IN CASE YOU HAVE YOUR PAPER WITH OTHER FORMATTING It is possible that your paper is ready with some other formatting. Do not worry. You can still use the style based formatting template. Just transfer the contents and apply relevant formatting styles. References Arulrajah, A., Piratheepan, J., Aatheesan, T., and Bo, M.W. (2011) ‘Geotechnical properties of recycled crushed brick in pavement applications’, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 23(10), pp14441452. Central Disaster Management Council, (2010) http://www.bousai.go.jp/jishin/chubu_kinki/syousai/pdf /sankousiryou2.pdf Fig. 5 Typical styles available in the format References shall be in alphabetical and chronological order. Note the sequence and italic application 3