Title of ECF 20 contributions: Centered; Times New Roman, font 14 First Author 1, Second Author 2, Other Author 3 1 2 Full address of first author, including country Full address of second author, including country 3 Full address of third author, including country Presenting author’s email Keywords: List the keywords covered in your abstract, maximum 5 words. Abstract: This document explains and demonstrates how to prepare your abstract for the 20th European conference on Fracture. Authors are urged to make their abstract as attractive as possible, much like an abstract for journal submission. All abstract should be in English. The abstract should contain the methods and the main results, accompanied by background information about how your work relates to other work in the field. Only essential formulae and figures should be included and only key references need be given. A communicative title, a clearly presented Abstract will all assist the Committee in making a positive decision with regard to the acceptance of your abstract/paper. The page size is A4 (please do not change the paper setting). The text area must be 6.27 inch wide and 9.69 inch high, respectively. Please do not insert any page number. The text font is Times New Roman with 12 size. Use Boldface for emphasizing a word or phrase. The total length of the abstract must not exceed one A4 page. The abstract should be prepared in the electronic form as a standard document format DOC. The abstract is to be submitted by using the ECF20 registration form through conference website http://www.ecf20.no in a PDF format. References: 1. Author First Surname, First Surname and First Surname. Year of Publication. Article title. Journal name, volume # (no. issue #): inclusive page numbers. 2. Author First Surname and First Surname. Year of Publication. Book title. Location of Publisher: Publisher. 3. Author First Surname. Year of Publication. Title of Chapter/Article. Book/Proceeding title, edited by Editor First Surname, inclusive page numbers. Location of Publisher: Publisher.