17th International Conference of the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems – September 18-22, 2011, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
PAPER TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Roberto Paoluzzi1 and Luca G. Zarotti1
1
IMAMOTER – C.N.R. – Institute for Agricultural and Earthmoving Machinery of the Italian National Research Council – Via Canal Bianco 28,
44100 Ferrara - ITALY
r.paoluzzi@imamoter.cnr.it, gl.zarotti@imamoter.cnr.it
Abstract
The International Conference of the ISTVS welcomes original and previously-unpublished research and review papers describing results of research, which are relevant to the Conference topics and to terrain-vehicle systems. All papers
are subject to peer review and electronic submission process in the relevant pages of http://www.cpe.vt.edu/ISTVS2011/
. Please follow these guidelines carefully. Please note that this document follows the instructions given below, as an
example.
Keywords: layout, typing instructions, references, nomenclature
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Preparation of Manuscript
The language of the Conference is English and the
preferred spellings are those of the Oxford English
Dictionary (e.g., “modelling” instead of “modeling”).
The papers should be written in the third person in an
objective, formal and impersonal style. SI units should
be used wherever possible, as recommended in ISO
1000.
Manuscripts should be typed with single spacing in
one or two columns throughout the text (including references). The recommended text font is Times New
Roman, size 12 pt. The suggested length of the manuscripts should not exceed 5000 words and 10 illustrations.
The body of the paper should be organized into logical sections, sequentially numbered with no more than
two grades of subheadings.
The preferred order of contents is as follows:
1. Title of paper
2. Author(s) name(s) and business address(es)
3. Abstract of not more than 200 words: covering the
aims of the work, methods used, results obtained
and conclusions reached
4. Keywords
5. Body of the paper
6. List of notations, in alphabetical order, defining all
symbols used in the paper
7. Acknowledgements
8. References
 ISTVS 2011
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Equations
Symbols for physical quantities must be in italic
type. Mathematical operators, constants and symbols
for units should be in roman (upright) type. Vectors
should be in bold italic type and matrices in bold upright type. Subscripts should be in roman (upright) type.
Equations should be numbered consecutively
throughout the text with the numbering in parentheses
to the right of the equation. The word "equation" should
be shortened by "Eq." when used in the text, except at
the beginning of a sentence. Equation 8 shows second
principle of dynamics, whereas Eq. 9 defines the circle
area.
For example an equation should look like this:
F m
dv
dt
(8)
A =  R2
(9)
The maximum length of equations is 7 cm, others
must be separated by line feed.
1.2
Tables
Tables have a headline in upright type (font size 10
pt) and should be numbered consecutively throughout
the text (e.g., "As illustrated in Table 4 the...").
Table 1: Paper size
Type
Height [mm]
Width [mm]
A4
297
210
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A3
420
297
A2
594
420
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Papers must be sent in electronic form using the link
provided
at
http://www2.opd.outreach.vt.edu:8080/abstracts/VT/we
lcome
Figures
Illustrations have centred subtitles in italic type
(font size 9 pt) and should also be numbered consecutively throughout the text. The word "figure" is shortened by "Fig.", except at the beginning of a sentence
(e.g., “As shown in Fig. 3 and...”, “Figure 4 illustrates
the…”).
Files should be submitted as a master copy including all figures, tables, each appendix, nomenclature,
references, etc. in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
In order to ensure good quality of the printed paper,
double check that the quality of graphics is good
enough for direct print. Do not use too thin lines or too
small fonts in your figures. Please make sure that the
axes nomenclature in your figures is homogeneous and
readable.
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Fig. 1:
Normal figure size in a column
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Submission of Manuscript
Copyright
Papers are considered for publication on the understanding that they have not been submitted to any other
Conference. The work described must be original and,
generally speaking, not previously published. The copyright in papers accepted for publications becomes the
property of ISTVS and may be transferred to Elsevier
in case of paper selection for publication in the Journal
of Terramechanics. Authors will be asked to sign a
copyright assignment form prior to publication of the
proceedings. In the case of joint authors the copyright
assignment form needs to be signed by one author only.
The copyright assignment form is available on the
journal’s website http://journal.fluid.power.net
References
Nomenclature
References in the text should be indicated by reference number between square brackets [1].
200
Measurement
Simulation model
Pressure pK [bar]
150
1500 rpm
140 bar
 15°
A
At
dn
E
m
vn
D
Contact area
Tyre contact area
nominal diameter
energy
mass
nominal velocity
diameter
[m²]
[m²]
[m]
[kJ]
[kg]
[m/s]
[m]
100
References
50
High pressure
stroke
Low pressure
stroke
[1] Paoluzzi, R. 1992. How to reference a paper.
ISTVS Virtual Conference Series in Soil Mechanics, Ferrara..
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0
Fig. 2:
45
90
135 180 225 270 315 360
Shaft angle  [°]
Appendix
Example for axes nomenclature
Sometimes some illustrations or tables are too big
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Paper template and instructions for authors
for one column. Figure 4 shows how to handle a large
Illustration in the manuscript. Instead of center it in the
column, it is centered in the paper sheet.
Fig. 3:
3D – Diagram is readable
a)
[b ]
di
40
20 h
0
0
100
y
x
20
40
60
Length [mm]
80
50
Circum0 ference [mm]
Fig. 4:
P
Gap height [µm]
60
Placement of a large figure
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