Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Application
of Physical Modelling in Coastal and Port Engineering and Science
(Coastlab16)
Ottawa, Canada, May 10-13, 2016
Copyright ©: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT FOR COASTLAB16 (Title style)
FIRST AUTHOR1, SECOND AUTHOR2 (Author Names style)
1 Affiliation, Country, E-mail (Author affiliation style)
2 Affiliation, Country, E-mail (Author affiliation style)
ABSTRACT (HEADING 1 – NO NUMBERING STYLE)
The abstract should give a concise overview of the work, touching on the novelty of the work and describing its relevance
and significance to others. Abstracts are limited to 200 words in length; it must never contain artwork or references.
KEWORDS: List up to five keywords separated by commas. (HEADING 1 – NO NUMBERING STYLE)
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INTRODUCTION (Heading 1 style)
This template has been prepared to assist authors in submitting manuscripts for the Coastlab16 Conference. Manuscripts
are limited to a maximum of 10 pages in length and must follow the format and layout defined by this template. You can
delete this sample text and replace it with the text of your manuscript. However, please note that manuscript must strictly
follow this sample, and therefore we strongly recommend you that you keep an initial version of this file for reference.
(Normal style)
Paper size is Letter (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm); margins are 2.0 cm all around. Header is at 1 cm and Footer at 0.8 cm from
the page limit, respectively. Exceptions apply to the first page of the manuscript. “Times New Roman” font should be used
for all text, including the title, headings, captions, references and paragraph text. The paper title is centered and set in 12 pt
Times New Roman, boldface and upper case. Author names are centered and set in 10 pt Times New Roman, all upper case.
Author affiliations are centered and are set in 9 pt Times New Roman, italics. Captions for tables and figures are set in 9 pt
Times New Roman, boldface. References are set in 9 pt Times New Roman. Normal paragraphs are set in 10 pt Times New
Roman font; have a first line indent of 0.7 cm; use single line spacing and are fully justified with the left and right margins.
(Normal style)
It is also important to reproduce the spacing of the text and headings as shown here. Word users should use the Styles
defined in this template. Add section and sub-section headings as appropriate to organize the manuscript into logical sections.
Section headings and sub-headings should be numbered as shown in this template, except for the “Abstract”, “Keywords”,
“Acknowledgement” and “References”. First-level headings are set in 10 pt Times New Roman, boldface, and use all upper
case letters. Second level headings are set in 10 pt Times New Roman, bold. Third-level headings, if required, are set in 10 pt
Times New Roman (no bold). (Normal style)
1.1 Tables, Figures, Equations and Lists (Heading 2 style)
All tables, figures and equations must be centered, numbered consecutively, and referenced in the text (see Table 1).
Table captions should appear immediately above the table in 9 pt Times New Roman, bold, while figure captions should
appear immediately below the figure, also in 9 pt Times New Roman, bold. Tables and figures should be clear and legible
and should follow a uniform style throughout. Please ensure all figures and illustrations are crisp and that all text is clearly
legible, as in Figure 1. (Normal style)
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Table 1. Table caption should appear above the table and fit within the table width. Use
horizontal borders only. Border lines should be 1 pt thickness. (Table caption style)
Column1
Column2
Column3
Column4
1
2
3
6
1
4
9
14
1
9
27
37
3
15
39
57
A
B
C
Total
(figure style)
Figure 1. The figure caption should be centered immediately below the figure. (Figure caption style)
Equations should be centered and numbered consecutively, as in Equation (1).
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𝐼((𝐴 − 𝑏𝑛 )2 , 𝑐𝑛2 , 𝐷) = (23𝜋)1⁄2 ∫
𝑑3
3𝛾
(1)(Equation style)
Please use SI units throughout the manuscript. English or CGS units may be used as secondary units (in parentheses).
For additional information about SI units, the website of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) might be
a good resource (http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html). (Normal style)
Lists can be included using either numbers or bullets as shown below:
1. List item 1;
2. List item 2.
The second list example uses bullets:

List item 1;

List item 2.
1.2 Citations (Heading 2 style)
References are cited in the text using the author’s family name(s) and publication date, e.g. (Name, 2005). For a citation
with more than two authors: (Name et al., 2003). For multiple citations of the same author(s): (Name, 2005; 2010). References
should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper in 9 pt Times New Roman font with a 0.7 cm hanging indent. (Normal
style)
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CONCLUSIONS (Heading 1 style)
Summarize the main findings and conclusions of the work in this section. (Normal style)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HEADING 1 – NO NUMBERING STYLE)
Note that section numbers are not required for the Abstract, Keywords, Acknowledgment and References section
headings. (Normal style)
REFERENCES (HEADING 1 – NO NUMBERING STYLE)
Books Format: Author(s) name, Year of Publication. Book Title, Publisher, Place of Publication. ISBN. (reference style)
CD-Rom Format: Author(s) name, Year of publication. Title, [CD-ROM], Edition, Publisher, Place of Publication.
Article in Journal Format: Author(s) of article, Year of Publication. Article title, Journal Title, volume, issue, article pages.
Article in Conference Proceedings Format: Author(s) of article, Year of Publication. Article title, Proceedings Title, Conference city,
Conference country, pages.
Article from an electronic database Format: Author(s) of article, Year of publication. Article title, Journal Title, [Electronic or CD-ROM],
volume, issue, article pages. Available: Supplier: Database name/id if available [Access date].
WWW Format: Author of webpage, Last update or copyright date. Homepage Title [Homepage of...], [Online]. Available: URL [Access
date].
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