10th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics Chania, Crete, Greece, 25 – 27 May, 2013 INSTRUCTIONS TO PREPARE AN ABSTRACT FOR THE FOR THE 10TH HSTAM INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MECHANICS 1 2 3 First A. Author , Second B. Author and Third C. Author 1 Department of … University of … City, GR-54124, Greece e-mail: 10hstam@dpem.tuc.gr ; web page: http://www.10hstam.tuc.gr 2 Similarly for all remaining co-authors Keywords: Instructions, Computational Mechanics, Proceedings. ABSTRACT This short document provides information and instructions for preparing an abstract of about 300 words to be included in the Book of Abstracts of the 10th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics. It should be in MS Word file format (.doc.) or pdf format. The abstract should state clearly the purpose, procedure, results and conclusions of the full paper and the submission deadline is 1st December 2012. Follow this order when typing your abstract: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Keywords, Abstract. For more information, one should consult the complete instructions for preparation of full papers. The submission of the abstract should be done only by Congress e-mail: 10hstam@dpem.tuc.gr. The best way to label the electronic files containing the abstract text material is “FirstAuthorName_10hstam_abs.extension Further information and deadlines are posted in the Congress web page: http://www.10hstam.tuc.gr/ 2 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 2.1 Text The abstract must be written in English, A4 paper, single-spaced, justified, with a font size of 10pt, in Times New Roman. Equations, references, figures and tables should be avoided if possible. 2.2 Margins The margins must be formatted to 2.5cm on all sides of the paper. The headers and footers must be 2.0cm 2.3 References In case the authors would like to add references to their abstract, they are advised to follow the instructions given in the full paper template. 2.4 Submission term and deadlines Please, send the file by e-mail before 1st December, 2012 to Congress e‐mail: 10hstam@dpem.tuc.gr Authors will be notified about the preliminary acceptance by 5th January 2013. Submission of abstract by fax is not accepted.