Template and Guidelines for Conference Papers
John DOE
Civil Engineer, Ph.D., P.E.
Smith, Good Partners
Louisville, CA, USA
John.Doe@goodmail.com
Space for a portrait
32 x 48 mm
John Doe, born 1960, received his
civil engineering degree from the
University of Zurich, Switzerland. He
worked for Consultants Company SA,
Geneva,
Switzerland
before
becoming Professor at the University
of Paris, France. His main area of
research is related to risk assessment.
(For more than one author, please
refer to chapter 4 of these
instructions)
Summary
These guidelines have been prepared in the format that should be used for your paper. This file can
be used as a template for the two-page short version and for the full version of your paper. The twopage short version will be printed in the Report book. The full version will be distributed on CD.
Keywords: Include a list of not more than five keywords, for example: Post-tensioning; anchors;
slabs; walls; high-rise buildings.
1.
Introduction
Authors are required to submit a two-page short version of their paper and the full version. The
printed proceedings will contain the two-page short version. The CD will contain the full version.
The page limit for the full version is eight pages maximum. The two-page short version will be
printed in black and white, with page-size reduced to about 80% of this template. The full version
may contain elements in colour and active hyperlinks.
Guidelines for the preparation and submission of the two-page short version and the full version are
given in this document. Please do not insert page numbers or headers and footers. These will be
added later by the publisher. Although manuscripts will be reviewed and may be returned to authors
for revisions before publication, initial submissions should be made in the final form, assuming that
no revisions shall be necessary.
2.
Guidelines for papers
2.1
First page
The first half-page should include the title, information on the author(s) and the summary with
keywords, followed by the introduction. The title (Times New Roman, bold 14, centred) should
have a maximum of 60 characters, without any abbreviations. Data for each author should be
presented on five lines only including (i) First name and FAMILY NAME (family name in
CAPITALS), (ii) Title or Position, (iii) University or Company, (iv) City and Country (all Times
New Roman 12), (v) E-mail address (Times New Roman 10, italic). For papers with one or two
authors portraits can be added. The curriculum vitae should be a maximum of 40 words (Times
New Roman 10). The Summary, in English, should be a maximum of 10 lines (Times New Roman
12). A maximum of ten Keywords (Times New Roman 12) should be given after the Summary.
2.1.1 Grammar
The style, grammar and phrasing should be edited by a person with an excellent command of
English and a good understanding of structural engineering terminology. Papers with poor structure
and many grammatical mistakes will be rejected.
2.1.2 Diacritics
Authors are encouraged to use pure English alphabets. Diacritics usage may lead to printing
mistakes.
2.2
Fonts and format to be used
Please use this document as a template for the two-page short version and the full version of your
paper. Fonts, sizes and spacing should be used as they are used in this document. Page size is A4,
top and bottom margin 25 mm, left and right margin 20 mm.
2.2.1 Body text
Body text should be written in Times New Roman 12 pt, line spacing 12 pt. A new paragraph starts
with a half blank line (6 pt) and a new line without indentation.
2.2.2 Headings
Headings should be limited to three levels and numbered appropriately using the decimal system.
Main headings (1. Introduction) should be written in Times New Roman bold 14 pt, line spacing 14
pt. Subheadings should be written in Times New
Roman bold 12 pt, line spacing 12 pt. Third level
headings should be written in Times New Roman 12
pt, line spacing 12 pt. Provide a single line (12 pt)
space between the previous section and all headings.
Place a half blank line (6 pt) between all headings
and the following text, graphic or table. Heading
numbers should be left aligned with the text indented
10 mm. A heading that would otherwise be stranded
at the bottom of a page should be moved to the top of
the following page by adding a blank line before it.
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2.2.3 Captions and lettering in figures and tables
The captions of figures and tables should be written in Times New Roman italic 12 pt, line
spacing 12 pt. For the two-page short version, lettering used in figures and tables should be large
enough to be readable at reduced size (80%): Characters should not be smaller than Times New
Roman 10 pt.
2.3
Graphics (drawings and photographs) and tables
Create graphs and line drawings electronically, and insert them electronically into the finished
document. Photographs should also be inserted electronically into the document.
All figures and tables must be inserted near the
Table 1: This is a Table Caption, in Italic
location where they are first described. Provide a
figure number and caption below each figure or
Yield Line
Normal BM
Yield Line
photograph and a table number and caption above
Number
(Nmm)
Length (mm)
each table.
The resolution should be 150x150 dpi (dots per inch)
1
-13,793
5,771
for photographs and 300x300 dpi for drawings.
2
-25,058
11,660
Graphics and tables around which the text is wrapped
3
-18,315
11,832
should be aligned with the left margin and should not
exceed 100 mm in width.
4
-10,334
11,813
Tables should have borders for top and bottom and
5
-4,335
11,638
under headings. Scanned drawings and tables
inserted as bitmaps are not acceptable.
2.4
Equations
Insert all equations using the equation editor (integrated in Microsoft Word), as text if possible, or
as an image. Equations should be referenced with a number shown in brackets (1), to the right of
each equation.
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w
  1
(1)

Q  sin  kh 
h 
2.5
Footnotes
Footnotes should not be used.
2.6
Units
Use SI units exclusively.
2.7
Discussion, Conclusions and Acknowledgements
The paper should finish with a discussion, final comments and conclusions. Acknowledgements
should follow the conclusions if necessary.
2.8
References
References should be listed in the order in which they appear in the paper and provided with a
reference number in square brackets [1] using an overhanging indentation of 10 mm. References
should be made in the paper using the appropriate reference number in square brackets. In the list of
references, the author’s names are uppercase and are followed by the initials. The titles of books,
journals and proceedings should be in italics. Titles should be in lower and upper case as shown
below. The year of publication and the page number(s) should be given.
[1]
BURDEN E., LOW Z., BIANCHI P., and TAN S.M., “Reinforced Concrete Dimensioning
based on Element Nodal Forces”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 6,
2002, pp. 1718-1731.
[2]
SMITH L., Limit Analysis and Concrete Plasticity, Prentice Hall, New York, 2003,
p. 360.
3.
Submission of Contributions
Your paper (two-page short version and full version) are to be submitted electronically as two
separate Word-Files (.doc, .docx) by using ScholarOne on https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com
/guangzhou2016. File size must be less than 15MB.
The title, information on the Author(s) and the Summary with keywords must appear on page 1 of
each version. The two-page short version can be made by deleting/modifying text in the full
version.
Please use your login information given during the abstract submission process. A new password
may be requested with the password assistant on the login page.
For further instructions you can also check: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/societyimages/
guangzhou2016/Guide%20For%20Full%20Paper%20Submission%202016.pdf.
4.
Templates for Author data for 2, 3 or 4 to 6 Authors
If you have more than one author then use one of the author tables given below. If you are the only
author, then use the table as given at the beginning of this document. If you do not wish to provide a
photograph, then leave the cell for the portrait empty.
John AMBER
Civil Engineer
Smith, Good Partners
Louisville, CA, USA
John.amber@good.com
Space
for
portrait
32 x 48 mm
a
John Amber, born 1960, received
his civil engineering degree from
the Univ. of ...
Jane SMITH
Professor
Thames University
London, UK
Jane.smith@university.uk
Space
for
portrait
32 x 48 mm
Jane Smith, born 1965, received
her civil engineering degree from
the Univ. of ...
Such texts should be left justified!
John AMBER
Civil Engineer
Smith, Good Partners
Louisville, CA, USA
Pierre DUPONT
Director
Précontrainte Assoc.
Le Havre, France
Shinichi FUJI
Project Manager
Toyo Works Ltd
Osaka, Japan
John.amber@good.com
P.dupon@mail.fr
sfuji@toyo.jp
John Amber, born 1960, received
his civil engineering degree from
the Univ. of ...
Pierre Dupont, born 1955,
received his civil engineering
degree from the Univ. of ...
Shinichi Fuji, born 1961, received
his civil engineering degree from
the Univ. of ...
John AMBER
Civil Engineer
Smith, Good Partners
Louisville, CA, USA
Jane SMITH
Professor
Thames University
London, UK
Pierre DUPONT
Director
Précontrainte Assoc.
Le Havre, France
John.amber@good.com
Jane.smith@university.uk
P.dupon@mail.fr
Shinichi FUJI
Project Manager
Toyo Works Ltd
Osaka, Japan
Firstname NAME
Title
Company
City, Country
sfuji@toyo.jp
name@mail.co
a