Preparation of papers for the 9th fib
International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Michael Haist

Institute of Concrete Structures and Building Materials,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),
Gotthard-Franz-Str. 3, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Abstract

The abstract of the paper should clearly state the motivation for your research, the key goal of your project and the methods (experimental and/or numerical) used in order to reach the goal. The focus should be placed on the results, summarizing these in approximately 2 to 3 sentences. We recommend that the abstract should not exceed 750 characters. For the formatting please use the format “004.Abstract”.

1	Paper format

The page size should be set to 17 cm x 24 cm with the setting “opposite pages” activated (so that WORD differs between a left and a right page). The top and bottom margins should be set to 1.5 cm. The inner margin is to be set to 2.5 cm. The outer margin is to be set to 1.5 cm. For the top and bottom captions please use 0.90 cm margin.

2	Heading formats

For the headings please use the given headings formats

01.Heading 1: for the first level headline with Arial 9 pt, bold type, line spacing min. 10 pt, spacing above 12 pt, below 4 pt

02.Heading 2: for the second level headline with Arial 9 pt, bold type line spacing min. 10 pt, spacing above 8 pt, below 0 pt

03. Heading 3: for the third level headline with Arial 9 pt, normal type line spacing min. 10 pt, spacing above 6 pt, below 0 pt

Important: Please mind that in the entire document, automatic paragraph numbering (i.e. 1 or 1.1 etc.) is turned off and must be done manually.

3	Paragraph formats

For the first paragraph after a heading, a figure or a table, please use the format “0a.FlowText.FirstParagraph”. The paragraph does then show no indentation and the line spacing is set to min. 10 pt with a character size of 9 pt. Above each paragraph you should provide 4 pt space. The font should be Times New Roman. Hyphenation should be turned on for the entire document. Language should be set to English.

All following paragraphs should be formatted in “0b.FlowText.FollowingParagraph” with 0.5 cm indentation, line spacing min. 10 pt and character size of 9 pt. The font should be Times New Roman. Below each paragraph there should be 0 pt space.

When preparing your abstract or paper, please use all possible help to prevent orthographical errors, as the Scientific Committee will not correct your language.

In order to generate a new paragraph press return. For just creating a line break within a paragraph press “shift-return”. In order to prevent undesired line breaks use “ctrl+shift+space” instead of just pressing space, as for example when wanting to keep numbers and the respective units in one line.

1.1	Subheader (Format “02.Heading2”)

1.1.1	Subheader (Format “03.Heading3”)

For the headings please also use the appropriate heading formats, i.e. 01.Heading1, 02.Heading2 or 03.Heading3.

When inserting a picture, please make sure the graph is embedded in the word file. The figure caption should be placed below the figure. Sometimes it might be appropriate to insert two figures next to each other. Please then refer to these figures as Fig. 1 (left) and (right). Please mind when inserting pictures, that the proceedings will be printed in black and white only. Figures must be readable in black and white. We highly recommend to convert your graphs directly into b&w yourself, in order to insure, that no information gets lost.

The resolution of line graphs should be chosen to at least 600 dpi. We recommend to use the TIF format for insertion. For bitmap pictures a resolution of 300 dpi is sufficient.

Fig. 1	Figure captions should be indented 1.5 cm. The caption itself should use 9 pt normal type, identical to the standard setup for paragraphs. For large pictures, we highly recommend to shrink the pictures size using a graphics programme and not to use MS Word, in order to prevent large file sizes.

The format of the next paragraph after a graph should be 0a.FlowText.FirstParagraph. When inserting a table, please stick to the example given below. The text in the table should be formated in Times New Roman, size 9 pt, line spacing min. 10 pt.

Table 1	Table captions should be indented 1.5 cm. The caption itself should use 9 pt normal type, identical to the standard setup for paragraphs. After the table caption and the table there should be 2 pt space. Below the table and the following paragraph there should be 1 return. The format of the following paragraph should be 0a.FlowText.FirstParagraph

Margin	Dimension	Value	Comment
top	[cm]	1.50	first column to be formatted with left orientation
bottom	[cm]	1.50	columns with values to be formatted with centred orientation
inner side	[cm]	2.50	-
outer side	[cm]	1.50	-
When preparing your document, please mind that the file size for email transfer is normally limited to approx. 15 MB.

References

[1]	Haist, M.: On the formatting of papers for this symposium. In: Journal of paper formatting 20 (2011) No. 6, pp. 1-5

9th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Preparation of papers for the 9th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

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July 22 to 25, 2012, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

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