Workshop on External Sulfate Attack. Field Aspects and Lab Tests
24-25 May 2018, Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción “Eduardo Torroja”, Madrid, SPAIN
PAPER TEMPLATE
A.X. Author[1], B.Y. Author[2], C.Z. Author[3]
ABSTRACT
These are the guidelines for writing the paper for the Workshop on External Sulfate Attack. Field Aspects and Lab Tests, to be held at IETcc-CSIC on 24 and 25 May 2018. The paper including figures, tables and references must not exceed 12 pages.
The submission of the paper, in Word format, should be made on EasyChair platform (
1.General page layout
The page size is A4 (210mm × 297mm) with the following margins:
Top: 3.6 cm
Bottom:3.6 cm
Left:2.5 cm
Right:2.5 cm
This document is already in the desired format.
The font is Arial 11 pt. In general all text is single spaced and justified both left and right (style Normal). The header of this page must appear on all pages.There should be no footer. Do not insert page numbers in the manuscript as this will be added afterwards during the editorial process.
2.Headings
All headings are justified to the left. If the heading is numbered, use TAB so the text starts 0.75 cm from the left margin.
2.1Paper title
The title should be concise, using Arial bold 16, alignment centered and cap only used for the first word. Before the title there is a 60pt spacing (style TITLE OF PAPER)
After the title, insertauthors names using Arial bold 12 pt (style Authors). Authors affiliations are shown in footnote on the front page, using Times New Roman 9 and single space (style Affiliation).
2.2Abstract
“Abstract” is written as heading, but without numbering. The Abstract shall have a maximum of 150 words (style Abstract-title).
2.3Heading
Headings (level 1) are written using Arial 12 pt, bold (style Heading 1).
2.3Sub-heading
Sub-headings, or heading (level 2) are written with Arial size 12 pt, bold (style Heading 2).
3.Special elements (illustrations etc.)
Special elements shall be justified to the left.
Each type of element (figure, equation, table,…) is numbered consecutively from the beginning to the end of the manuscript.
3.1Figures
Figure caption is placed at the first line under the figure (style Title – figure).
For text included in the figure, use at least 10pt to ensure readability. The manuscript could be reduced linearly to approximately 84% in size during printing, so smaller fonts will be difficult to read.
Figure 1: RILEM logo
3.2Equations
See the following example (equation justified to the left, equation number in parenthesis justified to the right):
/ (1)In Word 2010, the equation font size sometimes becomes very small, if the equation is placed on a line with ordinary text. As done in Eq. (1) this can be solved by placing the equation in an invisible table, i.e. a table with 1 row and 2 columns without boundary lines, where the equation is placed in the left cell and the equation number in the right cell.
3.3Tables
As shown in Table 1, the table caption is placed at the line just above the table. Please follow these guidelines:
- Font: Arial Narrow 11pt
- Cell margins: 0.1 cm in all directions
- 1st column justified to the left, but other columns preferably centred
- Line thickness of upper and lower boundary: 1 pt
- Line thickness of other lines, if necessary to make table readable: ½ pt
Table 1: Water solutions
Distilled water (%) / SRA-O (%) / SRA-K (%)WS-REF / 100 / 0 / 0
WS-K / 95.67 / 0 / 4.33
WS-OK / 92.69 / 3.12 / 4.19
4.Some doEs and don’ts
Please be aware of:
- If your manuscript includes colours e.g. in figures, make sure that it is also illustrative, when it appears in half-tone black/white
- Do not use indents at the beginning of paragraphs
- Do not use automatic cross references and footnotes
References
In the text, references to literature are made in square brackets [xx], where xx refers to the relevant number in the reference list. Below are examples of references to a conference contribution [1], a journal paper [2], a standard test method [3], and a thesis [4], respectively.
[1]Laustsen, S. et al, CT measurements of SAP voids in concrete, RILEM Proceedings PRO 74 from the International RILEM Conference on Use of Superabsorbent Polymers and Other New Additives, Denmark (2010), 153-162
[2]Jensen, O. M. and Hansen, P. F., Water-entrained cement-based materials. I. Principles and theoretical background, CemConcr Res 31 (2001), 647-654
[3]ASTM C457, Standard test method for microscopical determination of parameters of the air-void system in hardened concrete, American Society for Testing and Materials, USA (2009)
[4]Laustsen, S., Engineered air-entrainment of concrete, PhD thesis, Technical University of Denmark (2011)
[1] Organisation, Department, Country; e-mail
[2]IETcc-CSIC, Physic-chemical Test Unit, Madrid (Spain); e-mail:
[3]IETcc-CSIC, Physic-chemical Test Unit, Madrid (Spain); e-mail: