11th International Conference on

Advances in Steel and Concrete Composite Structures

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, December 3-5, 2015

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER PREPARATION FOR ASCCS 2015

WITH MS WORD
A. B. Surnameaa, C. Surnameba & D. Surnamecb
a

Department of Civil Engineering, University, Beijing, China

E-mails: firstauthor@university.edu.cn, secondauthor@university.edu.cn
b

Department of Civil Engineering, University, Sydney, Australia

E-mail: thirdauthor@university.edu.au

Keywords:
International conference;
Composite structures; Research;
Design; Engineering practice.
(Max. 6 words)

AB S TR AC T
This document describes the instructions for preparing a paper for the 11th International
Conference on Advances in Steel and Concrete Composite Structures (ASCCS2015) to be held
from December 3 to 5, 2015 at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. The aim of these
instructions is to maintain a reasonable degree of consistency between papers in the Final
Proceedings. Abstract should be less than 300 words in a single paragraph with no indentation at
the beginning of paragraph. Citations should not be included in the abstract. Authors of papers to
proceedings have to type these in a form suitable for direct photographic reproduction by the
publisher. In order to ensure uniform style throughout the volume, all the papers have to be
prepared strictly according to the instructions set below. The publisher will print it in black only.

1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.1 Type area

any text. Use the small font (9 points on 11 points) for

tables, figure captions and the references.
Never use letterspacing and never use more than one
space after each other.

The text should fit exactly into the type area. For
correct settings of margins in the Page Setup dialog box
2 GETTING STARTED
(File menu) see Table 1.
Table 1. Margin settings for A4 size paper and letter size paper.
A4 size paper
cm
inches
Top
2
0.79"
Bottom
2
0.79"
Left
2
0.79"
Right
2
0.79"
All other
0.0
0.0"
Column width*
8.2
3.23"
Column spacing*
0.6
0.24"
* Column dialog box in Format menu.
Setting

1.2 Length, Typefont, typesize and spacing

2.1 Title, author and affiliation

The title should not be longer than 75 characters).
Type the name of the authors (first the initials and then
the last name). If any of the co-authors have the same
affiliation as the first author, add his/her name after an &
(or a comma if more names follow). Type the correct
affiliation (Name of the institute, City, State/Province,
Country).

2.2 Keywords and abstract

The number of keywords should be no more than 6.
Type your abstract of not more than 300 words. The
complete abstract will fall in the abstract table, the
settings of which should also not be changed.

The length of the full paper should not exceed 8

pages. Use Times New Roman 10 point size and 13 point
line spacing in the paper. Each paragraph has an initial 3 LAYOUT OF TEXT
indentation of 1.5 cm. Use roman type except for the
3.1 Text and indenting
headings, parameters in mathematics (not for log, sin,
cos, ln, max., d (in dx), etc) and the titles of journals and
Text is set in two columns of 8.2 cm (3.23") width
books which should all be in italics. Never use bold,
each
with 6 mm (0.24") spacing between the columns. All
except to denote vectors in mathematics. Never underline
text should be typed in Times New Roman, 10 pt on 13 pt
line spacing except for the paper title (16 pt on 18 pt),

author(s) (12 pt on 14 pt), and the small text in tables,

captions and references (9 pt on 12 pt). All line spacing is
exact. Never add any space between lines or paragraphs.
When a column has blank lines at the bottom of the page,
add space above and below headings (see opposite
column).
First lines of paragraphs are indented 5 mm (0.2")
except for paragraphs after a heading or a blank line.

3.5 Figure captions

Always use the Figure caption style: 9 points size on
11 points line space. Place the caption underneath the
figure (see Section 4). Type as follows: Figure 1.
Caption. Leave about one line of space between the
figure caption and the text of the paper.

3.6 References

3.2 Headings
Type primary headings in capital letters roman and
secondary and tertiary headings in lower case italics.
Headings are set flush against the left margin. It will give
12 pt above and 6 pt beneath the primary headings, 6 pt
above and 6 pt beneath the secondary headings and 6 pt
above the tertiary headings. Headings are not indented
and neither are the first lines of text following the
heading indented.
Replace the page header Surnamea et al. with the
first authors real surname. If the paper has only two
authors, replace the header with Surnamea & Surnameb
using real surnames of first and second authors.

3.3 Equations

In the text, place the authors last names (without

initials) and the date of publication in parentheses (see
examples in Section 5). At the end of the paper, list all
references in alphabetical order underneath the heading
REFERENCES. The references should be typed in small
text (9 pt on 11 pt) and second and further lines should be
indented 5.0 mm (0.2"). If several works by the same
author are cited, entries should be chronological:
Surname, A.A. 2006a. Development ...
Surname, A.A. 2006b. Design ...
Surname, A.A. 2007. Models ...
Surname, A.A. & Li, M.C. 2008. Effects of ...
Surname, A.A. & Smith, B.P. 2009. Composite...

3.6.1 Typography for references

Last name, First name or Initials. Year. Book title. City:

Use the equation editor of the selected word

Publisher.
processing program. Equations are not indented. Number
Last name, First name or Initials. Year. Title of article. Title of
Journal (series number if necessary) volume number (issue
equations consecutively and place the number at the end
number if necessary): page numbers.
of the line. Refer to equations by these numbers. See for
example Equation 1 below:
3.6.2 Examples
n

N0
Nu

(1)

where N0 = axial load; N0 = ultimate strength.

For simple equations in the text always use
superscript and subscript (select Font in the Format
menu). Do not use the equation editor between text on
same line.

3.4 Tables

Han, L.H. 2007. Concrete-filled steel tubular structures-theory

and practice (2nd ed.). Beijing: China Science Press (in
Chinese).
Li, W. & Han, L.H. 2012. Behaviour of tapered concrete-filled
double skin steel tubular stub columns. In Liew J.Y.R. et al.:
10th International Conference on Advances in Steel
Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures, July 2-4, 2012.
Singapore.
Li, W., Han, L.H., Ren, Q.X. & Zhao, X.L. 2013. Behaviour and
calculation of tapered CFDST columns under eccentric
compression. Journal of Constructional Steel Research
83(4): 127-136.

Locate tables close to the first reference to them in the

text and number them consecutively. Avoid abbreviations 4 PHOTOGRAPHS AND FIGURES
in column headings. Indicate units in the line immediately
Number figures consecutively in the order in which
below the heading. Explanations should be given at the
reference is made to them in the text, making no disfoot of the table, not within the table itself. Use only
tinction between diagrams and photographs. Figures
horizontal rules: One above and one below the column
should fit within the column width or within the type
headings and one at the foot of the table. Type all text in
area.
tables in: 9 on 12 points. Align all headings to the left of
their column and start these headings with an initial
capital. Type the caption above the table. See for example
Table 1.
In tables the following reference marks should be
used: *, **, etc. and the actual footnotes set directly
underneath the table.

Figure 1. Caption of a typical figure. Always supply original

photographs.

Figures, photographs, etc. can be in black/white or

full color, but will be produced in the proceeding in
black/white only. Please insert the high resolution figures
in the word file. Figures, etc. should be placed to the left.
Leave about one line of space between the actual text and
figure (including caption). Never place any text next to a
figure. Leave this space blank. The most convenient place
for placing figures is at the top or bottom of the page.
Everything will be reduced to 75%. Therefore, 9 point
should be the minimum size of the lettering. Lines should
preferably be 0.2 mm (0.1") thick. Keep figures as simple
as possible.
Photographs should be with good contrast and
preferably in TIFF or EPS format. Photographic 6
reproductions cut from books or journals, photocopies of
photographs and screened photographs are unacceptable.
The proceedings will be printed in black only. For this
reason try to avoid the use of colour in figures and
photographs. Colour is also nearly always unnecessary
for scientific work.
5 REFERENCES, SYMBOLS AND NOTES
Consistency of style is very important. Note the
spacing, punctuation and caps in all the examples below.

References in the text: Figure 1, Figures 2-4, 6, 8a, b

(not abbreviated)
References between parentheses: (Fig. 1), (Figs 2-4,
6, 8a, b) (abbreviated)
USA / UK / The Netherlands instead of U.S.A. / U.K.
/ Netherlands / the Netherlands
Author & Author (1989) instead of Author and Author
(1989)
(Author 1989a, b, Author & Author 1987) instead of
(Author, 1989a,b; Author and Author, 1987)
(Author et al. 1989) instead of (Author, Author &
Author 1989)
Use the following style: (Author, in press); (Author, in
prep.); (Author, unpubl.); (Author, pers. comm.)
Always use the official SI notations:
kg / m / kJ / mm instead of kg. (Kg) / m. / kJ. (KJ) /
mm.;
201632SW instead of 20 16 32 SW
0.50 instead of 0,50 (used in French text); 9000
instead of 9,000 but if more than 10,000: 10,000
instead of 10000
20 instead of 20 / X20 / x 20; 4 + 5 > 7 instead of
4+5>7 but 8 / +8 instead of 8 / + 8
e.g. / i.e. instead of e.g., / i.e.,
SUBMISSION
The camera-ready copy PDF file of the complete
paper should be sent to the Organizing Committee
through e-mails: asccs2015@tsinghua.edu.cn, together
with the MS Word file (*.doc or *.docx). Check whether
the paper looks the same as this sample.
The above materials should be with the Organizing
Committee before the deadline for submission.