Manuscript title in 16-point and centered

Author One a,*, Author Two b

a Full address of author one, including country

b Full address of author two, including country

Abstract

This document explains and demonstrates how to prepare manuscripts for the Fracture Mechanics 2007. If you use Microsoft Word you can take the file “FM2007.dot” as a template. Simply copy the file to the template directory located in your Microsoft Office directory. Further instructions may be found in the present document. The main body of text must be written on an A4 paper (297 mm x 210 mm) in two-column format. The area for your text must be 15.8 mm wide and 21.5 mm high. Please do not place any text outside this area. Margins are: top margin: 25 mm, bottom margin: 57 mm, left margin: 26 mm and right margin 26 mm. These margins apply for all pages including the first one.

Each manuscript should be maximum 6 pages including figures, tables and appendices, except the manuscript for keynote lecture. Over length manuscripts will be returned to the authors.

Keywords: Supply up to 8 keywords of your own choice; All in low case and separated by semicolon.

. Introduction

All manuscripts must be in English. Please submit one copy along with the electronic version of the manuscript (See the FM2007 homepage for electronic submission). Please prepare your main body of text using 10.5 point size Times New Roman. Title is 16-point size boldface and centered. The authors lines are centered and in 12-point size and affiliations lines are only 8-point and italic.

If the text is to be emphasized please use italic. Do not use boldface except for headings or subsections.

2. Organization of text

Please organise the sections of your manuscript as follows:

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction

Body of paper

Acknowledgement

References

Appendices (if any)

The section headings are numbered sequentially and are in boldface typing. There should be one line of space before a new section heading and one line of space after a section heading preceding the text in the paragraph.

2.1. Second level headings or subsection headings

Second level headings are in boldface like the heading of this paragraph.

2.2. Tertiary headings and others

Tertiary headings. If required, these are typed in boldface as a part of the succeeding paragraph. Do not use more than three levels of headings.

For each paragraph of text leave an indent or two spaces in the first line. Text should be equally justified, providing a vertical margin on both sides. Use two columns only.

Page numbering. Please do not print page numbers.

System of units. The manuscript must use the International System of Units (SI). Other units may be given in parenthesis.

Footnotes. If possible, footnotes should be avoided, but otherwise these must be single spaced and separated from the text and on the page of their reference, separated from the text by a horizontal line.

Table 1. Stiffness properties of mild steel.

Property	Value
Young’s modulus	210000 [MPa]
Shear modulus	83000 [MPa]

Fig. 1. The FM2007 logo.

Tables. Tables (referred to as Table 1, Table 2,) should be 9-point and centered on the page. The caption should be placed above each table. Units in tables should be given as square brackets; i.e. [MPa] and SI units are obligatory. One line above the table and one line below the table should be left blank. Authors may choose how they wish to format the rows and the columns of tables. However, please be consistent throughout your manuscript.

Figures. Figures (refer with: Fig. 1, Fig. 2,) also should be presented as part of the text, centered and leaving enough space so that the caption will not be confused with the text. The caption should be 9-point and placed below the figure. Care must be taken to position the figures at the correct positions in the manuscript. There should be one line of space above and below each figure. A minimum font size of 8-point within the figures is recommended. Illustrations used in the paper must be in greyscale/black and white.

Equations. Equations are referred to as Eq. (1), Eq. (2), or Eqs. (1) and (2). There should be one line of space above and below each equation. The equations should be numbered sequentially and the number put in parentheses at the right hand edge of the text, e.g.

(1)

Equations should be typed and all symbols should be explained within the text of your manuscript. Authors may prefer to include a separate section detailing all nomenclature.

3. Literature references

References should follow the Vancouver system. In the text the reference number is given in square brackets. The following are some examples:

Sundararaman et al. [1] discovered that

Recent results [2, 3] indicate that

References should be listed in numerical order at the end of the manuscript as shown below: Author surnames and initials, title of literature, abbreviated journal title, year, volume, number if necessary and page numbers.

References to a book should include: Author surnames and initials, complete book title, name of the publisher and place of publication, year. Reference to multi-author works should include "In:" followed by name(s) of editor(s), book title, the name of the publisher and place of publication, year, volume and pages.

References should appear in the following form:

References

[1]	Sundararaman V, Davidson DB. An unsymmetric end-notched flexure test for interfacial fracture toughness determination. Engng Fracture Mech 1998; 60(3): 361-377.

[2]	Suresh S. Fatigue of Materials. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

[3]	Riemelmoser FO, Pippan R. Plasticity induced crack closure under plane strain conditions in terms of dislocation arrangement. In: Lutjering G, Nowack H, editors. Fatigue '96. Pergamon, 1996, p. 363-368.

4. Final checks

Once the manuscript is complete we recommend you run a spell check program through the text. We request you follow these guidelines as closely as possible. Above all, please ensure that the printed area on each page is as close to 15.8 mm x 215 mm as is possible, the font size of the text is 10.5pt and the font size within illustrations is no smaller than 8 pt.

5. Submission

Your manuscript should be submitted by

September 10, 2007. You can send it by e-mail.

For further information see the FM2007 homepage:

http://chemech.ecust.edu.cn/FM2007/.

*Corresponding author.

E-mail address: jxy@ecust.edu.cn.

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