Fifth International Conference
on Managing Pavements
Fifth International Conference
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Abstract The present sample contains information on the preparation of manuscripts for the 5th International Managing Pavements Conference which will be held in Seattle in August of 2001. Abstracts should be 250 words or less, self-contained, and must not require reference to the paper to be understood. The primary objectives and scope of the study or the reasons for writing the paper should be stated; the techniques or approaches should be described only to the extent necessary for comprehension; and the findings and conclusions should be presented concisely. The abstract should not contain unfamiliar terms that are not defined, reference citations, or display equations or lists. (You may also want to submit this abstract as your short abstract to be handed out at the conference.)
GENERAL FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
Page Length
The length of each paper, including the abstract, figures, tables, and references may not exceed a maximum of 15 pages or 7,500 words. Papers should be prepared in a single-column format. Single-space all text material, including references, table titles, and figure captions.
Margins
The page margins should be set to 25 mm (1 inch) on top, bottom and sides of page. (If you are using A4 paper, set bottom margin to 42 mm.)
Paragraphs
The first line of each paragraph of body text should be indented 0.2 in.; no extra line space between paragraphs; no first-line indent after a subhead.
Type
The suggested type style (font) is Times Roman. Type size should be no smaller than 10 point.
Subheads
All headings use a separate line and should be flush with the left margin. There should be a hard return before and after each heading. Samples of each of four levels of headings are shown below. Each heading is formatted to have extra space before and after the heading line.
FIRST-LEVEL HEAD
First-level headings are all uppercase using boldface type.
Second-Level Head
Second-level headings use initial capitals, boldface type and are flush left.
Third-Level Head
Third-level headings are italicized to show emphasis.
Fourth-Level Head
The fourth-level heading uses underscored text and initial capitals.
Tables and Figures
Tables
Place table titles above the table, flush left to align with the left
margin of the table and highlight the title by using boldface type. Note
that the word "TABLE" should be in capital letters; use initial
capitals for the remaining words in the title. Number all tables in the
paper consecutively (using Arabic numerals) in the order in which they are
placed in the paper, or in the order the table is first cited in the text.
References to tables should be made by number at the appropriate place in
the text.
Give each column in the table a heading. Leave
a half line of space after the column heads and insert a rule that extends
across the full width of the table. Insert another half line of space and
full-width rule at the end of the table (and above the footnotes, if any).
Use lowercase italic superscript letters for footnotes in tables.
TABLE 1 Parameters for Assessment of Available Sample
| Type of construction | Parameters | Levels |
| Flexible | Thickness of bituminous layers Subgrade type Daily amount of traffic Climate |
< 0.15 m, 0.15 - 0.25 m, > 0.25 m coarse, fine < 1000, 1000 - 5000, > 5000 cold, moderate, warm |
| Semi-rigid | Thickness of rigid layers Subgrade type Daily amount of traffic Climate |
< 0.2 m, > 0.2 m coarse, fine < 1000, 1000 - 5000, > 5000 cold, moderate, warm |
TABLE 2 Number of Sections per Type of Construction
| Flexible / Semi-rigid | Type of construction | Number of sections |
| Flexible | AC on subgrade | 59 |
| Flexible | AC + granular layer(s) on subgrade | 632 |
| Flexible | AC + granular + cement bound layer(s) on subgrade | 4 |
| Semi-rigid | AC + cement bound on subgrade | 90 |
| Semi-rigid | AC + cement bound + granular layer(s) on subgrade | 26 |
Figures
Embed (do not link to another file) all graphics in the electronic version
of your paper. Give each figure a caption. Place figure captions below the
figure, flush left to align with the left margin and highlight the caption
by using boldface type. Note that the word "FIGURE" should be
in capital letters; use sentence case for the remaining words in the caption
and end the caption with a period. Number figures consecutively in the order
first cited in the text, using Arabic numerals. Reference must be made to
each figure by number at the appropriate place in the text.
Ensure that each figure be clear and legible. The
type in published figures must not be too small to be readable.
FIGURE 1 IRI trends for GPS-1 sections in dry freeze and dry no-freeze environmental zones.
REFERENCES
The reference list should contain only those references cited in the text, numbered in the order in which they are first cited. Denote a reference at the appropriate place in the text by an underlined or italicized Arabic numeral in parentheses, e.g., (2) or (2). Do not repeat a reference in the list and do not use ibid., idem., op. cit., or loc. cit. If a reference is cited more than one time in the text, repeat the number first assigned to the reference.
Paper Templates
Please click here to be linked to MS Word templates and the Adobe Acrobat pdf version of the Specifications for Papers.
Electronic Submission
Submit your paper of up to 15 pages in length including tables, figures and photographs (graphics may be in color). Authors should submit files for papers in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. Please note that the final format is .pdf. We will accept papers in Microsoft Word, however, it is highly recommended that you convert your paper to .pdf. Unless you submit you paper in .pdf, we are unable to gurantee the conversion to .pdf. All graphics (tables, figures and photographs) must be embedded (do not link), either within the text or at the end of the paper. Please restrict filenames to eight (8) characters or less (plus a three-character extension) and use the last name of the corresponding author in the filename. Do not use the name of the conference in the filename. We also request that the file size be under 2 MB.
Short Abstract Submission
Please include an abstract of up to 250 words in your paper to be included in a book of abstracts to be handed out at the conference. The conference proceedings will be handed out at the conference, but will only be available on CD ROM.
Submission Instructions
We request that you submit your short abstract using the On-line Information Form. On this form you will be asked to include your short abstract and to respond to the reviewer comments. In addition to completing this form, you should submit your final paper as an attachment.
Files may be e-mailed as attachments to: pavements@engr.washington.edu
Diskettes may be mailed to:
Pavements Conference Secretariat
c/o Engineering Professional Programs
10303 Meridian Ave N #301
Seattle, WA 98133-9483 USA
Submission Deadline
April 16, 2001