Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC2016

15-17 December 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai, India

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING THE FULL-LENGTH PAPERS

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Title, author details,

abstract area

Researcher (MS), 2 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036.
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Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai 600 025.
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ABSTRACT: This article presents detailed instructions for the preparation of camera ready papers for the IGC2016. Kindly
follow the guidelines strictly as given in this article. Papers submitted without proper formatting and as to the guidelines
will not be considered for review and publication. Authors are requested to submit a pdf file for the first review. Accepted
papers are to be submitted both in MS word as well as in pdf format. This template is prepared as per the format. Authors
can use this STYLE based template to FORMAT their paper. The LANGUAGE of the paper shall be English (US or UK)
and the authors are expected to maintain high quality language. The conference pledges NO to plagiarism. Authors with
same affiliation shall be grouped together and the email ID be provided sequentially. (abstract shall be of 180to 200 words).
KEYWORDS: IGC2016, format, full paper, 4 pages (maximum five)

INTRODUCTION

1.3 Advantage with Style Based Formatting

1.1 First Draft

Authors may prepare the first draft in A4 sheet (with
20mm margin on all sides) using 12 size Times New
Roman font limiting to total 4 pages including the
figures and tables. This content is expected to fit into the
prescribed paper size and format once formatted using
this template to the allowable limit of FOUR PAGES.

Author need not fix the font sizes, tabs, paragraph

spacing, heading numbers, etc. HOWEVER, THE
PAPER SHALL BE THOROUGHLY CHECKED FOR
SYMBOLS AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS.

SIZE, MARGINS AND FONT

2.1 Paper Size and Length

Text Area

1.2 Using the Style Based Format Template

The template [IGC2016Format.dotx] for full length

paper shall be copied into your system.
Then double click the template to open a new document
and save the document with a name starting with the
paper ID

The formatted paper size is B5 (JIS) 182mm wide x

257mm height. The title and abstract area is single
column and the main text area is in double column. The
total length of the paper shall be 4 pages and papers with
more pages will not be considered for review and
publication.

2.2 Margins

Select the respective field and Transfer the Title, Author

details, email ID, Abstract, and Key words from the First
Draft by cut and paste.
Place the cursor anywhere in the title text and select the
style IG-Title. Similarly place the cursor on each
component such as Author name, Affiliation, Email
ID, Abstract, etc. and select respective styles. DO
NOT SELECT THE ENTIRE SENTENCE OF WORD
for this formatting. Typical styles are present towards
the end of this document in Figure 5.

2.3 Fonts

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Fig. 1 Style tab under Home in Word 2010 & above

Left 12mm; Right 12mm

Top-20mm; Bottom-18mm
Two columns for text; Column width-74.7mm
Space between columns-6.5mm

Times new Roman font size 10 for headings

Times new Roman font size 9.5 for all text
Times new Roman font size 9 for caption & abstract
Times new Roman font size 8 for affiliation &
Email

STYLES IN THE TEMPLATE

All the relevant styles available in the formatting

template. These styles are names with a prefix IG, such
as IG-Title, IG-Author, etc.

Guidelines for Preparing the Full-Length Papers

3.1 Title and Abstract Area

3.4.3

The styles to be used in the area are as below.

Typical figures and pictures are presented in Fig. 2

through Fig. 4.

Title IG-Title
Author name IG-Author
Affiliation IG-Affiliation
Email ID IG-Email ID
Abstract IG-Abstract
Key words IG-Key

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Before start of the abstract the word ABSTRACT:

shall be printed in CAPS

3.2 Paper Content (Text)

Style IG-text shall be used for formatting the text. Please
note that the entire word or text SHALL NOT BE
SELECTED for applying the style. The italics, symbols,
subscripts, superscripts, etc., will be removed if entire
test or word is selected.

peak deviatoric stress, kg/cm

20

15

coarse
medium
fine
10
0

2L 1/4

2L 1/3

4L

layering

Fig. 2

3.3 Equations
Equations may be prepared using Microsoft equation or
Mathtype. The text size may be limited to 9 pt,
preferably in Times new Roman and mathtext. Once the
equation is placed, style IG-Equation can be applied
placing the cursor anywhere in the equation. The
equation number shall be provided in smooth brackets
such as (1).

VS 2 3VP 2 4VS 2

VP 2 VS 2

Typical Figures

Peak deviator stresses for different layered

configurations of geopods in sands, for a geo-pod
volume ratio of 2.8%

(1)

3.4 Figures & Pictures

Use of Figures and Pictures

Figures shall be referred as Figure 1, etc. in the text and

Fig.1 in the captions. Any figures reproduced from other
publications shall be properly referenced. Figures from
journal papers and text books shall be avoided when
simple reference would suffice.

3.4.2

Fig. 3 Existing waste dump overlooking the Ashtamudi

Lake
Legend may be Arial 7 or 8

Size and Format of Figures and Pictures

All figures shall fit within the column width of 74mm.

Figures can also run across both the columns. Figures
prepared in word or autocad or using any other software
including excel graphs shall be converted to JEPG or
enhanced meta file that can be shrunk or expanded
proportionately.

100

Finer passing (%)

3.4.1

RMT-Before compaction
RMT-After compaction
Upper bound
Lower bound

80
60
40
20
0

Pictures shall be in in grey scale with good contrast.

High definition photos converted to grayscale shall be
used. Analysis out puts with different color shades shall
be avoided. Red, blue and green may appear black or
dark grey.

0.1

10

Particle size (mm)

100

Fig. 4 Particle size distribution of RMT before and after

compaction
Axis details may be Arial 8

Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC2016

15-17 December 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai, India

3.5 Tables
Table and figure captions can use the style IGCaptions. Once the table is placed within the column
width, the table shall be selected in full and apply the
style IG-Table.
Individual columns, rows, cells, etc. can be modified to
suit the requirements. Typical table format is in Table 1.
Table 1 Shear Properties of Different Mix Proportions
Dry unit
weight
(kN/m3)

c (kPa)

100S

18.5

0.0

37

50S+50T

12.8

3.5

29

100T

7.5

6.2

21

Mix Proportion

Erken, A. and Gerku, H. (2012) Stress Strain Behavior

of Fiber Reinforced Sands. International Conference on
Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI 2012)
30 Oct. 2 Nov. 2012, University of Wollongong,
Australia
IS: 2720 (Part 4) (1983), Methods of Test for Soils: Grain
Size Analysis, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi,
India.
Medvedev, J. (1962) Engineering Seismology, Academia
Nauk Press, Moscow.
Nakagawa et al., (1989) Problems of Osaka Ground from
the Point of Seismic Waves, Proc. of Applied Geology,
Kansai Branch, pp90-105.
Simmons, B. (2015, January 9). The tale of two Flaccos.
Retrieved from http://grantland.com/the-triangle/thetale-of-two-flaccos/

UNITS AND DECIMALS

4.1 Units
The paper shall use SI unit as far as possible. The
referenced values may be in the original units.

4.2 Decimals
The number of decimal places shall be as per relevant
standards. For example, LL, PL, SL, NMC, etc. shall be
presented in percentage as the nearest whole number.
The unit weight in kN/m3 shall be with one decimal.

IN CASE YOU HAVE YOUR PAPER

WITH OTHER FORMATTING

It is possible that your paper is ready with some other

formatting. Do not worry. You can still use the style
based formatting template. Just transfer the contents and
apply relevant formatting styles.

References
Arulrajah, A., Piratheepan, J., Aatheesan, T., and Bo,
M.W. (2011) Geotechnical properties of recycled
crushed brick in pavement applications, Journal of
Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 23(10), pp14441452.
Central Disaster Management Council, (2010)
http://www.bousai.go.jp/jishin/chubu_kinki/syousai/pdf
/sankousiryou2.pdf

Fig. 5 Typical styles available in the format

References shall be in alphabetical and

chronological order. Note the sequence and
italic application