25th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
October 20-25, 2019, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
COB-2019-XXXX (XXXX is the manuscript number, times new roman, centered, bold, size 14 )
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMATTING THE PROCEEDINGS PAPERS OF
THE XXV COBEM (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, SIZE 14)
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First Author’s Name (Times New Roman, Bold, size 10)
Second Author’s Name (Times New Roman, Bold, size 10)
Institution and address for first and second authors - if the same (Times New Roman, size 9)
e-mails(Times New Roman, size 9)
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Third Author’s Name (Times New Roman, Bold, size 10)
Institution and address for third author (Times New Roman, size 9)
e-mail(Times New Roman, size 9)
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Same format for other authors, if any
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Abstract. The abstract should describe the objectives, the methodology and the main conclusions of the paper in about
200 words. It should not contain neither formulae nor reference to bibliography. (Times New Roman, italic, size 10)
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Keywords: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3 … (up to 5 keywords) (Times New Roman, italic, size 10)
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1. INTRODUCTION (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, SIZE 10)
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The purpose of these instructions is to serve as a guide for formatting papers to be published in the Proceedings of
the XXV COBEM.
The proceedings of the XXV COBEM will be published in Adobe™ PDF format.
The papers MUST be formatted strictly according to these instructions. The present file can be used as a template
for Microsoft Word™. Also, it could be used as a formatting guide to users of others text processing software.
The papers are limited to a maximum of 10 pages, including tables and figures.
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2. TEXT FORMAT
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The manuscripts should be written in English, typed in A4 size pages, using font Times New Roman, size 10, except
for the title, authors affiliation, abstract and keywords, for which particular formatting instructions are indicated above.
Single space between lines is to be used throughout the text.
The text block that contains the title, the authors’ names and affiliation, the abstract and the keywords must be
indented 0.1 cm from the left margin and marked by a leftmost black line border of width 2 ¼ pt.
The first page must have a top margin of 3 cm and all the other margins (left, right and bottom) must have 2 cm. All
the other pages must be set with all margins equal to 2 cm.
PAGES SHOULD NOT BE NUMBERED
The body of the text must be justified. The first line of each paragraph must be indented by 0.5 cm. Sufficient
information must be provided directly in the text, or by reference to widely available published work. Footnotes should
be avoided.
All the symbols and notation must be defined in the text. Physical quantities must be expressed in the SI (metric)
units. Mathematical symbols appearing in the text must be typed in italic style.
Bibliographic references should be cited in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) and the year of
publication, according to the following examples: “Recent work (Bandarra Filho and Jabardo, 2011). . . ” or “Recently,
Bandarra Filho and Jabardo (2011). . . ”. In the case of three or more authors, the form “(Cavalini Junior et al., 2015)”
should be used. Two or more references having the same authors and publication year must be distinguished by
appending “a”, “b”, etc., to the year of publication. For example: “In papers (Santos et al., 2013a) and (Santos et al.,
2013b). . . ”.
Acceptable references include journal articles (MLA, 2004), numbered papers, dissertations, theses (Cavalini Junior,
2013), published conference proceedings, preprints from conferences, books (McConnell and Varoto, 2008), submitted
articles (if the journal is identified).
References should be listed at the end of the paper according to instructions provided in Section 4.
F. Author, S. Author and T. Author (update this heading accordingly)
Paper Short Title (First Letters Uppercase, make sure it fits in one line)
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2.1 Section titles and subtitles
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The section headers and sub headers must be aligned at left, typed with Times New Roman, size 10, bold style font.
They must be numbered using Arabic numerals separated by points. No more than 3 sublevels should be used. One
single line size 10 must be included above and below each section title/subtitle.
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2.2 Mathematical equations
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The mathematical equations must be indented by 0.5 cm from the left margin. They must be typed using Times New
Roman, italic, size 10 pt. font. Arabic numerals must be used as equation numbers, enclosed between parentheses, right-
aligned, as shown in the examples below. Equations should be referred to either as “Eq. (1)” in the middle of a phrase or
as “Equation (1)” in the beginning of a sentence. Matrix and vector quantities can be indicated either by brackets and
braces, as in Eq. (1), or in bold style, as in Eq. (2). Symbols used in the equations must be defined immediately before
or after their first appearance.
One blank line must be included above and below each equation.
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2.3 Figures and tables
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Figures and tables should be placed in the text as close as possible to the point they are first mentioned and must be
numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Figures must be referred to either as “Fig. 1” in the middle of a phrase or
as “Figure 1” in the beginning of a sentence. The figures themselves as well as their captions must be centered in the
breadth-wise direction. The captions of the figures should not be longer than 3 lines, centered and use Times New
Roman size 10.
The legend for the data symbols as well as the labels for each curve should be included into the figure. Lettering
should be large enough for ease reading. All units must be expressed in the S.I. (metric) system. One blank line must be
left before and after each figure.
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Figure 1. United States crude oil imports from Norway versus number of drivers killed in collision with railway train.
Available from: http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
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Color figures and high-quality photographs can be included in the paper. To reduce the file size and preserve the
graphic resolution, figures must be saved into GIF (figures with less than 16 colors) or JPEG (for higher color density)
files before being inserted in the manuscript.
Tables must be referred to either as “Tab. 1” in the middle of a phrase or as “Table 1” in the beginning of a sentence.
The tables themselves as well as their titles must be centered in the breadth-wise direction. The titles of the tables
should not be longer than 3 lines. The font style and size used in the tables must be similar (both in size and style) to
those used in the text body. Units must be expressed in the S.I. (metric) system. Explanations, if any, should be given at
the foot of the tables, not within the tables themselves.
One blank line must be left before and after each table.
25th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
October 20-25, 2019, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
The style of table borders is left free. An example is given in Tab. 1.
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Table 1. Experimental results for flexural properties of CFRC-4HS and CFRC-TWILL composites.
Span/depth ratio = 35:1. Average results of 7 specimens.
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Composite Properties CFRC-TWILL CFRC-4HS
Flexural Strength (MPa)(1) 209 10 180 15
Flexural Modulus (GPa)(1) 57.0 2.8 18.0 1.3
Mid-span deflection at the failure stress (mm) 2.15 1.90 6.40 0.25
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measured at 25°C
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3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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This optional section must be placed before the list of references.
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4. REFERENCES
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The list of references must be introduced as a new section, located at the end of the paper. The first line of each
reference must be aligned at left. All the other lines must be indented by 0.5 cm from the left margin. All references
included in the reference list must have been mentioned in the text.
References must be listed in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the first author. See the following
examples:
Bandarra Filho, E.P. and Jabardo, J.M.S., 2011. “Convective boiling performance of refrigerant R-134a in herringbone
and microfin copper tubes”. International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 81–91.
Cavalini Junior, A.A., 2013. Detecção e identificação de trincas transversais incipientes em eixos horizontais flexíveis
de máquinas rotativas. Ph.D. thesis, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brasil.
Cavalini Junior, A.A., Lara-Molina, F.A., Sales, T.P., Koroishi, E.H. and Steffen, V., 2015. “Uncertainty analysis of a
flexible rotor supported by fluid film bearings”. Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 12, pp.
1487–1504.
McConnell, K.G. and Varoto, P.S., 2008. Vibration Testing: Theory and Practice. John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2 nd
edition.
MLA, 2004. “How do I document sources from the web in my works-cited list?” Modern Language Association. 22
Feb. 2007 <http://www.mla.org>.
Santos, D.D., Furtado, G.M., Frey, S.L., Naccache, M.F. and de Souza Mendes, P.R., 2013a. “Flow of elasto-
viscoplastic fluids inside a cavity”. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Mechanical Engineering -
COBEM 2013. Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Santos, D.D., Furtado, G.M., Frey, S.L., Naccache, M.F. and de Souza Mendes, P.R., 2013b. “Numerical investigation
of elastic and viscous effects on inertial viscoplastic fluid flows”. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress
of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM 2013. Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. (single space, size 10)
5. RESPONSIBILITY NOTICE
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The following text, properly adapted to the number of authors, must be included in the last section of the paper:
The author(s) is (are) the only responsible for the printed material included in this paper.
