Title Page:

The title page should contain: Title, Authors, Affiliations,

Acknowledgement, and Footnotes supplying: Correspondent

author‘s information including: the full name, complete mailing address, telephone and fax number, and, if available, e-mail address; Job titles of all authors; and The name(s) of sponsor(s) of the research contained in the paper, along with grant number(s), if any.

General: The manuscript should be provided in single-spaced typing Time New Roman, 10.5 pt., on A4 size pages in electronic format using Microsoft Word. It must be written in English and should not exceed 13,000 word-equivalents. (A journal page contains approximately 1,300 words.) Technical notes should not exceed 4,000 word-equivalents. If it is necessary to include additional information, such as appendices, these should be submitted electronically for inclusion on a web site for the journal.

Abstracts: Each paper should include an Abstract of 150-200 words, reporting concisely on the purpose of the work, the scope of the effort, the procedures used to execute the work (if of special interest), the major findings, and a list of three to eight keywords. The abstract must be self-contained, and it must not require reference to the paper to be understood.

Text: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Appendix, References, Vitage, Figures (including captions) and then Tables. Footnotes are to be avoided (except for table footnotes). Please complete text minus the title page, acknowledgment, and any running headers with author names, to allow blinded review.

Units: The SI system is to be used throughout; if it is necessary to use other units, these should be added in parentheses.

References

References should appear within the text as the author name(s) followed by the year of publication in parentheses. A list of all references must be given at the end of the text in alphabetical order by last name of first author. Make sure the reference information is complete and accurate, including as necessary and in the following order: last names and initials of all authors; year of publication; title of paper, report or book chapter (in quotes); title of book or periodical (in italic); volume and issue numbers; name and location of publisher (for books), name and location of publisher or sponsor for proceedings), or city of publication (for non-U.S. journals); and inclusive page numbers. The references should be listed in the following style:

Liu Huixian and Zhang Zaiyong (1980), “Lessons Learned from the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake,” Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vol. IX, Istanbul, Turkey, pp.453– 460.

Huo Linsheng and Li Hongnan (2004), “Torsionally Coupled Response Control of Offshore Platform Structures Using Circular Tuned Liquid Column Dampers,” China Ocean Engineering, 18(2):173–183. (in Chinese)

Newmark NM and Rosenblueth E (1971), Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.