Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical EngineeringCopyright 2009 by ABCM November 15-20, 2009, Gramado, RS, Brazil

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMATTING THE PAPERS DINAMICA DOSFLUIDOS COMPUTACIONAL/PRODERNA

The title should be specific to the study yet concise, and should allow sensitive and specific electronic retrieval of the article. Itshould be comprehensible to readers outside your field. Avoid specialist abbreviations if possible. Present this in title case,capitalizing all words except for prepositions, articles, and conjunctions. Titles should also include relevant information about thedesign of the study, e.g.: Television watching and family dysfunction in medical journal editors: a case-control study.

First Author s Name, e-mail

Abstract. The abstract succinctly introduces the paper. We advise that it should not exceed 250300 words. Theabstract is conceptually divided into three sections. Background: include here a statement of the main researchquestion. Methodology/Principal Findings. include here the techniques used without going into methodological detail,together with a summary of the most important findings with key numerical results given, with measures of error andnot just p values. Conclusions/Significance: concisely summarize the studys implications. Please do not include anycitations in the abstract. Avoid specialist abbreviations if possible.

Keywords: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3 (up to 5 keywords)

1. INTRODUCTION

The introduction should put the focus of the manuscript into a broader context. As you compose the introduction,think of readers who are not experts in this field. Include a brief review of the key literature. If there are relevantcontroversies or disagreements in the field, they should be mentioned so that a non-expert reader can delve into theseissues further. The introduction should conclude with a brief statement of the overall aim of the experiments and acomment about whether that aim was achieved.

2. RESULTS

The results section should provide details of all of the experiments that are required to support the conclusions of thepaper. There is no specific word limit for this section. The section may be divided into subsections, each with a concisesubheading. Large datasets, including raw data, should be submitted as supporting information files; these are publishedonline alongside the accepted article. We advise that the results section be written in past tense.

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 ofpublication, according to the following examples: Recent work (Smith and Farias, 1997) or Recently, Smith andFarias (1997). In the case of three or more authors, the form Smith et al. (1997) should be used. Two or morereferences having the same authors and publication year must be distinguished by appending a, b, etc., to the yearof publication. For exemple: Recent work (Smith and Farias, 1997a)

Acceptable references include journal articles, numbered papers, dissertations, theses, published conferenceproceedings, preprints from conferences, books, submitted articles (if the journal is identified) and privatecommunications. Internet sites can also be cited as references, adopting the formatting instructions from the ModernLanguage Association as available in http://www.mla.org/style_faq4 recommendations (MLA).

References should be listed at the end of the paper according to instructions provided in Section 6.

3. DISCUSSION

The discussion should spell out the major conclusions of the work along with some explanation or speculation onthe significance of these conclusions. How do the conclusions affect the existing assumptions and models in the field?How can future research build on these observations? What are the key experiments that must be done? The discussionshould be concise and tightly argued. Conclusions firmly established by the presented data, hypotheses supported by thepresented data, and speculations suggested by the presented data should be clearly identified as such. The results anddiscussion may be combined into one section, if desired.

4. MATERIALS AND METHODS

This section should provide enough detail to allow full replication of the study by suitably skilledinvestigators. Protocols for new methods should be included, but well-established protocols may simply be referenced.

Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical EngineeringCopyright 2009 by ABCM November 15-20, 2009, Gramado, RS, Brazil

We encourage authors to submit, as separate supporting information files, detailed protocols for newer or less well-established methods. These are published online only, but are linked to the article and are fully searchable.

5. TEXTUAL ELEMENTS

5.1. Mathematical equations

Arabic numerals must be used as equation numbers, enclosed between parentheses, right-aligned, as shown in theexamples below. Equations should be referred to either as Eq. (1) in the middle of a phrase or as Equation (1) in thebeginning of a sentence. Matrix and vector quantities can be indicated either by brackets and braces, as in Eq. (1), or inbold style, as in Eq. (2). Symbols used in the equations must be defined immediately before or after their firstappearance.

One blank line must be included above and below each equation.

(1)

(2)

5.2. Figures and tables Legends

The aim of the figure legend should be to describe the key messages of the figure, but the figure should also bediscussed in the text. An enlarged version of the figure and its full legend will often be viewed in a separate windowonline, and it should be possible for a reader to understand the figure without switching back and forth between thiswindow and the relevant parts of the text. Each legend should have a concise title of no more than 15 words. The legenditself should be succinct, while still explaining all symbols and abbreviations. Avoid lengthy descriptions of methods.

Figures and tables should be placed in the text as close as possible to the point they are first mentioned and must benumbered consecutively in arabic numerals. Figures must be referred to either as Fig. 1 in the middle of a phrase or asFigure 1 in the beginning of a sentence. The figures themselves as well as their captions must be centered in thebreadth-wise direction. The captions of the figures should not be longer than 3 lines.

The legend for the data symbols as well as the labels for each curve should be included into the figure. Letteringshould 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.

Figure 1. Diagram of shear modulus versus frequency at 303 K

Color figures and high quality photographs can be included in the paper. To reduce the file size and preserve thegraphic 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.

The table title should be concise, no more than one sentence. The rest of the table legend and any footnotes shouldbe placed below the table. Footnotes can be used to explain abbreviations.

Tables must be cell-based, such as would be produced in a spreadsheet program or in Microsoft Word. Do not