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Advances in Structural Engineering aims to provide a major publication channel for research in the general area of structural engineering, an international forum for the exchange of innovative ideas, and a conduit for the flow of information between the West and the East, particularly China. Especially welcome are papers describing research directed at the solution of the real engineering problems which arise in challenging construction projects. As well as full length papers, short technical notes, discussions, book reviews and conference reports, are also published. In addition, the journal publishes short articles introducing to readers selected researchers and research institutions in China. Acceptance of a paper for publication in the journal is subject to the manuscript being an unpublished work presenting a significant original contribution or an in-depth state-of-the-art review of a specific topic in structural engineering.
from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Advisory Editors
Professor M. Anson
Professor J.M. Ko
Editor-in-Chief
Professor J.G. Teng
Department of Civil & Structural Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Email: cejgteng@polyu.edu.hk
Editors
Professor K.F. Chung
Associate Editors
Dr. Y. Xia
Members of the Local Editorial Team
Professor S.L. Chan
Dr. T.H.T. Chan
Professor K.T. Chau
Dr. Y.M. Cheng
Professor K.F. Chung
Dr. J.G. Dai
Dr. S.S. Lam
Dr. S.S. Law
Dr. Y.Q. Ni
Professor J.G. Teng
Dr. Y.L. Wong
Dr. Y. Xia
Professor Y.L. Xu
Professor J.H. Yin
Dr. S.Y. Zhu
Professor D.P. Abrams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Professor C.R. Calladine, University of Cambridge, UK
Professor W.F. Chen, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Professor M.S. Cheng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Professor K.P. Chong, National Science Foundation, USA
Professor S.L. Dong, Zhejiang University, China
Professor Y. Fujino, University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor G.J. Hancock, University of Sydney, Australia
Professor S. Kitipornchai, City University of Hong Kong, China
Professor Y.C. Loo, Griffith University, Australia
Professor Y.Q. Long, Tsinghua University, China
Professor Z.T. Lu, Southeast Univeristy, China
Professor D.A. Nethercot, Imperial College, UK
Professor J.M. Rotter, University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor Z.Y. Shen, Tongji University, China
Professor H.F. Xiang, Tongji University, China
Professor L.L. Xie, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Professor L.C. Bank, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
USA
Professor M.A. Bradford, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. J.F. Chen, University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor A. Combescure, LMC-INSA Lyon, France
Professor Y.J. Ge, Tongji University, China
Professor M. Gu, Tongji University, China
Professor H. Hao, University of Western Australia, Australia
Professor A.K.H. Kwan, University of Hong Kong, China
Professor K.C.S. Kwok, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology,
China
Professor Y.L. Mo, University of Houston, USA
Professor A. Nanni, Univeristy of Missouri-Rolla, USA
Dr. D.J. Oehlers, Univeristy of Adelaide, Australia
Professor N. Rajapakse, University of British Colombia, Canada
Professor E. Ramm, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Professor G. Solari, University of Genova Via Montallegro, Italy
Professor B.F. Spencer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Professor I. Takewaki, Kyoto University, Japan
Professor Y. Tamura, Toyko Institute of Polytechnics, Japan
Professor J.N. Yang, University of California, Irvine, USA
Professor Y.B. Yang, National Taiwan University, China
Professor W.Q. Zhu, Zhejiang University, China
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Advances in Structural Engineering aims to provide a major publication
channel for research in the general area of structural engineering, an international
forum for the exchange of innovative ideas, and a conduit for the flow of information
between the West and the East, particularly China. Especially welcome are papers
describing research directed at the solution of the real engineering problems
which arise in challenging construction projects. As well as full length papers,
short technical notes, discussions, book reviews and conference reports, are
also published. In addition, the journal publishes short articles introducing
to readers selected researchers and research institutions in China. Acceptance
of a paper for publication in the journal is subject to the manuscript being
an unpublished work presenting a significant original contribution or an in-depth
state-of-the-art review of a specific topic in structural engineering.
Electronic submission of papers is preferred by the journal as it can speed up the review and publication process. Authors should email their manuscripts as PDF files to the Editor-in-Chief, Professor J.G. Teng (cejgteng@polyu.edu.hk). The final revised version of a paper should be emailed to the Editor-in-Chief both as a PDF file and as an MS Word file.
Submission of hard copies of papers is also acceptable. Four copies of a manuscript should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief, Professor J.G. Teng, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Acceptance of a paper for publication in the journal is subject to the manuscript being an unpublished work presenting a significant original contribution or an in-depth state-of-the-art review of a specific topic in structural engineering. Submission of a manuscript is taken to imply that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
All papers submitted will be rigorously reviewed by at least two international experts. When a paper is returned for revision prior to final acceptance, the revised version must be submitted within 3 months of the authors' receipt of the referees' reports.
The manuscript should be provided in double-spaced typing on A4 size pages. It must be written in English and should not, normally, exceed 10,000 word-equivalents. Technical notes should not exceed 3,000 word-equivalents. The title should be concise and be followed by the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s). The main body of the paper is to be preceded by an abstract of about 150 words, reporting concisely on the objectives and conclusions, and a list of 4 to 8 keywords. The contact details of the corresponding author including telephone and fax numbers as well as email address should be provided in a footnote on the first page. Other footnotes are to be avoided. The metric system is to be used throughout and if it is necessary to quote other units then these should be added in parentheses.
The manuscript is expected to be written in correct and easily readable English. Both English and American spellings are acceptable, but each paper is expected to follow one style consistently.
When referring to figure numbers, please use Figure in full, followed by the number. When referring to equation numbers, the word equation and equations should be abbreviated to Eqn and Eqns, respectively. Thus, one may write: "... the figure on the left relates to Eqn 32 and the figures on the right relate to Eqns 33 to 37. Eqns 38 and 39, on the other hand, relate to Figures 102 and 103, respectively. Figure 102 is seen to be similar to Figure 103 but the two figures have clear differences that reflect the differences in their equations ..."
Symbols denoting matrices and vectors may appear in two
different styles:
References to published work should be referred to in the text by the last name(s) of author(s) followed by the year of publication in parentheses. For example, one may write "Smith et al. (1996) referred to several existing studies (Chen 1990, 1991, 1992a,b; Ko et al. 1992; Zhu and Ko 1995)…" or "More information can be found in Livesley (1975)." The references should be grouped at the end of the paper in the alphabetical order of the last name of the first author in the following style:
Ko, J.M., Ni, Y.Q. and Tian, Q.L. (1992). "Hysteretic behavior and empirical modelling of a wire-cable vibration isolator", International Journal of Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 111-127.
Ko, J.M. and Xu, Y.L., eds, (2000). Proceedings of
International Conference on Advances in Structural Dynamics, Hong Kong,
China, December.
Teng, J.G., Chen, J.F., Smith, S.T. and Lam, L. (2002). FRP-Strengthened RC Structures, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK.
Anson, M. and Zhang, J.P. (1995). "On-site graphics
for planning and communicating the use of site space", Proceedings of
the Fifth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction,
Y.C. Loo, ed., Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, July, pp. 883-888.
Ho, W.M.G. (1991). Nonlinear Analysis of Steel Frames
with Semi-Rigid Connections, PhD Thesis, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong, China.
The original or electronic file of each illustration must be provided with the final revised submission. Each illustration must be clearly numbered. Illustrations should be separated from the text and attached to the end of the text. Captions for the illustrations should be typed in numerical order and placed at the end of the manuscript. The illustrations should preferably require the same degree of reduction. The type area of the journal is 175mm wide and 250mm deep, in two columns per page, each 85mm wide, and lettering should be large enough to be legible after reduction of the illustration to fit the page or column width. Hand-written lettering is not acceptable.
Authors will receive proofs which should be corrected and returned without delay.
No new material may be inserted in the text at the time of proof reading. All
joint papers must indicate the name and full postal address of the author to
whom proofs should be sent.
There will be no page charges. Twenty five offprints of each article and three copies of the issue in which the article appears are supplied free of charge to the corresponding author. Additional copies can be ordered at current printing prices.
