INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RAILWAY RESEARCH

IJRARE- Paper Formatting and Preparation (Times New Roman Bold 12 pt)

First author1, Second author2, Third author3 (Times New Roman bold 10 pt)

1First author affiliation, University/Institute; First author Email address (Times New Roman 10 pt)2Second author affiliation, University/Institute; Second author Email address (Times New Roman 10 pt)

3Third author affiliation, University/Institute; third author Email address (Times New Roman 10 pt)

AbstractThe abstract appears before the keywords must be limited to 200 words. The abstract should clearly state the objective, results and the conclusion of the work.

Keywords: first keyword, second keyword, … (Maximum five keywords)

IntroductionThe length of the full paper must not exceed 20 pages in final format. Please use the following guidelines in preparing your full papers. Papers that are not prepared according to the following guidelines will be withdrawn from the journal program.

Elements of a PaperThe basic elements of a paper are listed below in the order in which they should appear:

Journal header The title of paper Authors' names and affiliations Abstract Keywords Introduction The main body of the paper (including figures and tables) Results and discussions Conclusions Acknowledgments (Optional) List of symbols (Optional) References Appendices (Optional for full papers and not-allowed for extended abstracts)

Paper PreparationPapers must be provided in English using the MSWord software and uploaded from Journal website (http://www.IJRARE.iust.ac.ir) in DOC or DOCX format.

The paper size for manuscripts is A4 with 20 mm margins from all sides.For English papers; the fonts for different parts of the paper are in Times New Roman as follows: Title: 12 pt bold (centered) Author(s): 10 pt bold (centered) Affiliations: 10 pt (centered) Keywords: 10 pt Section Headings: 10 pt bold Subsection Headings: 10 pt Others: 10 pt Caption of tables and figures: 9 pt

Furthermore, the section headings will start from the far left and use single spacing paragraph format with no space between the section headings and the paragraph following it. The first line of the first paragraph of each section is not indented, but the others are indented by 5 mm. Put one space between the texts of main sections. Paper must have page numbers.

System of Units

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SI system of units is deemed to be used. If necessary use the equivalent value in the other system of units in brackets after the SI system of units.

EquationsEquations should be inserted in the center of page and numbered far from right. The equation numbers must be bracketed and placed opposite to the equation on the far right of the line.

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Tables, Figures and Photographs1. Tables must be numbered and the title of the table must be placed on the top of the table with the footnotes on the

bottom. Tables must appear where (or as close as to) they are first mentioned in the text. They must be referred in the text as "Table 1".

Table 1: An example of a tableNumber Area (m2)

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2. Figures must be numbered and the caption of the figure must come at the bottom of the figure. All the legends and the numerical values on the axes of the curves must be clear and readable. Figures must appear where (or as close as to) they are first mentioned in the text. They must be referred in the text as "Figure 1".

3. Photographs must be original and are treated similar to figures.Leave one space between the Table/Figure and the text following it.

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Results and DiscussionResults of the work and discussions are presented here. The two-page extended abstracts must also contain results and discussions section.

ConclusionsMain conclusions of the paper must be put here.

Acknowledgment (Optional)Acknowledgments are written here.

List of Symbols (Optional)The list of symbols comes after the acknowledgment and before references. The English symbols come first followed by the Greek symbols. Both must be typed in alphabetical order and separated.

Modulus of elasticity

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Stiffness Acoustical pressure Amplitude of the excitation plane wave Blocked pressure

Greek symbols Flow resistivity Tortuosity

ReferencesReferences must be numbered and be listed in the list of references in the order that they are referred to in the text.

Their numbers must be put in squared bracket, e.g., [1]. The complete details of the references will appear in the list of references.

For journal papers, books and conferences papers use the following formats:

[1]- Abdu–Khader, M. M., and Speight, J. G., The concepts of energy, environment, and cost for process design, International Journal of Green Energy, Vol. 1, pp. 137-151, 2014.

[2]- Kreith F., and Kreider J., Principles of solar engineering, Hemisphere-McGraw Hill. 2013.

[3]- Chianelli R.R., Daage M.X. and Ledoux M.J., Fundamental studies of transition-metal sulfide catalytic materials, In Advances in Catalysis, Vol. 40, edited by D. D., Eley, H., Pines, and W. O., Haag, Burlington, Mass, Academic press. 2014.

[4]- Li C.H., Wang B.X. and Peng, X.F., Experimental investigation on boiling of nano-particle suspension, Boiling Heat Transfer Conference, Jamaica, 2013.

[5] Ribeiro P.M.L., Geometrical non-linear vibration of beams and plates by the hierarchical finite element method, PhD Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008.

[6] http://www.ecgcorp.com/velav/mainbar.html (Accessed 21 August 2006)

[7] Lueg P., Process of silencing oscillations, U.S. Patent No. 2,043,416, 1996.

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