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i)
PURPOSE AND POLICY
The
purpose of the RETERM - Thermal Engineering Journal is to publish papers
of permanent interest dealing with research, development and design
related to Energy, Equipments, Oil and Gas.
The
journal is divided in two sections: i) Technology and ii) Science. The
Technology section comprises articles that document modern engineering
applications or general advances in industry. The Science section is
intended for publishing articles that deal with fundamental advances in
heat transfer and fluid mechanics, new physical insights, and novel
experimental and analytical methods that have great appeal for the
industry community.
Submission
of full-length scientific, review or technical papers to RETERM implies
that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere and it has
not been previously published. Exception is made for papers previously
published in proceedings of conferences. Review articles should
constitute a critical appraisal of published information.
The
decision of acceptance for publication either for the Technology or the
Science section lies with the Editors and is based on the recommendations
of at least two independent referees and of the Editorial Board, if
necessary.
ii) SUBMISSION
All
manuscripts for RETERM must be written in clear and concise English. The
submission of a manuscript may be carried out by:
a)
E-mail: The file (Word for Windows or Latex) with the full manuscript
(including figures) should be sent to reterm@demec.ufpr.br;
b)
Mail: Three (3) hard copies of the manuscript should be sent to the
Technical Editor at: RETERM – Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica -
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal 19011,
CEP 81531-990, Curitiba/PR-Brasil, or
c)
On-line: Follow all instructions (in Portuguese) as detailed at
http://calvados.c3sl.ufpr.br/reterm/. Upon registering, the submission
procedure becomes available to the authors.
In
any case, the manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter
indicating to which journal section the paper is intended to, i.e.
Technology or Science. The cover letter should also contain the full name
and postal address of the corresponding author and his/her phone, fax
number and e-mail address.
If
the authors so wish, the names of up to five persons who could act as
referees may be indicated.
The
authors should retain a copy of their manuscript since the journal cannot
accept responsibility for damage or loss of papers.
iii) MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
The
manuscript should be organized in the following order: Title, authors,
affiliations, abstract, keywords (3 to 5), nomenclature, main text
(divided into sections and subsections), acknowledgements, references,
and appendices. The tables and captions, as well as figures and captions
should be appropriately distributed into the main text.
The
abstract should state the objectives, methodology and main conclusions in
up to 300 words. In all papers, sufficient information should be provided
in the text or by referring to papers in other journals, to permit the
work to be repeated.
Manuscripts
should be typed according to the template file available on the journal
internet site: http://servidor.demec.ufpr.br/reterm/autores/index.htm. The pages
should be numbered and the full length of the manuscript including tables
and figures should not exceed 10 pages.
iii.1) Units and Symbols
The
use of SI (metric) system is mandatory for all reported data.
Temperatures should be given in °C or K. Uncertainties should be
specified for experimental and numerical results.
The
nomenclature section should list, in alphabetical order, all used symbols
and their definitions, followed by, if applicable, Greek symbols,
subscripts and superscripts. Besides, all symbols should be defined
within the text.
iii.2) Mathematical Expressions
Mathematical
expressions should be produced by an equation editor and should not be
introduced along the text itself, as part of a sentence line, but typed
on individual lines.
Numbers
that identify mathematical expressions should be enclosed in parentheses
located at the right margin of the paragraph. Refer to equations in the
text such as in “…as derived from eq. (1)…”, or, if at the beginning of a
sentence, “Equation (1) indicates…”.
iii.3) Figures and Tables
Photographs,
charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as “Figure (s)”.
Figures
should be submitted in laser printer output, original line drawings or
glossy prints. Photocopies should be avoided.
Figures
should be clear and suitable for reduction (up to 50%). The amount of
lettering should be reduced as much as possible by transferring it to the
figure legend. Remaining lettering should be large enough to be clearly
legible.
Figures
and tables, with a suitable caption, should be numbered consecutively in
the order in which they are referred to in the main text. Footnotes to
tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by
superscript lowercase letters.
Refer
to figures or tables in the text such as in “Figure 1 shows…”, or, “…in
Fig. 1 it is shown…”.
Please
note that color figures or tables cannot be printed in color. However,
they will appear in color in the journal website.
iii.4) References
Cite
references in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) and the
year of publication: either “Recent work (Prata and Parise, 1985) has
indicated...” or “Recently Prata and Parise (1985) indicated....”. With
three or more authors, use the form “Prata et al. (1985)…”. When two or
more references have the same text identification, append “a”, “b”, etc,
to the year of publication.
Acceptable
references include: journal articles, dissertations, published conference
proceedings, books, accepted articles if the journal is identified, and
private communications.
References
cited in the text should be listed, in alphabetical order of the last
name of the first author, at the end of the paper. Some sample references
follow:
Kays,
W. M., and London, A. L., 1964, Compact
Heat Exchangers, McGraw-Hill Book Company. (for books)
Mengüç,
M. P., and Dutta, P., 1994, Scattering Tomography and its Application to
Sooting Diffusion Flames, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 116, No. 1, pp.
144-151. (for journal
articles)
Phiney,
L. M., 1997, Electronic Desorption and Microstructure Adhesion Reduction
Using Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers, Doctoral Thesis, University of California,
Berkeley, CA. (for
theses)
Viskanta,
R., 1995, Convective Heat Transfer in Consolidated Porous Media: A
Perspective, in: Symposium
on Thermal Science and Engineering in Honor of Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien,
University of California, Berkeley, pp. 43-50. (for conference proceedings)
iv) AFTER ACCEPTANCE
Upon
notification of acceptance, authors should submit an electronic copy
(Word for Windows, or Latex) of the final corrected version of their
paper via e-mail (reterm@demec.ufpr.br). The formatting of the final
paper should follow the RETERM publication standard template, which may be
downloaded from the journal website
http://servidor.demec.ufpr.br/reterm/autores/index.htm.
Please
note that accepted papers which exceed the standard length of eight
journal pages will be subjected to an excess-page charge of US$ 50.00 per
page for each page over eight pages. This charge will be invoiced to the
author's company, institute, or agency, as indicated.
One
journal printed issue wiil be sent to the first author of the paper free
of charge. Additional printed issues can be ordered from RETERM (reterm@demec.ufpr.br, tel. (41) 3361-3124 or fax (41)
3361-3131) and will be charged according to: 25 extra volumes (US$
100.00) or 50 extra volumes (US$ 180.00).
For
inquiries related to the submission of articles (including electronic
submission), the status of accepted articles or other inquiries, please
contact RETERM at reterm@demec.ufpr.br.
v) COPYRIGHT
The authors, or the first author
on behalf of all authors, must sign the “Copyright Transfer” agreement
before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables
RETERM to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, without the
author relinquishing his/her proprietary rights.
The
copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and
distribute the article, including reprints. Authors are responsible for
obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any material
for which copyright already exists.
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