Types of Submissions Technical Papers. Technical papers are full-length papers of value and interest to civil engineers. They must be original reviews of past practice, present information of current interest, or probe new fields of civil engineering activity. They should report results of thought-provoking studies that contribute to the planning, analysis, design, construction, management, or maintenance of civil engineering works. Technical papers should include a practical applications section whenever possible; theoretical manuscripts should indicate areas of additional research to implement technology transfer. Practical papers are strongly encouraged. Technical Notes. Technical notes present (1) original, practical information; (2) preliminary or partial results of research; (3) concisely presented research results; and (4) innovative techniques to accomplish design objectives. Discussions. Discussions are papers that present significant comments or questions about the technical content of a technical paper or note published in an ASCE journal, or a paper presented at a specialty conference or other meeting that has been published in an ASCE proceedings. They are limited to 2,000 words. They may be submitted during a 5-month period following the date of publication of the paper or note. Discussions should not contain matter readily found elsewhere, advocate special interests, contain obvious commercial intent, controvert established fact, or be purely speculative. Discussions follow the requirements for other manuscripts except that they do not have abstracts, introductions, or conclusions. Separate discussions must be submitted for companion papers (a study presented as Parts Ⅰ and Ⅱ).
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