UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA THESIS OR DISSERTATION …



ANALYZING BURIED REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO GROUND SHOCK FROM UNDERGROUND LOCALIZED EXPLOSIONS

By

NICHOLAS HENRIQUEZ

A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT

OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF

MASTER OF SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

2009

© 2009 Nicholas Henriquez

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I thank my chair and advisor Dr. Theodor Krauthammer for first introducing me to the study of protective structures, as well as for his guidance with this report. I would also like to thank Dr. Serdar Astarlioglu for all of his assistance with the creation of program and suggestions for improvement.

I need to especially thank my family and friends for all of their support.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4

LIST OF TABLES 7

LIST OF FIGURES 8

LIST OF OBJECTS 9

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 10

INTRODUCTION 12

1.1 Problem Statement 12

1.2 Objective and Scope 13

1.3 Research Significance 13

Saving Your Work 14

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BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW 17

2.1 Introduction 17

2.2 Single Degree of Freedom Systems 17

2.3 Flexure in Reinforced Concrete Walls 19

Page numbering 21

Page Order 22

Spacing 22

Text flow 22

Headings 23

First-Level Subheadings Are Centered and in Title Case 23

FORMATTING PRIORITIES FOR YOUR THESIS OR DISSERTATION 25

Copyright: The Two Considerations 25

Reference System 26

Web References Need Each of These Elements 26

Minimum Requirements for Other Sources 27

Table of Contents 27

Table, Figure, and Equation Format 27

Table Formatting 28

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Figure 2-1. SDOF System 18

Figure 2-2. Load-Deflection Diagram for an RC Slab (Park and Gamble 2000) 20

Figure 2-3. Assumed Yield Line and Strip Geometry (Park and Gamble 2000) 21

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Abstract of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School

of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science

ANALYZING BURIED REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO

GROUND SHOCK FROM UNDERGROUND LOCALIZED EXPLOSIONS

By

Nicholas Henriquez

August 2009

Chair: Theodor Krauthammer

Cochair: Serdar Astarlioglu

Major: Civil Engineering

Close-in localized HE detonations pose an increasing risk to buried RC box-type structures. This study investigated the relationships between the HE charge and its distance from an RC box wall, the existing soil layers and their properties, the direct-induced ground shock transmitted through soil layers, the load distribution on the structural wall, and the structural behavior. Previous experimental studies were examined and their results were compared with those obtained from the computer code Dynamic Structural Analysis Suite (DSAS) that was modified to handle such complicated conditions. The box structure was represented in DSAS by addressing the wall slab as a single degree of freedom system, while the effects of adjacent structural components were incorporated into the resistance function for the wall. The spatial dynamic pressure distribution on the wall was processed to derive an equivalent uniformly-distributed dynamic pressure on the wall to be used for the fully nonlinear structural analyses.

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Problem Statement

Having a military structure located underground achieves more than just concealment. Burying a structure allows the builders to make use of the ground’s natural damping to absorb and dissipate the blast wave energy from a munitions explosion. Most commonly, these buried structures take the form of a box, built using reinforced concrete.

These types of concrete structures are common for defense against conventional and nuclear weapons. Should a buried box fail, it could result in the loss of human lives. Also, munitions and other supplies may be stored in these sorts of facilities, the loss of which might lead to a supply shortage.

Analytical methods and computer programs, which are meant to examine the effects of buried explosions on buried-box structures, exist, but each have their drawbacks. More complex programs, which use finite element methods and hundreds or thousands of nodes, take a long time to run. These programs may even include the modeling of the soil using finite elements, assuming a uniform soil type. Since actual soil will not be uniform, the results that these programs give for the transmission of the blast wave may or may not be more accurate than simply using empirical equations, and the amount of time and memory required to track of all the soil nodes can be excessive.

A method to analyze the effects of a buried blast on a buried box quickly but accurately would be ideal for use during a preliminary design phase, since it would save time. Use of a Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) model would aid in achieving this goal, since such a model can be calculated quickly.

1.2 Objective and Scope

The objective of this work is to develop a single degree of freedom computational approach to quickly and accurately analyze the dynamic response of a buried reinforced concrete structure to a buried explosive’s blast loads, using a complex resistance function and including different modes of response. Doing so will aid in the proper selection of concrete and concrete thickness in the structure’s walls, reinforcing to use, and/or soil backfill for the structure’s location during its design, to protect it against common or predicted explosions. The loads on the structure, its deflection, and its flexural and direct shear modes will be analyzed over the course of the explosion event.

This study is limited to an explosive which is buried and whose most severe loads would occur near the center of one of the box’s sides. It will not look at the effects of a blast on the corners or roof of a box. The load on the wall will be approximated as a uniformly distributed load. The side walls of the box structure will be treated as vertical slabs with axial and lateral forces caused by the effects of the blast. The use of up to three layers of soil will be allowed, with the box located in either of the two upper layers or spanning across both. The proposed methods will be compared with real test data for accuracy.

1.3 Research Significance

This work can yield a simple, accurate procedure to dynamically analyze a buried reinforced concrete box structure subject to an underground blast loading. More specifically, this method would create a time history of both the loads on the wall, and a time history of the deflection (or failure) at a number of points on the wall, using a single degree of freedom computational model. If the reinforced concrete slab were to fail, it would be due to either flexure or direct shear, so both will be calculated.

This proposed method will use an SDOF approach, with accurate resistance models, and a simplified data input. This will allow for dynamics calculations to be completed quickly, while still giving accurate results for the displacement or failure of the structure’s side walls.

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Chapter 2

BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction

Burying a structure provides a measure of protection against blasts, especially air blasts which would have to travel through the air and then into the ground. However, a blast which originates in the ground usually exerts a greater load on the structure, as it is transmitted through the soil rather than through air. An adequate thickness of concrete and reinforcing steel is necessary for protection.

During the design phase of a reinforced concrete box, the possible threats are usually known or assumed. These threats can then be simplified to a design load for the boxes. With this information, the chosen box design can be evaluated by analyzing the relevant structural response modes.

This study is focused upon buried boxes whose outer side walls are loaded by buried explosives. Section 2.2 of this review will discuss the use of a single degree of freedom system. In Sections 2.3 and 2.4, the two most likely structural response modes, flexure and direct shear, are discussed. A review of blast loading and the specifics of underground blasts are presented in Section 2.5. Reflection and transmission of elastic waves are discussed in Section 2.6.

2.2 Single Degree of Freedom Systems

For both simplicity and speed of calculations, it is advantageous to analyze a wall of the buried-box structure as a single degree of freedom (SDOF) system. This type of system would be an approximation of reality, since in a real system there are a nearly infinite number of degrees of freedom. An SDOF system involves motion in only one direction, which would correspond to the wall’s movement in this case. The simplest SDOF system (involving damping) would correspond to the diagram shown in Figure 2-1 of a simple spring, mass, and damper system.

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Figure 2-1. SDOF system

Here there is only one mass, spring, and damper, and this mass is acted upon by a forcing function. The degree of freedom is the horizontal displacement, x. F(t) is the forcing function, c the damping, and k the stiffness. Often, it is possible to combine all the existing masses, springs, and dampers into this kind of simple case. By converting a more complicated system into an SDOF system, calculations can be greatly simplified. To be useful, the displacement term needs to correspond to the portion of the element being analyzed that deflects the most, such as the midpoint on a simple beam, or, as in this case, the center portion of a slab.

The motion of a simple SDOF system (with damping) is defined by the following forcing function:

[pic] (2-1)

where the first derivative of the displacement term x is velocity and the second derivative is acceleration. In this case, the forcing function would be created by the pressure wave in the ground. m, c, and k, are the mass, damping, and stiffness of the SDOF system, respectively. These terms are actually the SDOF equivalents of the real values, and a conversion is required to calculate them. In other words, the mass term is not necessarily simply the total mass of the slab, etc. The equivalent mass of the system can be calculated using the following equation (Biggs 1964):

[pic] (2-2)

Another way to look at it is that the equivalent mass can be found by multiplying the original, total mass, by a mass factor:

[pic] (2-3)

In the same manor, the equivalent loading function and load factor can be found with the following equations:

[pic] (2-4)

[pic] (2-5)

There are tables of values, found in Biggs (1964), for structural elements with different support conditions, and are at elastic, plastic, or elastoplastic states.

2.3 Flexure in Reinforced Concrete Walls

For the purpose of analysis, it is possible to treat the side walls of the buried box as laterally-restrained reinforced concrete slabs. These slabs have two likely failure modes. The first, flexure, is discussed in this section. The second, direct shear, is discussed in the next section.

Due to the composition and support conditions of a reinforced concrete slab, when a uniform load is applied, the slab wants to rotate about all of its supports. This results in the 45 degree yield pattern, which can be seen in Figure 2-3. This kind of reinforced concrete slab also has a nonlinear load-deflection diagram.

The load and deflection diagram for the central portion of a reinforced concrete slab, restrained laterally, is shown in Figure 2-2.

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Figure 2-2. Load-deflection diagram for an RC slab (Park and Gamble 2000)

The yield line pattern, which is further discussed below, develops between points A and B. According to Johansen’s yield line theory, the slab should have yielded when it first reached a load equal to the load at point C. However, the slab experiences an enhanced strength at B due to compressive membrane forces, caused by the lateral restraint. Normally, the cracked concrete in certain portions of the slab would not contribute to its strength. However, because the slab is laterally restrained, these cracked sections, which would like to expand, are forced back together into a compressive membrane, which increases the slabs’ ultimate strength. After peaking at point B, if load is still applied, there is a reduction in the compression membrane forces until point C is reached. As point C is encountered, the compressive membrane forces in the concrete become tensile membrane forces, meaning the tensile load near the slab’s center is carried by the steel reinforcing, strengthened slightly by the concrete pieces still bonded to it. The slab can then carry an increasing load while continuing to deflect, until failure occurs at point D. Depending on the amount of steel reinforcing, it is possible that this failure load may even be above the load at point B.

For rectangular slabs with reinforcing in both directions, the yield line pattern can be assumed as shown in Figure 2-3.

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Figure 2-3. Assumed yield line and strip geometry (Park and Gamble 2000)

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Page Order

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Text flow

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If the figures and tables are to be placed in the body of the text they should be placed as close to their first mention as possible. However, this is the least stringent of the requirements. At no time should a page containing paragraph text have more than a 1" margin without a widow/orphan consideration other than the last page of a chapter.

Since maintaining this text-flow through the editing/revision process is extremely time consuming, and the benefit of placing figures and tables close to their first mention is less beneficial in electronic form than in the hard copy alternative, the logical grouping of figures and tables in a cohesive unit at the end of each chapter is recommended.

We do understand text flow and figure placement is often a contentious position, usually placing the graduate student squarely between faculty that insist on the figures being placed in the text and the Editorial Office text-flow requirements. If at all possible put tables and figures at the end of the appropriate chapter. Do not insert them into the text of the chapter, unless you can do so without leaving gaps at the bottom of text pages.

Headings

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CHAPTER 3

FORMATTING PRIORITIES FOR YOUR THESIS OR DISSERTATION

When writing your manuscript, keep these priorities in mind:

1. Copyright: the two consideration

2. Reference system (format and agreement of text and reference list)

3. Table of contents (format, logic, organization, pertinence, and agreement with text)

4. Continuous text flow

5. Tables, figures, and equations (format, list, and mention)

6. Consistency and acceptable style

Copyright: The Two Considerations

How to avoid infringing on someone else’s copyright (“materials that we might expect to see accompanied by a permission letter if they appear in a manuscript”)

• Long quotations from pre-existing materials that extend for more than one and one-half single-spaced pages.

• Reproduced publications. Examples include copies of standard survey instruments or questionnaires and journal articles. This applies even if you are the author of the original work, as the original publisher may have acquired copyright.

• Unpublished materials. Extensive reference to unpublished works raises a variety of issues about copyright and about privacy and access to collections.

• Poetry and Music Lyrics. Fair use for highly creative works is relatively limited. Lengthy excerpts will raise critical questions. Some publishers require permission for all quotations from poems.

• Dialogue from a play, screenplay, broadcast, or novel. While fair use is relatively narrow for creative and fictional works, it should allow brief quotations in the context of scholarly critiques.

• Music. Excerpts in your dissertation should be brief and should be closely tied to your research objectives.

• Graphic or pictorial works. The material should be closely related to your research objectives, tied to critical analysis, and not supersede the market for the original.

• Computer Software. Dissertations embodied in new media, such as on a website or on CD-ROM, may incorporate reader programs or other application software to make the new work accessible or useful. Reproducing such programs to accompany your dissertation will almost invariably require permission. Consult any license agreement that may apply to the programs, and prepare to seek permission from the copyright owner. "Shareware" is also not necessarily freely available for copying. Shareware is a protected work made available under generous or lenient licensing terms; read the license carefully before integrating the program into your dissertation.

• Sources located on the Internet. Easy availability does not change copyright status. Materials on the Web are protected by copyright just as if they appeared in a book or on tape.[1]

How to protect your own copyright (“Copyright privileges now vest immediately upon creating your work, without the requirement of notice or registration. However, you should still include a copyright notice on your dissertation.”) Example:

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Reference System

A thesis or dissertation should have a literature review. Then, among the reputable publications in your field, choose one journal whose reference system you like. Photocopy an article from that journal; then use it as a style model for your entire reference list, and for citing references in the body of your thesis or dissertation. Include a copy of that journal article with your first submission, so UF Graduate School Editorial Office staff members can easily show you any aspects of the formatting you may have overlooked. If your thesis or dissertation is not formatted according to this reference system, the Editorial Office will not accept your first submission.

Web References Need Each of These Elements

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• Book: give the publisher, city, and state.

• Journal article: give the journal name, volume, and page numbers.

• Meeting proceedings: include the city, state, and dates of the meeting. Proceedings publication info needs to be complete, including volume or year or season; and page number or abstract number.

• If it is not a book, an article, or published proceedings, it probably is not retrievable. For a citation to be included in the list of references, a reader must be able to go the library and retrieve it. Otherwise it should be deleted from the References section (but the complete citation can be included in parentheses in the text).

• Give the reader everything needed to find the item, even if the URL address no longer works (a frequent occurrence).

Table of Contents

• Entries here need to match exactly with entries in the body of the dissertation or thesis

• Heading and subheadings need to be formatted correctly

• You cannot have only one subheading at a given level. If you have entries at a given level, have 2 or more (do not create a list for only one item)

• Hierarchies need to be logical

• The table of contents shows exactly how your dissertation or thesis is organized. Do not explain this organization anywhere else.

• Make sure to write about your study (not about your dissertation or thesis)

• All 1st-level subheadings must be included in the table of contents. If you include any of your 2nd-level subheadings, you must include all of them.

Table, Figure, and Equation Format

Code the number for each element to include the chapter number followed by the element number separated by a hyphen. (Figure 3-2. would be the second figure in chapter 3). Tables, figures, and equations listed in the appendix would be labeled with the appendix letter instead of a chapter number. Table and figure mentions in the text should be simple and consistent: do not create entire sentences solely for that purpose. Cite tables (Table 2-4), figures (Figure 2-3), and equations (Eq. 2-2) by number, and not by position (not “the table above” or “the figure below” or “this equation”).

Obtain written permission to borrow any copyrighted material. You need to keep your own file of permission letters for any copyrighted materials used in your dissertation or thesis. Also, give its full source, in the case of tables or figures. For any table or figure that is borrowed from a copyrighted publication, you need to give a complete source (the full reference PLUS the table or figure number and page number where it appeared in the original). For tables, this goes in the notes row (the last row)of the table. For figures, this goes at the end of the figure heading.

Table Formatting

If you use a program other than MS Office Suite to create your tables try to pre-format the output to be in Times New Roman and limit the boarders around each cell if possible. After the output is generated is usually too late to re-format the table. If you use Word to create your tables use the “Insert Table” command to create a set of columns and rows for your data. Avoid using spaces and tabs to align you data to look like a table in paragraph form. If you use Excel to create your tables don’t include your table caption in the table itself. The caption should be simply text above the table with the “11 Caption Table” style applied to it.

• Table headings belong in the top row of the table

• Single-space all tables

• Left-align all column entries. Align all of the decimals in any column.

• Use sentence case for all table elements (heading, column headings, and cell entries)•Indent any carryover lines in the actual table by 2 character spaces. Align decimals.

• Use the full width of the page. For smaller tables, keep the columns readably close (to the left), and merely extend the lines to the right margin.

• Do not use bold, underlining, or vertical lines in tables. Published tables usually have only three lines: one under the table heading; one under the column-heading row; and one at the end of the table (before the notes row, if any).

• Tables too large to fit the margins may use a smaller size (one size) of the same font, but the table number and title should be in the same font size as the rest of your manuscript. Format all tables consistently throughout, including appendix tables.

• Continued tables. Tables too long or wide for a single page (broadside or upright) may be continued. The heading should be “Table 4-1. Continued”(do not repeat the table title). Column and row headings must be repeated for continued tables.

• Notes (if any) belong in the bottom row of the table. Do not vertically list your table notes (at the bottom of the table): instead let them wrap automatically, like paragraph text (do not put a hard return after each entry)

Figure Format

Learn the difference between bit mapped (.bmp), tagged image file format (.tif), portable network graphics (.png), graphics interchange format (.gif), and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) file types. In many cases the uncompressed formats (.tif and .bmp) can be ten times the size of the compressed file formats (.png, .gif. .jpg) without any noticeable difference in image quality. Think about it. Is there a need to print an 11 x 17 enlargement of that photo or will the screen view at 3 x 5 inches show all the detail the reader needs? No matter what the resolution of the picture is, the screen version is no more that 100 pixels per inch. If the screen can show the detail you need you don’t have to have the extreme high resolution. While the difference between 3.6 MB and 365 KB isn’t extreme when you do that 100 times it really adds up. Make your images as small as they can be while still showing the information as intended.

Many times the images used in a thesis or dissertation come from a PowerPoint presentation. In this case

• Figure headings belong under the figure

• Never put a title above a figure

• Do not put frames around your figures

• Do not change fonts

• Put only 1 blank line space between the figure and figure heading

• Limit clutter. Label subparts of figures as A and B, not (A) and (B).

• Do not cite figures by location ("second part," "below," etc.). In the figure legend, describe the subparts like this:

Figure 2-1. General title of overall figure. A) Description of this subpart. B) Description of this subpart. C) Description of this subpart. Reprinted with permission from . . .

• If a figure and all of its subparts run more than one page, the entire figure heading (including descriptions of all subparts) must appear at the bottom of the first page of the figure. Any additional pages of subparts of this figure get only this heading at the bottom of the page:

Figure 2-1. Continued

Equation Format

• Single-space equations and their notes

• Begin equations at the standard paragraph indent

• Code equation numbers to chapter number or appendix letter (Equation 1-1, Equation B-3)

• Type the label (1-1) using a right tab set at the right margin. Do not include the word Equation here.

E = Mc2 (1-1)

• Include the word Equation when citing the equation in the text.–Einstein’s theory of relativity (Equation 1-1) changed scientific thinking.–Applications for Equation 1-1 continue to unfold.

• Do not treat the actual equation as though it is a word in the sentence: it is not. Write complete sentences and paragraphs.

CHAPTER 4

USING THE FORMATTING TEMPLATE

What Is a Style?

Styles define the appearance of various text elements in your document, such as headings, captions, and body text. When you apply a style to a paragraph or word, you can apply a whole group of character or paragraph formats or both in one simple operation. When you want to change the formatting of all the text of a particular element at once, you just change the style that's applied to that element. Styles make formatting your document easier. Additionally, they serve as building blocks for outlines and tables of contents.

The Application Support Center provides a group of general purpose styles to help you format your document and give your thesis or dissertation a continuity of appearance. Styles cannot do everything but they can be used for general formatting purposes. Each style created by the ASC is listed in Table 2-1.

The following is an example of a block quote. Note that no quotation marks are used:

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The space following a block quote is included in the style and no additional returns are required. Often, after a quote, the preceding paragraph continues using the 07 Body Text – No Indent style.

How Do You Apply a Style?

The styles used in this document are called paragraph styles. Paragraph styles are used to format the entire text within a paragraph. To apply a style, follow these instructions:

• Select the text you want to format

• Click the Format menu and then the Styles and Formatting option. This will open the formatting menu to the right of your document.

• Click the style desired in the Styles list. The text is now formatted by the specifications of the style. If, at any time, the text should appear wrong, simply reapply the style.

An alternative way of selecting the style is to use the Formatting toolbar:

• Place the cursor within the text you want to format

• Click the Down-Arrow next to the Style field on the Format toolbar and select a Style from the drop-down list.

• If the Formatting toolbar is not present, click the View menu and then the Toolbars option. In the Toolbars list, check Formatting. The Formatting toolbar should then appear at the top of your screen.

The previous lists are an example of the 09 Bulleted List – Long style and this is the 06 Body Text – No Indent. This style is often used after a list to continue the same train of thought that led to the list in the first place.

By the way, a list is not classified as long or short by the number of elements in the list but by the length of the longest element in the list. If it is longer than one single line, the list is a long list (single-spaced with a space between elements). If all the elements are shorter than a single line we use the short list (single-spaced with no space between elements). Isn’t this fascinating?

Why Use Our Styles?

If you use the preprogrammed styles we provide, your Table of Contents, List of Tables, and List of Figures will generate with a click of the mouse, and the textual items they reference will have the proper formatting. As an added benefit, your Table of Contents can be automatically linked to the chapter titles and subheadings when using the Adobe PDFMaker plug-in for Microsoft Office.

The following captions are examples of the use of “objects.” Object are any addition to the thesis or dissertation that does not fit the category of table or figure. Sounds and movies are the most common types of objects. The type (extension) and size of an object file should be included at the end of the caption but this information is not needed in the list of objects. In your thesis or dissertation the “object” files should be in the same folder as the thesis or dissertation and links to these files will need to be manually created in the PDF after the file is converted.

Object 2-1. Sample sound file of Stewie Griffin saying “Victory is Mine!” (.wav file 9KB)

Object 2-1. The readme.doc file as a PDF document (.pdf file 34 KB)

In the final PDF these captions should be linked to the actual documents and would open them when clicked. These links would have to be created after the PDF is made and the files would have to be uploaded as support files during the final submission process. (In the interest if simplicity these files are not included in the single file template).

CHAPTER 5

CREATING AND UPDATING THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, LIST OF TABLES, AND LIST OF FIGURES

The Table of Contents and List of Tables/Figures were created by using the Index and Tables tool found in the Insert menu. The Table of Contents is designed to collect all text using the heading styles for section titles, chapter titles, and subheadings automatically on demand. The List of Tables is designed to collect all text using the 11 Caption Table style. The List of Figures is designed to automatically collect all text using the 10 Caption Figure style. Tables of contents and lists of tables/figures can be designed to gather text based on field codes. However, we do not discuss that option in our dissertation. If you do not use our styles for creating tables of contents or lists you will need to investigate creating your own table of contents and lists. While the bulk of these lists are generated with a single mouse click, TO MEET THE EDITORIAL OFFICE REQUIREMENTS SOME MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS MUST BE MADE. See our tutorial on updating the Table of Contents, List of Figures, and List of Tables. They can be found here:





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Figure 5-1. Century Tower taken in 1999 from Jim Albury’s office window

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Figure 5-2. Series of University of Florida landmarks. A) taken from the base of Century Tower looking upward at 3:00 PM, B) taken from the northwest corner of the Music Building, C) taken from the CSE atrium at 9:00 PM and D) the University Auditorium. (Note: the caption in the list of figures does not include the sub-part descriptions).

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Figure 5-3. Example of a figure with sub-parts. A) Eating one battery. B) Eating five batteries. When writing your thesis or dissertation becomes a stressful ordeal, sometimes humor can help lighten the mood. Please do not try this at home. (Source: . Last accessed December, 2003).

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Figure 5-4. How styles appear in the table of contents. By applying the preprogrammed formatting styles to your chapter titles and subheadings, they will be updated to the table of contents with the appropriate page number with just a click of the mouse.

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Figure 5-5. How styles are used to format your text. By applying the preprogrammed formatting styles to your chapter titles and subheadings, they will be automatically formatted such that their spacing and justification are in compliance with the Editorial Office guidelines.

Table 5-1. List of sections contained in the template

|Section name |This section contains |

|Title |Title page |

|Copy |Copyright page |

|Dedicate |Dedication page |

|Acknowledgment |Acknowledgment page |

|Contents |Table of contents page |

|Tables |List of tables page |

|Figures |List of figures page |

|Objects |List of objects page |

|Symbols |List of Symbols/Terms/Abbreviations |

|Abstract |Abstract page |

|Chapter1 |Chapter 1 |

|Chapter2 |Chapter 2 |

|Chapter3 |Chapter 3 |

|Chapter4 |Chapter 4 |

|Chapter5 |Chapter 5 |

|Chapter6 |Chapter 6 |

|Chapter7 |Chapter 7 |

|Appendix-a |Copyright permission sample letter |

|Appendix-b |Appendix B |

|Appendix c |Landscape page example |

|Ref |Reference pages |

|Bio |Biographical sketch |

This is an example of a table. The cells of the table use the Normal Text style. The caption of the table uses the 11 Caption Table style. Tables should be followed by one blank line using the Normal style. Table formatting is discussed in detail in chapter 2. Notes following a table should be in paragraph style and may be formatted in 10 pt type to conserve space if necessary.

CHAPTER 6

ARTICLES AS PART OF THESIS OR DISSERTATION

Candidates in scientific fields often plan to publish results of their research as journal articles. A chapter of the thesis or dissertation may later become a journal article, for example. Perhaps the thesis or dissertation contains several such chapters. In such cases, the thesis or dissertation must be organized as a unified whole. The thesis or dissertation is your primary objective and publication is your secondary objective. Use the Graduate School’s formatting requirements for spacing and margins, pagination and copy sequence, heading formats, and overall preparation.

The Graduate School encourages candidates to use the scholarly journal in which they have published, or hope to publish, as a guide for thesis and dissertation preparation. A printed journal article on an analogous subject serves as a tangible, graphic guide for style of writing, use of abbreviations and numbers, reference system, and overall usage policies that help the candidate become proficient in the editorial requirements of the journal. The printed article shows specific usage. Do not use the journal style manual to format your thesis or dissertation only to prepare the article later for publication in that journal.

Acceptable Usage

If each chapter is complete within itself and treats one of several aspects included in the entire study, a general introductory chapter must be added as the first chapter of the thesis or dissertation. A final chapter must be added that discusses results, conclusions, or further research for the entire study. Required for all University of Florida theses and dissertations:

• A common Table of Contents covering the entire study.

• A common Abstract for the entire study (in the preliminary pages, before

Chapter 1)

• A common Reference List (however named) for the entire study

• All pages numbered in sequence—from Page 1 through the Biographical Sketch.

Unacceptable Usage

The following practices are not acceptable for University of Florida theses and dissertations:

• Omission of material that unites components to form a complete manuscript (for example, omission of the general introductory chapter or the conclusion chapter).

• Reference list (however named) at the end of each chapter.

• All-cap subheadings used by journals for rapid content identification on double column pages.

• Beginning first-level subheadings on separate pages.

• Use of an abstract at the beginning of each chapter.

• Chapters paged individually, with 1 appearing on the first page of each new chapter.

• Use of double-spaced references and any other use obviously based on journal styles not suitable for a unified thesis or dissertation presentation. For example, tables and figures cannot be grouped at the end of the thesis or dissertation. They must be inserted near the text where they are first mentioned; or grouped logically at the end of that chapter.

• Inclusion of coauthored articles, except those portions and materials contributed by the student. Material produced by coauthors should be so noted and cited appropriately. It is the supervisory committee’s responsibility to ensure that the thesis or dissertation reflects a sufficient level of original and scholarly work by the candidate.

CHAPTER 7

ELECTRONIC THESIS OR DISSERTATION (ETD)

Format

All manuscripts must be submitted on plain paper in a single compartment expanding wallet document envelope for first submission, and as a single PDF for final approval. Students who do not have access to the correct version of the Adobe software, need assistance in creating their PDF, links and bookmarks, or need help linking media files within the PDF may contact the Application Support Center at (352) 392-4357 to set up an appointment. In some cases, distance students may email their document to ASC for PDF conversion; please contact them (etd@grove.ufl.edu) for more information.

The thesis file or files should be converted to PDF after the paper copy has been edited by the supervisory committee and the Graduate School Editorial Office and all corrections and changes have been made. The formatting requirements for the PDF are nearly the same as for the paper copy (for example, fonts, indents, heading levels and capitalization, margins, and page numbering). However, listed below are formatting requirements that apply only to ETDs.

Files and Links or Bookmarks

If the thesis consists of more than one file, all files should be named to one directory before adding the links. This avoids changing file names and causing broken links in the ETD submission. All links/bookmarks must be highlighted in blue. They should not be underlined. The working condition of all links should be checked before submitting the PDF. The PDF file(s) and other files should be checked carefully before submitting them.

Table of Contents

The table of contents should be formatted the same as for paper final submission. However, you must link all major division headings (acknowledgments, list of tables, list of figures, abstract, chapter and appendix titles, reference list, and biographical sketch); and any subheadings to the appropriate pages in the text. Use blue to highlight all links in the table of contents.

Lists of Tables, Figures, Objects

These lists are particularly helpful to the ETD reader. Objects are only found in ETDs. Objects are defined for this purpose as video, audio, or other items that are not distinctly tables or figures. The entries in these lists should each be linked to the actual corresponding figure, table, or object in the text. Use blue to highlight all links in these lists.

Figures, Tables, Objects in the Text

For certain figures, maps, tables, and so, it may be desirable to link to a separate file, for example, for larger size or higher resolution. If this is done, there must still be a version of the figure or table incorporated in the text as with the paper copy of the thesis. The figure legend below the figure or a note below the table should then link to the separate file. With multimedia objects that cannot be represented graphically in the PDF, a complete title/description that links to open the file should be included in the text. All of these links should be in blue and must contain a parenthetical notation about the file type and size.

Figures, tables, and objects that are not embedded in the document should always be described fully in the text. As technology changes and is upgraded, there is a chance that these illustrations will not migrate with the thesis.

File Name

The file name for the ETD should be your surname linked to your first initial by an underscore blank and followed by .pdf. That is, Surname_I.pdf.

Copyright

Because the PDF is archived and is made available on the Web, written permission is needed for use and electronic publication of copyrighted text, figures, tables, and objects. Also, because the PDF is archived and available on the Web, it is wise to include a copyright page in all ETDs. The copyright page should be immediately after the title page. The copyright page format is shown in page 2 of this guide. It is not necessary to register copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office.

Submitting the ETD

See and choose “Submit Your PDF” for instructions. Electronic submission is only for final submission, after editorial review and after all corrections have been made. Create your PDF and log into to submit the PDF. Check the box “Submit to Editorial Office for Review.”

Acceptable ETD Formats

The Florida Center for Library Automation specifies which formats are currently permissible for electronic submission. The next table, “Acceptable ETD Formats.” shows levels of acceptability for various ETD media. No effort will be made to migrate forward those ETDs that are in the “Not accepted” category.

Table 7-1. Acceptable ETD formats

|Media |Preferred |Acceptable |Digital archaeology only |Not accepted |

|Text |PDF |TML | |WPD |

| |XML |XHTML | | |

| |TXT |DOC | | |

| | |RTF | | |

| | |SMGL | | |

|Still image |TIFF |PNG |IPX |GIF |

| |JPG | | |SID |

| | | | |DJVU |

|Audio | |WAV | | |

| | |MP3 | | |

|Audio/video |MPEG |AVI | |RM |

| | | | |?MOV |

|Multimedia | | |?Flash | |

| | | |?Macromedia Director | |

| | | |?PPT | |

| | | |?WebCT | |

| | | |?WMV | |

|Database/ spreadsheet | |MDB | | |

| | |XLS | | |

| | |MySQL | | |

|Computer programs |TXT | |EXE | |

| |(source code) | |CFM | |

| | | |ASP | |

APPENDIX A

HOW TO COPY AND PASTE INFORMATION FROM OTHER FILES

Styles

Every MS Word document uses styles to format information. To help prevent the unnecessary copying of different styles into your dissertation, follow these rules of thumb when copying information:

If you are pasting text into a dissertation document, use the Paste Special option and the Unformatted text option. Then apply the styles of the sample dissertation to reformat the text. Be aware though that this will remove any italics, boldfacing or special characters you are using.

• When you cut, make sure you do not remove the section break at the end of the chapter or file.

• If you are pasting graphics and tables, then use the normal Paste option.

• Never overwrite a style with a new definition unless you are sure of the repercussions.

• Never redefine a style with a new definition unless you are sure of the repercussions.

• You can always reapply a style.

Landscape Page Template

The next page is a landscape page template. Copy the section break following this paragraph through the first line of text (just to be sure) after the next section break. Go to the page after where you want the landscape page to appear. Choose “View” > “Header and Footer” and If the words “same as previous” appear by the header and/or footer box, turn this feature off. Go to the page before the landscape page, click at the end of the last line and then paste. You should get a correctly formatted landscape page with the number on the left side in the same relative position the page number would be, in a portrait page..

This is a landscaped page. No paragraph text should appear on a landscape (also known as “broadside”) page. Only the Figure or Table Caption should be on this page along with the table or figure itself.

APPENDIX B

ANOTHER CHAPTER TITLE

Subheading

Body Text goes here. If you need more chapters copy and paste this “chapter” as many times as needed.

Another Subheading

Always end a chapter with a section break – next page so footnotes will re-start their numbering.

LIST OF REFERENCES

The candidate should use the style of one scholarly journal in his or her discipline. The Graduate School checks all manuscripts for correct and consistent usage within the chosen style. Failure to document references in a consistent and acceptable style necessitates that the manuscript be returned without review. There are three basic formats for references without getting into the details of reference styles. First is by author, without numbers but with a hanging indent. Second is by author, without numbers in block style. Third is a numbered list.

Reference with hanging indent

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Reference in block style

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Reference in numbered list

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

A biographical sketch is required of all candidates. The biographical sketch should be in narrative form. It typically includes the educational background of the candidate. You may replace this paragraph with your own text.

THESIS/DISSERTATION TITLE

Candidate's name

Phone number

Department

Supervisory chair

Degree

Month and year of graduation

Please describe in no more than 150 words the contribution of the thesis or dissertation to the State of Florida, the nation, society in general, and/or the discipline. Please use clear and effective, non-specialized language. This abstract is meant to be helpful in communicating the value of UF graduate student research to the general population. Do not include the general audience abstract in the PDF of your thesis or dissertation.

To eliminate this page you will need to delete the section break at the end of the Biographic Sketch. When you delete this section Break, you will have to replace the page number on that page.

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