The ASCE style was created by the American Society of Civil Engineers and is the main citation style of the field.
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In practice
One recent report (Carson 2012) finds evidence that…
Carson (2006) finds evidence that…
…yielded varying results (Jones 2010; Marks and Smith 2004a, b)
Some researchers (Jules et al. 2017, Oneida 2014, MacIntire 2018) have found…
Books and Handbooks
Committee on Curtain Wall Systems. 2014. Curtain wall systems: A primer, ASCE Manuals and
Reports on Engineering Practice No. 126. Memari, Ali M., ed. Reston, VA: ASCE.
Journals
Stahl, D. C., R. W. Wolfe, and M. Begel. 2004. “Improved analysis of timber rivet connections.” J.Struct. Eng. 130 (8), 1272–1279.
Li, S., H. Tang, X. Zhang, W. Sun, and R. Bold. 2014. “Fatigue behavior of precorrosiondeformed bars.” J. Mater. Civ. Eng. 26 (9), 06014020-2.
Author is Government Agency
AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials). 2014. AASHTO LRFD bridge design specifications, customary U.S. units, 7th Ed. Washington, DC: AASHTO
In Press Materials (Pre-press)
Dasgupta, G. (in press). “Stiffness matrix from isoparametric closed form shape functions using exact integration.” J. Aerosp. Eng.
Conference proceedings and symposia
Garrett, D. L. 2003. “Coupled analysis of floating production systems.” In Proc., Int. Symp. on Deep Mooring Systems, Reston, VA: ASCE, 152–167, https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784407011.