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All issues Volume 18 / No 2 (2017) Mechanics & Industry, 18 2 (2017) 204 References
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Mechanics & Industry
Volume 18, Number 2, 2017
Article Number 204
Number of page(s) 15
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/meca/2016018
Published online 26 January 2017
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