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All issues Volume 21 / No 4 (2020) Mechanics & Industry, 21 4 (2020) 410 References
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Mechanics & Industry
Volume 21, Number 4, 2020
Article Number 410
Number of page(s) 31
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/meca/2020028
Published online 15 June 2020
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