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All issues Volume 21 / No 6 (2020) Mechanics & Industry, 21 6 (2020) 614 References
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Mechanics & Industry
Volume 21, Number 6, 2020
Article Number 614
Number of page(s) 16
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/meca/2020086
Published online 27 November 2020
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