Paulo Flores
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Minho
Guimaraes
Portugal
Hamid M. Lankarani
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
USA
ISSN 0925-0042 ISSN 2214-7764 (electronic)
Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
ISBN 978-3-319-30896-8 ISBN 978-3-319-30897-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30897-5
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