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A. Taibi et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 60 (2022) 416-437; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.29

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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FEM software available at: http://www-cast3m.cea.fr/

A UTHORS ' CONTRIBUTIONS

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ll the authors contributed to the design and implementation of the proposed approach, to the analysis of the results, and the writing of the manuscript.

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