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Cristina Bignardi1,2, Mara Terzini1,2
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
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In the mechanical characterization of materials or devices, the real load conditions to which they will be subjected in their operational environment must often be simulated by starting from the availability of universal testing machines [...].
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