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Marwa M El-Sayed1, Masoud Ibrahim2, Ahmed S A Abou Taleb2,3

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, 63514, Egypt. mm2420@fayoum.edu.eg.

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