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Figure 10. Typical displacement-restoring force
curves of one of the U-shaped flexural plates at
the final design
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This research was partially supported by CONI-
CYT (National Commission for Scientific and
Technological Research) under grant number
1110061. This support is gratefully acknowledged
by the authors.
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