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application or reduction in material strength can be captured. In addition to a suite
of built-in material models, complicated material behavior can be readily
implemented using either macros or user-defined functions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many engineers, from different sectors of the profession, contributed to the
preparation of this paper. The opinions expressed in this paper are, however,
solely those of the author.
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