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This collection of almost 300 articles provides the critical knowledge and technological bases required for meeting one of the ultimate engineering challenges:
This work was compiled with expanded and reviewed contributions from the 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, that was held from 3
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