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Company, to the Advanced Machines Co. (AMC) and to National Science Foundation (NSF, USA) for their financial support. Our special thanks to Mr. Jonas R. Gomes, Mr. Jocemar B. Parizzi and Mr. Adriano S. Padilha for their help along this work. The authors also recognize and appreciate the strong support from the Federal University of Santa Maria for allowing all tests in their Laboratories (LHIPAE, NUDEMI and NUPEDEE) and the facilities from the Colorado School of Mines, Engineering Division (USA). The cooperation and encouragement received from AVista Laboratories, especially from Peter Christensen and Frań Ignazzitto, were also very important for corroborating the model presented in this paper.

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