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Original Articles

Extended spring–mass method for joint stiffness prediction of single-lap multi-bolt composite joints considering assembly gap and gap shimming

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Pages 5911-5922 | Received 24 Jul 2021, Accepted 11 Aug 2021, Published online: 15 Sep 2021

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