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Antonio Brencich [email protected]
Assistant Professor, DISEG—Dept. of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Univ. of Genoa, via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genoa, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]
Ugo De Francesco
RFI, Italian Railway Network, via Sacchi 3, 10125 Turin, Italy.

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