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Plate (b) Cross-sectional view

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(a) Plan View (c) Internal pocket surface

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F 4 tan k0 p BL
d
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p * ( B 2d )( L 2d ) p BL 4 tan k 0 p BL
d

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p* p 4 tan k0 p
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p* p 4 tan k 0 p e
d
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pr pu 4 tan k 0 p e (1 e). p
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1800
Mandal e Gupta (1994)
1600 Mhaiskar e Mandal (1996)
Dash et al. (2001a)
1400 Dash et al. (2001b)
Dash et al. (2003)
1200 Meneses (2004)
Thallak et al. (2007)
1000 Sireesh et al. (2009)

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