Finite element limit analysis: fundamentals and extensions

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Issue		Rev. Fr. Geotech. Number 175, 2023


Article Number		5
Number of page(s)		15
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/geotech/2023014
Published online		23 October 2023

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