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Lizbeth Salgado-Conrado1 , César Martín-Gómez<sup>2</sup> \*, María Ibáñez Puy<sup>2</sup> and José Antonio Sacristán Fernández2

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1 Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico

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