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The authors would like to thank the Alabama Space Grant Consortium NASA Training Grant #NNG05GE80H for supporting this work. The authors would also like to thank Jeff Thompson, Kevin Horne, Austin Yuill, David Jackson, and the Auburn University Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering Braiding and Composites Research Laboratory.

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