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The authors gratefully acknowledge funding support for this work from the UK Centre for Defence Enterprise (Grant No. CDE65947). A.A. has been supported by a studentship funded by the Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. A.R.J.M. has been supported by individual research fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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