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A tribute to Fernando L. L. B. Carneiro (1913–2001) engineer and scientist who invented the Brazilian test

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  1. COPPE-The Graduate Institute of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Civil Engineering Department, Cambridge, MA

    E. M. R. Fairbairn

  2. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambrige, MA

    F. -J. Ulm (Visiting Professor at COPPE)

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Fairbairn, E.M.R., Ulm, F.J. A tribute to Fernando L. L. B. Carneiro (1913–2001) engineer and scientist who invented the Brazilian test. Mat. Struct. 35, 195–196 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533589

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