Insights on the continuous representations of piecewise-smooth nonlinear systems: limits of applicability and effectiveness - Saunders, B. E.; Vasconcellos, R.; Kuether, R. J.; Abdelkefi, A. (Nonlinear dynamics, 2022)
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