1. Department of Mold and Die Engineering and Graduate Institute of Applied Sciences National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Applied Sciences National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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