ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Drs. Meriem, Fournier, and Christine Girousse are particularly acknowl-
edged for their contribution to the theoretical and experimental works that are
reviewed here. I also thank Pr.D. Guitard for its useful suggestion of using a
semianalytical approach for the model.

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