Computation of L

[FD-FU] [L] = 0

[L] is in the null space of the change in flexibility

Performing a SVD, one gets

where ? 0 has been introduced to emphasize that in actual applications the "null space" will be associated with small singular values instead of zeros.

• The vectors in L induce stress fields that bypass the damaged elements

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