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Cheney 1981
Cheney, J.A. (1981). On physical modeling of rock. Geophysical Research Letters 8: doi: 10.1029/GL008i007p00719. issn: 0094-8276.

The problems of statisfying similarity between a physical model and the prototype in rock wherein fissures and cracks place a role in physical behavior is explored. The need for models of large physical dimensions is explained but also testing of models of the same prototype over a wide range of scales is needed to ascertain the influence of lack of similitude of particular parameters between prototype and model. A large capacity centrifuge would be useful in that respect.

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