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Evidence is presented which suggests that the mechanisms of brittle compressive failure of ice are independent of spatial scale.
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Schulson, E.M. (2001). Fracture of Ice on Scales Large and Small. In: Dempsey, J.P., Shen, H.H. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Scaling Laws in Ice Mechanics and Ice Dynamics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9735-7_14
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