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Title: Scaling in size, time and risk—The problem of huge extrapolations and remedy by asymptotic matching
Award ID(s):
2029641
NSF-PAR ID:
10433011
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Volume:
170
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0022-5096
Page Range / eLocation ID:
105094
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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