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cubic law: a standalone construct

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Rock mechanics

relation in which flow through a rock fracture scales with the cube of its hydraulic aperture.

In rock mechanics, cubic law refers to relation in which flow through a rock fracture scales with the cube of its hydraulic aperture. This meaning comes from Witherspoon (1980) in Water Resources Research.[1]

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References

Witherspoon, P. A., Wang, J. S. Y., Iwai, K., & Gale, J. E. (1980). Validity of Cubic Law for fluid flow in a deformable rock fracture. Water Resources Research, 16(6), 1016-1024. https://doi.org/10.1029/wr016i006p01016

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