Conclusion
The zone of distribution of deformations in a soil mass depends on the dimensions of the loading surface and on the magnitude of the load, and for pressures not exceeding 2 kg/cm2 it is approximately equal to 0.8–1.2 D.
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K. E. Egorov and A. A. Nichiporovich, "Investigation of soil deformations" Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering [in Russian], Gosstroiizdat (1961).
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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 3, pp. 11–12, May–June, 1968.
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Abramov, L.T., Kryzhanovskii, I.M. & Petrova, A.G. Determination of the zone of distribution of deformations in soil masses. Soil Mech Found Eng 5, 165–167 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01703765
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