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ASTM Standards instruct experimenters to use circular or square bearing plates/footings having areas ranging between 0.073 and 0.456 m2. In general, researchers and contractors perform loading bearing plate/footing tests using plates/footings which have dimensions exceeding the ones recommended by the Standards. This paper offers formulas describing relationships between settlements of square and circular plates/footings having areas ranging between 0.5 and 4.0 m2 and deformation zones developing beneath them. The proposed formulas are verified by the results of field tests performed with circular and square plates or footings supported by cohesive soils.
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Reznik, Y.M. Relationships Between Settlements of Circular and Square Bearing Plates/Footings and Deformation Zones Developing Beneath Them. Geotech Geol Eng 32, 1347–1352 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-014-9804-1
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