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A circular raft foundation of 20 m diameter and 1.6 m thick is provided for a tank that applies a bearing pressure of 110 kPa on sandy soil with Young's modulus, E's = 30 MPa and Poisson's ratio, νs = 0.3. The raft is made of concrete (Ec = 30 GPa and νc = 0.15). Considering the raft as rigid, the elastic settlement (in mm) is ______.
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