GGU-CONSOLIDATE: Test 6 - Consolidation (analytical) with vertical drains

Select the menu item "Edit/Type of consolidation" and apply the following settings:

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Consolidation modelling with vertical drains will first be performed on a one-layer system. It is therefore necessary, as in Test 1, to simplify the current two-layer system to a system with one layer. Select the menu item "Edit/System parameters" and enter the values from the following dialog box, similar to Test 1. Afterwards, analyse the system.

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For drain centres of 1.5 m and a drain radius of 0.05 m the lying time is now only 50 days until 80% of settlements have occurred.