Review article

A plane problem of consolidation of a water-saturated base under the influence of local loads is considered. As a calculation example, the problem of finding the excess pore pressure at different time intervals under constant symmetrical loads within two foundations of finite width is presented. The isofields of excess pore pressures are given, which were obtained on the basis of the differential equations given in this article and numerical solutions in the Plaxis 2D software package. A comparison of the results is made.