18. Time-Rate Consolidation Setting: Before running the time-rate consolidation analysis for all layers, the user can set an objective of either a specific time or a specific average degree of consolidation in all layers; the prevailing criterion would be the one that happens last. Also, the stress increment causing consolidation can be utilized from Boussinesq analysis or input by the user; user's initial values can be obtained from piezometers reading and can serve in calibrating the consolidation parameters based on field data.
