Index: DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/MacroStabilityInwardsTests.cs
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diff -u -r5495 -r5506
--- DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/MacroStabilityInwardsTests.cs	(.../MacroStabilityInwardsTests.cs)	(revision 5495)
+++ DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/MacroStabilityInwardsTests.cs	(.../MacroStabilityInwardsTests.cs)	(revision 5506)
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
-using Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.KernelWrappers.Assemblers;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.General;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Geometry;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Geotechnics;
@@ -856,7 +855,50 @@
             Assert.That(File.Exists(file), Is.False, file + " does exist");
         }
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This test uses the location DWP 1 of the Design Tutorial Stability.
+    /// Different values for the degree of consolidation (DoC) of the layers due to the traffic load are tested.
+    /// Expected is that a larger DoC leads to a larger safety factor because the soil effective stresses
+    /// below the traffic load (at the active side) are reduced.
+    /// Note that the test case where the DoC is unchanged (i.e. 100% for sand layers and 0% for cohesive layers)
+    /// and the test case where DoC=0% return the same safety factor because the Bishop slip circle cuts only the cohesive layers.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="trafficLoadDegreeOfConsolidation"></param>
+    /// <param name="expectedSafetyFactor"></param>
+    [Test]
+    [TestCase(double.NaN, 1.256)] // DoC is unchanged
+    [TestCase(0, 1.256)]
+    [TestCase(50, 1.283)]
+    [TestCase(100, 1.309)]
+    public void GivenStabilityDesignTutorial_WhenCalculatingWithDifferentDegreeOfConsolidation_ThenReturnsADifferentSafetyFactor(double trafficLoadDegreeOfConsolidation, double expectedSafetyFactor)
+    {
+        const string calcDir = "TestEffectOfTrafficLoadDegreeOfConsolidation";
+        if (Directory.Exists(calcDir))
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(calcDir, true);
+        }
+        string inputString = File.ReadAllText(tutorialStability2D);
+        string[] locations = ["DWP_1"];
+        inputString = XmlAdapter.SelectLocations(inputString, locations);
+        inputString = XmlAdapter.ChangeValueInXml(inputString, "ProjectPath", "");
+        inputString = XmlAdapter.ChangeValueInXml(inputString, "CalculationMap", calcDir);
 
+        var engineInterface = new EngineInterface(inputString);
+        if (!double.IsNaN(trafficLoadDegreeOfConsolidation))
+        {
+            foreach (TrafficLoadDegreeOfConsolidation degreeOfConsolidation in engineInterface.DamProjectData.Dike.TrafficLoadDegreeOfConsolidations)
+            {
+                degreeOfConsolidation.DegreeOfConsolidation = trafficLoadDegreeOfConsolidation;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Output output = GeneralHelper.RunAfterInputValidation(engineInterface);
+
+        Assert.That(output.Results.CalculationResults, Has.Length.EqualTo(1));
+        Assert.That(output.Results.CalculationResults[0].StabilityDesignResults.SafetyFactor, Is.EqualTo(expectedSafetyFactor).Within(tolerance));
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Test for different segmentFailureMechanismType</summary>
     /// <param name="segmentFailureMechanismType">The soil probabilities are set tot the specified segmentFailureMechanismType</param>
     [TestCase(ConversionHelper.InputSegmentFailureMechanismStability)]