Index: Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/Readers/PipingCalculationConfigurationReaderTest.cs
===================================================================
diff -u -rc0daad5cf902e4d8ee557ac2d09d477c19409bf7 -rbdf7f0211b88d757eb716dfbdf1a09bc0c0ec860
--- Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/Readers/PipingCalculationConfigurationReaderTest.cs	(.../PipingCalculationConfigurationReaderTest.cs)	(revision c0daad5cf902e4d8ee557ac2d09d477c19409bf7)
+++ Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/Readers/PipingCalculationConfigurationReaderTest.cs	(.../PipingCalculationConfigurationReaderTest.cs)	(revision bdf7f0211b88d757eb716dfbdf1a09bc0c0ec860)
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@
             Assert.IsNotNull(calculation);
             Assert.IsNull(calculation.PhreaticLevelExitMean);
             Assert.AreEqual(0.1, calculation.PhreaticLevelExitStandardDeviation);
+            Assert.IsNull(calculation.DampingFactorExitMean);
+            Assert.AreEqual(7.7, calculation.DampingFactorExitStandardDeviation);
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -405,6 +407,29 @@
             Assert.IsNotNull(calculation);
             Assert.AreEqual(0.0, calculation.PhreaticLevelExitMean);
             Assert.IsNull(calculation.PhreaticLevelExitStandardDeviation);
+            Assert.AreEqual(6.6, calculation.DampingFactorExitMean);
+            Assert.IsNull(calculation.DampingFactorExitStandardDeviation);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Read_ValidConfigurationWithEmptyStochast_ExpectedValues()
+        {
+            // Setup
+            string filePath = Path.Combine(testDirectoryPath, "validConfigurationEmptyStochast.xml");
+            var reader = new PipingCalculationConfigurationReader(filePath);
+
+            // Call
+            IList<IReadConfigurationItem> readConfigurationItems = reader.Read().ToList();
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, readConfigurationItems.Count);
+
+            var calculation = readConfigurationItems[0] as ReadPipingCalculation;
+            Assert.IsNotNull(calculation);
+            Assert.IsNull(calculation.PhreaticLevelExitMean);
+            Assert.IsNull(calculation.PhreaticLevelExitStandardDeviation);
+            Assert.IsNull(calculation.DampingFactorExitMean);
+            Assert.IsNull(calculation.DampingFactorExitStandardDeviation);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file