In a market economy, it is required to calculate foundations using methods that will satisfy the requirements of the first and second limit states with the smallest margins, in order to save money. In this study, the analysis of sediments obtained by numerical and analytical methods was carried out. Analytical calculation is presented by the method of corner points according to the model in the form of a linearly deformable half-space and by the method of layer-by-layer summation presented in the form of modified Pasternak, Winkler-Fuss, Pasternak models. The numerical method is presented by the finite element method implemented in the software systems of the PC «Lira-SAPR» and the PC «PLAXIS 3D». As a result, it was found that the minimum discrepancy between the absolute settlement according to the corner point method in comparison with the analytical method according to the Winkler-Fuss, Pasternak, modified Pasternak models is 9.04%, 9.04%, 53.38%, respectively, and in comparison with the numerical method implemented in the PC «Lira-SAPR» and PC «PLAXIS 3D» is 10.49% and 0.52%, respectively. The highest accuracy in comparison with the method of corner points was shown by analytical calculations by the method of layer-by-layer summation in the formulation of Winkler-Fuss and Pasternak, and by the numerical method of calculation performed by the PC "PLAXIS 3D".

Keywords: geotechnics, foundations, «Lira-SAPR», system «Soil», «PLAXIS 3D», foundation sediment, angular point method, slab foundation, mutual influence of foundations, numerical method, analytical method, finite element method