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Chapter 6
Stresses in Soil Mass
Intergranular or effective
stress is the stress
resulting from particle-to-
particle contact of soil.
Intergranular Cracking found in the Soil
Pore Water Pressure
h2
h1
The degree of saturation is about 100% up to height h1. Beyond the
height h1, water can occupy only the smaller voids, hence the degree
of saturation is less than 100%
h2 = C
eD10
Where D10 = effective grain size, e = void ratio, and C = a constant that
varies from 10 to 50mm2
The pore water pressure pw at a point in the layer of soil fully
saturated by capillary rise is:
Pw = - ϒw h
pw = -S ϒw h
Where S is the degree of saturation at the point under consideration.
Consider the soil layer shown in Figure 04.5:
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Reference:
Gillesania, Diego Inocencio T.,
Fundamentals of Geotechnical
Engineering
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