Soils experience various types of stresses when loads are applied at the surface or within the soil mass. The stresses in soils are transmitted through both the solid particles and the pore water of the soil. Effective stress theory explains that only the stresses transmitted through the soil structure are available to cause failure or compression of the soil mass.
Soils experience various types of stresses when loads are applied at the surface or within the soil mass. The stresses in soils are transmitted through both the solid particles and the pore water of the soil. Effective stress theory explains that only the stresses transmitted through the soil structure are available to cause failure or compression of the soil mass.
Soils experience various types of stresses when loads are applied at the surface or within the soil mass. The stresses in soils are transmitted through both the solid particles and the pore water of the soil. Effective stress theory explains that only the stresses transmitted through the soil structure are available to cause failure or compression of the soil mass.