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3. STRESSES IN THE GROUND

changes in total stress or changes in pore pressure. Unlike the pore pressure, the effective stress and total stress are tensors. This means that direction as well as magnitude must be specified. The effective vertical stress ( σ ' v) at a depth of (z 1 + z 2) below the ground surface (Fig. 3.3) may be found from equations (3.4) and (3.5), as ...

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