Open AccessPrinciple of Effective Stress in Variably Saturated Porous Media
Author(s) -
Lu Ning,
Khalili Nasser,
Nikooee Ehsan,
Hassanizadeh S. Majid
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
vadose zone journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.036
H-Index - 81
ISSN - 1539-1663
DOI - 10.2136/vzj2014.04.0038
Subject(s) - porous medium , stress (linguistics) , geotechnical engineering , porosity , environmental science , soil science , geology , philosophy , linguistics
In 1961, in the wake of emerging geotechnical problems under unsaturated conditions, the British Royal Society held a conference on the effective stress principle. Much of the debate stemmed from pressing needs to go beyond [Terzaghi’s (1923][1], [1936)][2] effective stress for saturated porous