Abstract
Total stress is the stress acting on a plane, assuming the soil to be a solid material. For the small soil element shown in Figure 4.1, at a depth z below ground level, the vertical total stress, σv, would be the stress acting on the horizontal surface of the element.
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Barnes, G.E. (1995). Effective Stress and Pore Pressure. In: Soil Mechanics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13258-4_4
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