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The voids between the solid particles of soil are filled with fluid—either water or air or a combination of the two. Except perhaps within the adsorbed water layers, these fluids can offer no resistance to static shear forces. They can, however, support normal pressures, and these normal pressures form part of the total stress in the soil.
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Scott, C.R. (1994). Pore pressure, effective stress and suction. In: An Introduction to Soil Mechanics and Foundations. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7250-7_3
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