... wall. The container atArnold Verruijt, Soil Mechanics : 4. STRESSES IN SOILS 29Calculating the effective stresses in soils is one of the main problems of soil mechanics. The effective stresses are ... stress.Arnold Verruijt, Soil Mechanics : 4. STRESSES IN SOILS 27the extreme right in Figure 4.3 resembles a soil body, with its pore space. It can be concluded that the water in a soil satisfies the ... complicated cases, such as non-saturated soils, orflowing groundwater, is relatively simple. For a non-saturated soil the total stresses will be smaller, becausethe soil is lighter. The pore pressure...