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7). Terzaghi’s principle of effective stress appears to be in agreement with the principle of Archimedes, which is a fundamental principle of physics. It may be noted that in the two methods it has been assumed that the determining factor is the force transmitted between the particles and an eventual rigid surface, or the force transmittance between the grains. This is another basic aspect of the concept of effective stress, and it cannot be concluded that Archimedes’ principle automatically leads to the principle of effective stress.
Equilibrium in vertical .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... direction requires that the difference of the fluid pressures at the top and bottom of a small element balances .................... .................... .................... ..................... e. ∆p = −γw ∆z. Here ∆z represents the height of the element. 1) follows. x The value of the volumetric weight γw in the last of eqs. 1) need not be constant for the equations to be valid.