EK513
The pressure in the porewater is denoted as the pore pressure.
EK494
Primary consolidation is the change in volume of a fine-grained soil caused by the expulsion of water from the voids and the transfer of stress from the excess porewater pressure […]
EK490
Soils, especially silts and fine sands, can be affected by capillary action. Capillary action results in negative porewater pressures (suction) and increases the effective stresses.
EK489
The effective stress in a saturated represents the average stress carried by the soil solids and is the difference between the total stress and the porewater pressure.
EK488
Porewater pressure can be positive or negative.
EK485
The porewater cannot sustain shear stresses, and therefore, the soil solids must resist the shear forces.