If water is seeping, the effective stress at any point in a soil mass will be...

If water is seeping, the effective stress at any point in a soil mass will be different from the static case. It will decrease or increase depending on the direction of seepage. With help of sketches, describe what will happen to effective stress if the water is seeping downward through a soil layer.

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