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Closure to “Unified Effective Stress Equation for Soil” by Chao Zhang and Ning Lu

The writers appreciate the discussers’ recognition of the pioneering and novel nature of the original work, which provides a unified effective stress equation for all types of soils under all saturation conditions. However, the discussers fail to appreciate the importance of the roles of soil water adsorption mechanisms in soil water retention and effective stress, given the ample experimental evidence presented in our work and other previously published work. The discussers do not at all challenge the validity, accuracy, and generality of the proposed unified effective equation for all types of soils or the novelty of the work. Instead, they raise some points, which are academically thought-provoking notions that are largely reflections of the misunderstanding of the importance of the soil sorptive potential (SSP) concept and the roles of SSP in the effective stress in soils, as detailed subsequently, following the order outlined by the discussers.