I am performing back saturation on loose Ottawa Sand. During the B checking phase, the B value increases once the cell pressure increases, but then the B value starts decreasing with time (within 30 mins) and sometimes it reaches negative values. This is because the pore water pressure is decreasing with time. I checked for leakages out of the triaxial cell valves and no leakage is observed. What else could be causing this issue?

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