Pressure scaling parameter with units of pressure for the micropores.

Corresponds to the van Genuchten parameter \(\rho g / alpha\). The inverse of \(\alpha\) "corresponds to the water contents lower then saturation" [1].

[1] van Lier, Quirijn de Jong, and Everton Alves Rodrigues Pinheiro. "An alert regarding a common misinterpretation of the van Genuchten α parameter." Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 42 (2018).

Additional info

From MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/CapillaryPressureSaturation/CreateSaturationVanGenuchtenWithVolumetricStrain.cpp line 42

This is a required parameter.
Data type: double
Expanded tag path: NONEXISTENT.property.SaturationVanGenuchtenWithVolumetricStrain.p_b
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