Compressibility of filter cakes

Consult the book for the filtration rate equation and see its result by changing the scroll bars. The digits after each plot show the total pressure.

You should observe that cake resistance matters a little, but compressibility matters a lot. When the cake is not very compressible, more driving force gives more filtrate. A compressible cake can actually give much less volume of filtrate when higher pressure compacts it too much.