Yielding–compressibility–strength relationship for an artificially cemented soil cured under stress

In a previous work, Rotta et al. (2003) investigated the effects of the cemented matrix formation on the stiffness and yielding characteristics of soil elements situated at different depths in a fictitious natural soil deposit. In their study, the isotropic compressive response of an artificially cemented soil was evaluated mainly in terms of the variation of the yield stresses as a function of the void ratio existing during bond formation, the stress history, and the cement content. The use of artificially cemented specimens cured under stress as proposed by Rotta et al. (2003) permits both the simulation of natural cemented...