Behavior of cemented sands—II. Modelling

This is the companion paper to a study the triaxial testing of cemented sands. The focus here is turned to the constitutive modelling of cemented sands. A novel micromechanical approach that considers the multiphase nature of cemented sands, is presented in which the clean sand, the cementing bond and the pore water pressure are modelled independently. The model is verified using a series of triaxial compression experiments on 2, 4 and 6 per cent cemented specimens, that were the subject of the companion paper.