Abstract. Portland cement can be mixed with sand to improve its mechanical characteristics. Considering the inherent anisotropy of most sands, it is not clear whether the added cement shall contribute to equal increases in strength and sti ness in vertical and horizontal directions or not. Literature review reveals that all the previous experimental studies on the cement-treated soil topics are limited to conventional triaxial device test results. The e ect of cement addition to clean sand in more sophisticated stress-path controlled devices like \Simple Shear Apparatus" (SSA) and \Hollow Cylinder Apparatus" (HCA) for simulating more realistic loading conditions, such as earthquake, have not been investigated yet. This paper presents innovative methods for testing arti cially cemented sands through making modi cations to the loading platens, specimen molds, and specimen preparation methods of SSA and HCA. Undrained tests under di erent monotonic stress paths were carried out on di erent mixtures of Portland cement with clean sand to investigate the e ect of principal stress rotations. The test results revealed that the cement mixture reduces the anisotropy, while it improves the mixture mechanical properties compared to the compacted uncemented sand.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.