Research Article

Modeling and Estimation of Production Rate in Ornamental Stones Sawing Based on Brittleness Indexes

Table 2

The results about field and experimental researches and these calculated brittleness values (Mikaeil et al. [1]).

Sample no.Rock typeUCS (MPa)BTS (MPa)B1B2Production rate (m2/h)

1Granite (Toyserkan)21824.68.8626813
2Granite (Nehbandan-K)14610.613.8773.85
3Granite (Piranshahr)176189.7815844.5
4Granite (Birjand)126.58.5214.8538.96.5
5Granite (Ouromie)12910.312.5664.46
6Granite (Chayan)17314.511.912545
7Granite (yazd)1428.5216.7604.95.5
8Granite (Nehbandan-S)1459.215.86675
9Granite (Khoramdare)1338.3165526
10Granite (Mashhad)1257.416.9462.56.5
11Marble (Harsin)71.56.810.5243.18.5
12Marble (Anarak)74.57.110.5264.59
13Marble (Salsali)736.311.62309
14Marble (Haftoman)74.57.210.3268.28
15Travertine (Darehbokhari)635.411.7170.110
16Travertine (Hajiabad)61.55.611172.210
17Travertine (Azarshahr)534.312.311411

UCS: Uniaxial compressive strength, BTS: Brazilian tensile strength.