Research Article
Modeling and Estimation of Production Rate in Ornamental Stones Sawing Based on Brittleness Indexes
Table 4
Summary of mechanical properties and these calculated brittleness values about natural stone samples (Tumac, [
11]).
| Sample no. | Rock type | UCS (MPa) | BTS (MPa) | B1 | B2 | Production rate (m2/h) |
| 1 | Afyon tigerskin marble | 81.3 | 5.1 | 15.94 | 207.32 | 11.28 | 2 | Afyon white marble | 88.6 | 6.0 | 14.77 | 265.80 | 7.28 | 3 | Karacabey black limestone | 70.8 | 5.4 | 13.11 | 191.16 | 8.23 | 4 | Manyas white marble | 65.3 | 3.9 | 16.74 | 127.34 | 15.33 | 5 | Marmara white marble | 70.4 | 4.1 | 17.17 | 144.32 | 16.22 | 6 | Milas white marble | 97.3 | 7.1 | 13.70 | 345.42 | 8.63 | 7 | Eskisehir supreme limestone | 89.0 | 5.3 | 16.79 | 235.85 | 12.32 | 8 | Karahallı white marble | 63.8 | 4.6 | 13.87 | 146.74 | 11.85 | 9 | Karahallı gray marble | 70.2 | 4.7 | 14.94 | 164.97 | 13.38 | 10 | Mustafa Kemal Pasa white marble | 77.8 | 5.1 | 15.25 | 198.39 | 12.25 | 11 | Sivaslı purple marble | 108.0 | 7.9 | 13.67 | 426.60 | 7.04 |
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UCS: Uniaxial compressive strength, BTS: Brazilian tensile strength.
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