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 typeUCS (MPa)BTS (MPa)B1B2Production rate (m2/h)

1Afyon tigerskin marble81.35.115.94207.3211.28
2Afyon white marble88.66.014.77265.807.28
3Karacabey black limestone70.85.413.11191.168.23
4Manyas white marble65.33.916.74127.3415.33
5Marmara white marble70.44.117.17144.3216.22
6Milas white marble97.37.113.70345.428.63
7Eskisehir supreme limestone89.05.316.79235.8512.32
8Karahallı white marble63.84.613.87146.7411.85
9Karahallı gray marble70.24.714.94164.9713.38
10Mustafa Kemal Pasa white marble77.85.115.25198.3912.25
11Sivaslı purple marble108.07.913.67426.607.04

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