Research Article
Petrography and Physicomechanical Properties of Rocks from the Ambela Granitic Complex, NW Pakistan
Table 1
UCS, UTS, and shear strength of the studied samples.
| S. # | Rock type | UCS (MPa) | UTS (MPa) | UCS : UTS | Cohesion (MPa) | Angle of internal friction () |
| (1) | Megaporphyritic alkali granite | 27.672 30.817 | 3.758 3.015 | 7.4 10.2 | 11.00 | 14.25° | (2) | Microporphyritic alkali granite | 35.849 39.622 | 3.486 3.486 | 10.3 11.4 | 12.35 | 18.75° | (3) | Megaporphyritic alkali quartz syenite | 47.169 45.911 | 4.536 4.532 | 10.4 10.1 | 15.60 | 19.50° | (4) | Nepheline syenite | 30.188 34.591 | 3.949 3.949 | 7.6 8.8 | 12.00 | 12.50° |
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