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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