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Correlation of production rate of ornamental stone with rock brittleness indexes

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The prediction of production rate in ornamental stones sawing is very important in cost estimation and process planning of the rock sawing plants. The main aim of this paper is finding a mathematical correlation between production rate and rock brittleness indexes. The utilized data have been collected from several stone factories in Iran. Seventeen different granite and carbonate rocks have been experienced sawing conditions with large-diameter circular saws. The laboratory tests such as uniaxial compressive strength and tensile strength, were carried out on the rock samples which were collected from these factories. The ratio of compressive strength to tensile strength (B 1), the ratio of compressive strength minus tensile strength to compressive strength plus tensile strength (B 2), and the area under the line of compressive strength and the line of tensile strength (B 3) were used as brittleness indexes in this study. Then, the relationships between these brittleness indexes and production rate were investigated by using a regression analysis. The results show that, there is not a good relationship between the production rate and B 1 and B 2. However, the production rate correlates with B 3 very well. Therefore, there is a reliable prediction for ornamental stones production based on B 3 as a brittleness indexes.

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The authors would like to thank the central laboratory of Shahrood University of Technology and central workshop of Sharif University of Technology for providing the facilities in order to perform an original research.

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    Reza Mikaeil & Mohammad Ataei

  2. Faculty of Mechanics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

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Mikaeil, R., Ataei, M. & Yousefi, R. Correlation of production rate of ornamental stone with rock brittleness indexes. Arab J Geosci 6, 115–121 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-011-0311-x

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