Estimating the Mechanical Properties of Marble via the Non-Destructive Method

Abstract

One of the factors that affect the marketing, price, and field use of marble is its mechanical properties. Therefore, determining the mechanical properties of marble is very important. Usually, these properties are determined via destructive and non- destructive methods. In this study, the mechanical properties of ten types of marble collected from different parts of Turkey have been determined by destructive and non-destructive methods. Then, simple regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between the mechanical properties and the velocity of p and s waves in saturated and dry states. As a result, to estimate the mechanical properties via p and s wave velocity the between of them equations with high correlation coefficients have been obtained.