Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE, cilt.60, sa.6, ss.935-941, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Turkey is a very rich country in terms of natural stone resources such as travertine. Travertines are widely preferred in indoor and outdoor wall coverings, floor coverings and historical buildings due to their durability and aesthetic appearance. Especially in cases where it is impossible to take samples in historical buildings, it is very important to estimate the physico-mechanical properties of travertines from non-destructive tests. In recent years, models that predict the physico-mechanical properties of rocks have been developed using the Leeb hardness test. However, since the equations obtained from the studies included different origins (sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic), they were not focused on a specific rock type. In this study, the relationship between Leeb hardness and some physico-mechanical properties was investigated using only travertines. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between the physical and mechanical properties of travertine samples obtained from 13 different quarries from different locations in Turkey and Leeb hardness values. For this purpose, density, porosity, Vp wave velocity, and Leeb hardness (HL) of the prepared cube samples were determined and the relationship of these properties with uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) values was evaluated. Exponential relationships were obtained between UCS and nondestructive testing techniques (ρ, Pr, Vp and HL). The strongest relationship was obtained between UCS-HL values (R2: 0.91).