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Applied Engineering LettersVolume 5, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 111-119

Analysis of certain physical properties of four rock materials(Article)(Open Access)

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  • aFaculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
  • bHigh Technical school, Leposavić, Serbia
  • cResearch Center, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis and the test results of certain physical properties of the rock materials excavated from quarries in Serbia. The four rock aggregates, considered in this analysis, are used for building the driveway constructions' layers on roads, streets, airports and base layers on railways. To that purpose, both the general and specific technical properties (petrographic, physical, mechanical and technological) of those rocks must be known to users. The four rocks, whose physical properties are analyzed, are the most important types of the building stones: limestone, dolomite marble, calcite-dolomite marble and andesite. Their physical properties tested included volumetric mass, specific mass (density), porosity and water absorption. The service life, reparation jobs and maintenance procedures of the construction machinery parts, which come into direct contact with building materials like rocks and stones, strongly depend on those stones' properties. The four tested rock materials belong into a group of the massive rocks with various porosities and tendency to absorb water. © 2019 Published by the Serbian Academic Center.

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AggregatesMineralsPhysical propertiesRock materialsTesting procedures

Funding details

Funding sponsor Funding number Acronym
35024
313011T426
European Regional Development FundTR35024ERDF

  • 1

    This research was partially financially supported by the project of Operational Program Research and Innovation: \"Research and development activities of the University of \u017Dilina in the Industry of 21st century in the field of materials and nanotechnologies\", No. 313011T426, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by the project TR35024 funded by the Serbian Ministry for Science, Education and Technological development.

  • 2

    This research was partially financially supported by the project of Operational Program Research and Innovation: \"Research and development?activities?of?the?University?of?\u017Dilina? in the Industry of 21st century in the field of materials and nanotechnologies\", No. 313011T426, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by the project TR35024 funded by the Serbian Ministry for Science, Education and Technological development.

  • ISSN: 24664677
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.18485/aeletters.2020.5.4.1
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Serbian Academic Center

  Lazić, V.; Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia;
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