PPrrooppiieeddaaddeess
PPoorroossiiddaadd::IInnddiiccaa llaa
pprrooppoorrcciióónn eennttrree llaa
ppaarrttee vvaaccííaa ddee llaa rrooccaa
((ppoorrooss)) yy llaa ppaarrttee
ssóólliiddaa.. LLaass
ppoorroossiiddaaddeess
nnoorrmmaallmmeennttee fflluuccttúúaann
eennttrree 00 yy 4400%%..
n V
= = volumen de poros
volumen total
P
V
T
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PPrrooppiieeddaaddeess
RReessiisstteenncciiaa::
LLaa rreessiisstteenncciiaa aa llaa ccaarrggaa ppuunnttuuaall ssee
ccoorrrreellaacciioonnaa ccoonn llaa rreessiisstteenncciiaa aa llaa ccoommpprreessiióónn
nnoo ccoonnffiinnaaddaa oo ssiimmppllee..
LLaa ssiigguuiieennttee eeccuuaacciióónn eess uunn rreessuullttaaddoo eemmppíírriiccoo
eennttrree llaa rreessiisstteenncciiaa aa llaa ccaarrggaa ppuunnttuuaall yy llaa
rreessiisstteenncciiaa aa llaa ccoommpprreessiióónn ssiimmppllee ((nnoo vváálliiddaa
ppaarraa rrooccaass ddéébbiilleess))..
s C = 24 IS (50)
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RReessiisstteenncciiaa
Term Uniaxial
Compressive
Strength
(MPa)
Point Load
Index
(MPa)
Schmidt
Hardness
(Type L - hammer)
Field Estimate of Strength Examples*
R5
Extremely Strong
>250 >10 50-60 Rock material only chipped
under repeated hammer
blows
fresh basalt, chert, diabase,
gneiss, granite, quatzite
R4
Very Strong
100-250 4-10 40-50 Requires many blows of a
geological hammer to break
intact rock specimens
Amphibolite, sandstone,
basalt, gabbro, gneiss,
granodiorite, limestone,
marble rhyolite, tuff
R3
Strong
50-100 2-4 30-40 Hand held specimens broken
by a single blow of a
geological hammer
Limestone, marble, phyllite,
sandstone, schist, shale
R2
Medium Strong
25-50 1-2 15-30 Firm blow with geological
pick indents rock to 5mm,
knife just scrapes surface
Claystone, coal, concrete,
schist. shale, siltstone
R1
Weak
5-25 ** <15 Knife cuts material but too
hard to shape into triaxial
specimens
chalk, rocksalt, potash
R0
Very Weak
1-5 ** Material crumbles under firm
blows of geological pick, can
be scraped with knife
highly weathered or altered
rock
Extremely Weak 0.25-1 ** Indented by thumbnail clay gouge
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