Table 3 Physical properties and mechanical parameters of the calcarenites outcropping in Canosa di Puglia used in the FE analyses

Unit weight, \(\gamma\) (kN/m\(^{3}\))

16.00

Coefficient of earth pressure at rest, K\(_0\) (–)

1

Young’s modulus, E (kPa)

\(116\times 10^{3}\)

Poisson ratio, \(\nu\) (–)

0.3

Uniaxial compressive strength, \(\sigma _{ci}\) (kPa)

500

Geological Strength Index, GSI (–)

100

Disturbance factor, D (–)

0

Hoek-Brown parameter m\(_i\) (–)

3