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Table 7 Physical properties and mechanical parameters of the Marsala calcarenite

From: Assessing the stability of underground caves through iSUMM (innovative, straightforward, user-friendly, mechanically-based method)

Parameter

Value

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

16.00

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

1

Young’s modulus, E([kPa)

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

Poisson ratio, \(\nu\) (–)

0.3

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

1300

Geological Strength Index, GSI (–)

100

Disturbance factor, D (–)

0

Hoek-Brown parameter m\(_i\) (–)

8