Exemination of behaviours against impact of marbles obtained from Adıyaman marble quarries

A natural stone marble is being used for ornament, decoration and structural material. It has consisted a big marketplace and economical cycle for marble which has wide range of usage. Beside exposes to static effects, its important to know the reactions to dynamic exposes to static effects, its important to know the reactions to dynamic exposes since they can have impacts from objects or fell down in their lifetime. In this study, behavior of the marbles obtained from Adıyaman quarries are examinated against impact in the aim of determinating properties against impact and raising tailored usage. Marbles used in the experimental study, 3 sapmles are taken from different quarries of Adıyaman region with dimensions of 100x100 mm, 150x150 mm and 200x200 mm in thickness of 20 mm and 30 mm. Experiments are performed by dropping 5.5 kg weight from 500 mm and 800 mm by using CEAST brand testing machine. Values of Surfacial reaction forces and energy consumed according time are shown graphically.