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Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Porosity of Building Stone from Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements
Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
University of Strasbourg, EOST, Institute of Global Physics, Strasbourg, France
Department of Earth Science, Scientific Institute, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- 1 Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- 2 Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- 3 Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- 4 Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- 5 University of Strasbourg, EOST, Institute of Global Physics, Strasbourg, France
- 6 Department of Earth Science, Scientific Institute, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- 7 Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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Abstract
Ultrasonic velocity measurement, a non - destructive and easy method to apply in both field and laboratory conditions, ha s increasingly been conducted to determine the physical properties of rock materials. This paper presents an experi mental study of the measurement of P-wave velocity, thermal conductivity and porosity of several types of sedimentary, metamorphic, and magmatic rock s . The aim of this study is to predict the rock s properties including the ir thermal conductivity and porosity using P-wave velocity. For this purpose, the physical properties are determined in the laboratory to obtain correlations between P-wave velocity and physical properties. Consequently, good linear relationships are found between all the determined physical properties and the P-wave velocity measurements.
KeywordsBuilding StoneThermal ConductivityP-Wave VelocityPorosityOptical Scanning
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