Experimental Determination of Mechanical Characteristics of Four Types of Stones and their Influence on the Construction Machinery Parts Wear

In this paper were experimentally determined properties of four different types of stones and stone aggregates and they were compared to each other with respect to their influence on wear of working parts of machines for preparation and deposition of stones on roads. Rocks, the building stones are obtained from, consist of various types of minerals, namely of physically and chemically homogeneous rocks created within the Earths crust. Here are considered four, most important types of building stones: limestone, dolomite marble, calcite-dolomite marble and andesite. They are being exploited from four sites in Serbia, and they are convenient for deposition of certain layers of the carriageway on roads, streets, airports and foundations on railways, as well as for making different kinds of concrete and asphalt. In the paper are presented results of mineralogical-petrographic, physical-mechanical and special investigations. Wear resistance was also checked on certain samples.