Determination of physical,mechanical and elastic properties of the rocks with ultrasonic velocity technique and time-frequency analysis: A case study on the beige limestones (NE Turkey) [Kayaçlari{dotless}n fiziksel,mekanik ve elastik özelliklerinin ultrasonik hi{dotless}z tekniǧi ve zaman-frekans analiziyle belirlenmesi: Bej kireçtaşlari{dotless} (KD Türkiye) üzerine örnek bir çali{dotless}şma]

In the most of engineering geological and rock engineering applications,uniaxial compressive strength (ucs) and elasticity modulus (e) of the intact rocks are the most widely used parameters. however,in some cases it can be quite difficult,time consuming and expensive to prepare specimens and to conduct this test. as an alternative,the empirical or analytical relationships between various physical and mechanical strength properties of materials can be used to estimate the required engineering properties of rocks. for these reasons,simple test method such as ultrasonic sonic velocity test is used widely. this simple test has been world widely used to estimate the ucs and e of the rock materials,because of their rapidity,simplicity,portability,low cost,non-destructiveness and easiness in both specimen preparation and test conduction. in this study,simple test methods and ucs tests were conducted on the samples obtained from the beige limestones outcropping in the southern zone of the eastern pontides and some statistical correlations were established between results of simple tests and ucs test results. regarding the test results obtained by the direct and indirect methods,meaningful statistical relations between the rock properties are obtained.