Properties of Stones | Requirements of Good Building Stones
Table 1 shows the crushing strength of various stones. Due to the nonuniformity of the material, usually, a factor of safety of 10 is used to find the permissible stress in a stone. Hence even laterite can be used safely for a single storey building because in such structures expected load can hardly give stress of N/mm 2. However in stone masonry buildings care should be .