Physical and Compaction Properties of Granular Materials with Artificial Grading behind the Particle Size Distributions

Table 3

Computational results for the physical and compaction behaviors of different dam granular materials (all of the field test samples).

Properties		Granular material A	Granular material B	Granular material C
Moisture content (%)	Maximum	5.4	4.7	4.7
	Minimum	3.0	2.3	1.0
	Average	4.5	3.4	2.7
Dry density (g/cm^3)	Maximum	2.17	2.31	2.39
	Minimum	2.13	2.20	2.33
	Average	2.14	2.26	2.36
Compaction degree	Maximum	0.93	0.97	0.99
	Minimum	0.85	0.85	0.90
	Average	0.87	0.88	0.94