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. 2017 May 12;8:15082. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15082

Table 1. Summary of the experimental packings analysed in this study.

Container N φ D (mm)
1 Cylinder 150,000 0.60 1.00
2 Cylinder 156,315 0.63 1.00
3 Cylinder 61,005 0.66 1.62
4 Cylinder 216,722 0.685 1.00
5 Spherical 86,281 0.685 1.00
6 Spherical 86,706 0.71 1.00

N is the number of grains used for the analysis; φ is the global packing density; D is the grain diameter.