Research Article
Effects of Particle Shapes and Sizes on the Minimum Void Ratios of Sand
Table 6
Descriptions of the alternative materials.
| Particle label | Particle shape | Particle size | Particle photograph | Sphericity |
| B1 | Ball | ø 3 mm | | 0.898 | B2 | Ball | ø 2.1 mm | 0.887 | B3 | Ball | ø 1.5 mm | 0.880 | B4 | Ball | ø 0.9 mm | 0.884 |
| C1 | Cylinder | ø 3 mm, h = 2 mm | | 0.635 | C2 | Cylinder | ø 2.1 mm, h = 1.4 mm | 0.628 | C3 | Cylinder | ø 1.5 mm, h = 1 mm | 0.622 | C4 | Cylinder | ø 0.9 mm, h = 0.6 mm | 0.619 |
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