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Random packing density of cylinders in a volume

I am trying to calculate the packing density of cylindrical bottles in a box, assuming that the bottles are randomly dumped in the box.

I have read on the packing density of spheres here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_close_pack but have found nothing on cylinders.

For example, if I randomly dump bottles with a diameter of 75 mm and a height of 145 mm in a volume of 0.6 cubic meters, what would be the packing density (the end goal is to calculate how many bottles could approximately fit in such a space).