Insert image and formula inside a table

Question

\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{table}[htb]
\centering
    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c}
    \hline
        Shape && R\textsubscript{hyd} \\
        \hline
        circle 
        & \begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
        \includegraphics[width=2cm, height= 2cm]{images/circle}
        \end{minipage}
        & $\frac{8\mu L}{\pi r^{4}}$ \\[1cm]
        ellipse 
        & \begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
        \includegraphics[width=2cm, height= 2cm]{images/ellipse}
        \end{minipage}
        &$\frac{4\mu L}{\pi a^{4}} \frac{1+(b/a)^{2}}{(b/a}^{3}$ \\[1cm]
   \end{tabular}
\end{table}

I have a problem with the size of equations. It gets compressed and readability is gone. Also the figure couldnot be centered vertically.

Regarding a vertically centered image in a table cell: How to vertically center text with an image in the same row of a table; Regarding too small equations in table cells: Size of equations in tables — leandriis, Jun 18 '18 at 14:16

Bernard · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-22T10:34:19.227

Maths inside an array or a tabularx is displayed by default in \textstyle, so fractions look petty. You can use the \dfrac command from amsmath to have fractions in \displaystyle. Another possibility is the \mfrac command (medium-size fractions) from nccmath which are ~ 80% of \displaystyle. Both are used in this code:

\documentclass[demo]{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array, amsmath, nccmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htb]
\centering
    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c}
\hline
    Shape && R\textsubscript{hyd} \\
    \hline
    circle
    & \begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=2cm, height= 2cm]{images/circle}
    \end{minipage}
    & $\mfrac{8\mu L}{\pi r^{4}}$ \\[1cm]
    ellipse
    & \begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=2cm, height= 2cm]{images/ellipse}
    \end{minipage}
    &$\dfrac{4\mu L}{\pi a^{4}} \dfrac{1+(b/a)^{2}}{(b/a)^{3}}$ \\[1cm]
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Insert image and formula inside a table

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