the angle of a plane to the horizontal when a body placed on the plane will just start to slide. The tangent of the angle of friction is the coefficient of static friction
Examples of 'angle of friction' in a sentence
angle of friction
Fibers inclusion can significantly decrease and increased the cohesion and internal angle of friction of soils, respectively.
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