angle of external friction
McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary:
Top
angle of external friction
(′aŋ·gəl əv ek′stərn·əl ′frik·shən)
(engineering) The angle between the abscissa and the tangent of the curve representing the relationship of shearing resistance to normal stress acting between soil and the surface of another material. Also known as angle of wall friction.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Copyright © 2003, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1976, 1974 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more