 | Thomas Tate (mathematical master.) - 1846 - 156 σελίδες
...in this case, therefore, we have, / P cos a = P sin a ; y=««jL= tana. " cos a e This result shows that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the limiting angle of resistance. If the pressure P, he applied within this angle, then no motion can take... | |
 | Thomas Tate - 1853 - 180 σελίδες
...this case, therefore, we have, f P cos a = P sin a ; ,'.f= = tan a. j, sin a J cos a This result shows that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the limiting angle of resistance. If the pressure P be applied within this angle, then no motion can take... | |
 | Thomas Tate - 1853 - 396 σελίδες
...experiment for different rubbing surfaces (See "Moseley's Engineering," p. 149.). This result shows that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the limiting angle of resistance. If the pressure P be applied within this angle, then no motion can take... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1867 - 372 σελίδες
...down the plane; the value of -5 in this state is by our definition the coefficient of friction : so that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the inclination of the plane when the body is just about to slide. faces. The inclination of the plane... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1867 - 368 σελίδες
...down the plane; the value of -^ in this state is by our definition the coefficient of friction : so that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the inclination of the plane when the body is just about to slide. faces. The inclination of the plane... | |
 | Richard Wormell - 1876 - 282 σελίδες
...plane will support the body, is termed the limiting angle of repose ; hence, the last equation states that the co-efficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the limiting angle of repose. If the body move through a space s in the direction of friction, the work... | |
 | George Anthony Hill - 1880 - 204 σελίδες
...end on a rough horizontal floor and the other end resting against a rough vertical wall 1 371. Prove that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the angle of friction (or to the ratio of the height to the base of an inclined plane the angle of inclination of which is... | |
 | Joshua Joseph J. Doherty - 1881 - 240 σελίδες
...equation, F = ^R. 309. Relation between the Coefficient of Friction and the Angle of Friction. — The coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the angle of friction. Let PO be a pressure acting at an obliquity equal to the angle of friction ; then motion is on the... | |
 | John Greaves - 1888 - 302 σελίδες
...contact is termed the angle of friction, provided the limiting friction is exerted. Hence (Art. 105) the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the angle of friction. The coefficient of dynamical friction is the ratio of the friction to the normal pressure when motion... | |
 | Sidney Luxton Loney - 1891 - 318 σελίδες
...cos X = R, and £ sin X = /uK Hence, by squaring and adding, we have and, by division, tan X = /n. Hence we see that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the angle of friction. 183. Since the greatest value of the friction is /iR, it follows that the greatest angle which the... | |
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Hence we see that the coefficient of friction is equal to the tangent of the angle of friction. 
