Physics > Laws of Motion > 9.0 Friction

  Laws of Motion
    1.0 Newton's first law of motion
    2.0 Newton's second law of motion
    3.0 Newton's third law of motion
    4.0 Force
    5.0 Normal Force
    6.0 Gravitional Force
    7.0 Tension Force
    8.0 Pseudo force
    9.0 Friction
    10.0 Centripetal force

9.1 Angle of friction $\left( \lambda \right)$

The angle of friction between any two surfaces in contact is defined as the angle which the resultant of the force of limiting friction $F$ and normal reaction $N$ makes with the direction of normal reaction $(N)$.

Angle of friction is represented by $\lambda $.

The resultant of these two forces is $F$ and it makes an angle $\lambda $ with the normal where, $$\begin{equation} \begin{aligned} \tan \lambda = \frac{{\mu N}}{N} \\ \tan \lambda = \mu \\ \lambda = {\tan ^{ - 1}}\mu \\\end{aligned} \end{equation} $$
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