Angle-of-repose meaning

Angle of repose is defined as the maximum slant of an incline without loose materials sliding down.

An example of an angle of repose is the highest slope of a sand hill.

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The maximum angle of slope at which sand, loose rock, etc. will remain in place without sliding, as on a hillside.
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Angle-of-repose Sentence Examples

  • The outline of the curve of a valley's sides ultimately depends on the angle of repose of the detritus which covers them, if there has been no subsequent change, such as the passage of a glacier along the v.alley, which tends to destroy the regularity of the crosssection.

  • For this reason X is also known as the angle of repose.

  • 1856), as follows: Let E represent the weight of the portion of a horizontal stratum of earth which is displaced by the foundation of a structure, S the utmost weight of that structure consistently with the power of the earth to resist displacement, p the angle of repose of the earth; then S~fI+sin4~\i ~\Isin~)

  • consequently the condition of stability of friction is fulfilled if tht angle PCR is not greater than ~ that is to say, if the obliquity o~ the resistance required at the joint does not exceed the angle of repose and this condition ought to be fulfilled under all possible variation~ of the load.

  • The condition of stability is that this obliquity shall not exceed the angle of repose of the earth.

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