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Critical angle may refer to:
Critical angle (optics), the angle of incidence above which total internal reflection occurs
Critical angle of attack, in aerodynamics; the angle of attack which produces the maximum lift coefficient
Critical angle of repose, in engineering; the steepest angle of descent of a slope when the material is on the verge of sliding
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Look up criticalangle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Criticalangle may refer to: Criticalangle (optics), the angle of incidence above which total...
incoming ray and the normal). As the angle of incidence approaches a certain threshold, called the criticalangle, the angle of refraction approaches 90°, at...
The angle of repose, or criticalangle of repose, of a granular material is the steepest angle of descent or dip relative to the horizontal plane on which...
interface, as well as the criticalangle for total internal reflection, their intensity (Fresnel equations) and Brewster's angle. The refractive index, n...
In mechanics and geodynamics, a critical taper is the equilibrium angle made by the far end of a wedge-shaped agglomeration of material that is being...
instrument's inventor and based on Ernst Abbe's original design of the 'criticalangle') and inline process refractometers. There is also the Rayleigh Refractometer...
strike the boundary with an angle greater than the criticalangle, only light that enters the fiber within a certain range of angles can travel down the fiber...
acceptance angle of the fiber. This result can be derived from Snell's law by considering the criticalangle. Light that enters the core with an angle below...
initially reflected outside the criticalangle on one side of the pavilion, but meets the opposite side within the criticalangle and is then refracted out...
dense medium (i.e., n1 > n2), beyond a particular incidence angle known as the criticalangle, all light is reflected and Rs = Rp = 1. This phenomenon,...
_{c_{1}}} is the criticalangle between longitudinal fracture and shear failure, and θ c 2 {\displaystyle \theta _{c_{2}}} is the criticalangle between shear...
placed on a prism; the result is observed through an eyepiece. The criticalangle (the angle beyond which light is totally reflected back into the sample)...
If the angle of incidence is greater than the criticalangle, total internal reflection occurs: all of the light is reflected. The criticalangle can be...
have a criticalangle of attack (also called a stall angle of attack) which is the angle of attack that produces most lift. Above this angle flow over...
calcite–glue interface because of its angle of incidence at the glue layer (refractive index n = 1.550) exceeds the criticalangle for the interface. It passes...
180° to 0°, and the criticalangle is where both δp and δs (red and blue) start to rise again. To the left of the criticalangle is the region of partial...
its critical rollover angle is reached. Then, beyond this point, main rotor thrust continues the roll and recovery is impossible. If the critical rollover...
})}}} Where θ c r i t {\displaystyle \theta _{\mathrm {crit} }} is the criticalangle, such that tan θ c r i t = μ s {\displaystyle \tan \theta _{\mathrm...
of submarine platforms; Parbuckling of the wreck, rotating it past a criticalangle of about 24° from its resting position, beyond which the sponsons would...
reflection at its boundary because they strike it at an angle greater than the criticalangle. The physical explanation for the existence of the evanescent...