Thread: Coefficient of Friction Testing
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Re: Coefficient of Friction Testing

Rise/Run requires 2 measurements.

Do it with just one: measure the height "h" of the ramp.

Then CoF=h/sqrt(L2-h2) ... where "L" is the (fixed) length of the ramp.