When a body is having impending motion in the direction of P the frictional force will

be the limiting friction and the resultant reaction R will make limiting friction angle 
with the normal as shown in the following figure. If the body is having impending motion
in some other direction, again the resultant reaction makes limiting frictional angle 
with the normal in that direction. Thus, when the direction of force P is gradually
changed 3600 , the resultant R generates a right circular cone with semicentral angle
equal to .

If the resultant reaction is on the surface of this inverted right circular cone whose
semi-central angle is limiting frictional angle( , the motion of the body is impending.
If the resultant is within this cone the body is stationary. This inverted cone with semi-
central angle equal to limiting angle  is called Cone of Friction.

If two or more than two forces are acting on different planes then the forces are known as a System
of Non-Coplanar Forces. If these forces act at a common point then they are called as Non-
Coplanar Concurrent Forces. The effect of these forces can be determined by combining these
forces as a resultant force. Transtutors helps you to understand the concept of spatial concurrent
forces.

Spatial Concurrent Forces

In a three dimensional coordinate system, if the lines of action of many forces are intersect at a
single point then these forces are called Spatial Concurrent Forces. These forces or the lines of
action of these forces do not lie on a single plane. The resultant force of the spatial concurrent forces
can be determined as follows:
 Determine the resultant force along X, Y and Z directions.
Rx = Σ Fx , Ry = Σ Fy , Rz = Σ Fz
 Determine the resultant force of the resultant forces along the three coordinates.