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Critical taper wedge.svg en Critical taper concept in geodynamics wedge of material with density sxws with the height of the wedge perpendicular to the base slope this is multiplied by the sine of angle to get the component parallel to the base angle is given by the MohrCoulomb criterion If mechanical equilibrium is assumed the