slenderness ratio


slenderness ratio

[′slen·dər·nəs ‚rā·shō] (aerospace engineering) A configuration factor expressing the ratio of a missile's length to its diameter. (civil engineering) The ratio of the length of a column L to the radius of gyration r about the principal axes of the section.

slenderness ratio

Of a column, the ratio of its effective length to its least radius of gyration.