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Subject: How to define units properly? --- please help
Author: Clement Tham
Date: 1999-01-10 22:31:00

Hello Everybody,

Regarding the units, Ansys documentation says that "The ANSYS program does
not assume a system of units for your analysis. Except in magnetic field
analyses, you can use any system of units so long as you make sure that
system for all the data you enter (Units must be consistent for all input
data)

So, (for static analysis) can I assume that if Im using SI, I should enter
ALL the units in SI, for example: All dimensions (during creating a model,
perhaps radius and length of a cylinder) in meter, Applied forces in N,
Pressure in Pa (or N/m) , material properties such as Young Modulus in Pa,
density in kg/m3 and so on?

Any help would be appreciated.

Rgds,
CS Tham
Researcher
Mechanical Engineering Dept,
University of Malaya
Malaysia.

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