[ODE] units - Sugested Units List

[cm]

Hi Alex,

Did you tried puting 1000 kg on Mass instead
of 1 tonne ? Try converting newton to kgf too.
Try and post the results please.
I think this topic is usefull.

Cristian.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Green" <alexg at acfr.usyd.edu.au>
To: "Megan Fox" <shalinor at gmail.com>
Cc: "kave Aryan" <kave_ar23 at yahoo.com>; <ode at q12.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ODE] units - Sugested Units List


> The units may not have names but they are related to one another in an SI 
> style fashion?
>
> For example if I was to model my 1983 Holden VH Commodore (A typical 
> student car in Australia) in ODE:
>
> ODE Mass 1   (tonne)
> ODE length 4.5 (meters)
> ODE Motor Power 300 (newton/m)
>
> That would not behave like my car!
>
> Someone who is familiar with ODE should put together a 'Suggested Units' 
> list as this question comes up often..
> It would be the best way to make the unit relationships clear.
>
> Thanks -alex
>
>
> Megan Fox wrote:
>> It uses whatever units you put into the system - for instance, if you
>> decide your weight values are kilograms and your units are meters and
>> your time input is seconds, the force values would be in newtons.
>>
>> There are no set units, there are only the assumptions the user makes.
>>  The system is doing "just math," and just assumes the units on all
>> the values you hand it are consistent.
>>
>> On 9/3/05, kave Aryan <kave_ar23 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I am new to ODE, could someone tell me which unit
>>>system ODE uses? SI or something else?
>>>In particular what is force unit in ODE? Newton or
>>>Pound or ...?
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Kave Aryan
>>>
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