Project

CONSISTENCY OF UNITS

Objective

The objective of this challenge is to convert the given SI unit values of the given quantities to gm/mm/ms units and also to prepare consistent unit system table for different unit system.

Value of the following measurements are given as follows:

1.MASS 1kg
2.LENGTH 1m
3.TIME 1s
4.FORCE 1N
5.STRESS 1Pa
6.ENERGY 1Nm
7.DENSITY 1Kg/m3
8.YOUNG'S Modulus 210GPa
9.Velocity 56.33KMPH
10.GRAVITY 9.8m/s2

Now, here are a few system of units:


Kg cm ms

Kg cm s

gm mm ms

kg m s

g cm s

g cm us

g mm s

ton mm s

slug ft s

kg mm s

g cm ms

kg mm ms

EXPLANATION 0F UNITS

  • Units are most basic aspects of any measurements.
  • they are arbitrarily chosen and internatinally accepted.

categories of units

a.Fundamental units

  • Some units are arbitrarily chosen to be fundamental.
  • they become foundation for system.
  • every other units is derivable from them.

b.Derived units

  • units derived from the fundamental units by multiplication and division are called derived units.

example LENGTH=SPEED*TIME

In this length is a derived unit

At different points of time different systems of measurement were pervasive

1.CGS SYSTEM

  • Centimetre for length
  • gram for mass
  • second for time

2.FPS SYSTEM

  • Foot for length
  • pound for mass
  • second for time

3.MKS SYSTEM

  • Meter for length
  • kilogram for mass
  • second for time

EXAMPLE FOR CGS,MKS,FPS SYSTEMS

FORCE=MASS*ACCERLATION

SI UNIT-NEWTON

  • F=M*a m=1kg a=1m/sec^2

=1kg*1m/s^2

1N=1kg.m/s^2

CGS

1DYNE=1gm * 1cm/s^2

1Newton=1kg * 1m/s^2

=1000gm * 100 cm/s^2

=10^5 gmcm/s^2

1N =10^5 dyne

MKS

1KGF=1kg * 9.81 kg.m/s^2

1kgf=9.81N

FPS

1LBF=1lb * 32.17 ft/s^2

g=9.81m/s^2

1m=3.28 ft

1N=9.81 * 3.28 ft/s^2

=32.17 ft/s^2

calculation for conversion from SI unit to gm/mm/ms unit

MASS 1 Kg = 1000 gm

LENGTH 1 m = 1000 mm

TIME 1 s = 1000 ms

1.FORCE

  • 1N = (1Kg * m)/s^2

= (1000 gm * 1000 mm) / (1000 ms *1000 ms)

= (1 gm * mm ) / ms^2

conversion factor=1

2.STRESS

  • 1Pa = N / m^2 =1 kg / m · s2.
    = 1000gm/1000mm (1000 ms *1000 ms)

= 10^-6 gm /mm*ms^2

conversion factor=10^-6

3.ENERGY

  • 1Nm = { (1Kg * m^2)/s^2 }

=1000gm*1000mm*1000mm/1000ms*1000ms

= 10^3 gm*mm^2/ms^2

conversion factor=10^3

4.DENSITY

  • 1Kg/m3 = 1000 gm /1000mm*1000mm*1000mm

= 10^3 gm/ 10^9 ms^3

= 10^-6gm/ms^3

conversion factor=10^-6

5.YOUNG'S Modulus

  • 210GPa = 210 X [10^9 X (N / m^2)] { 1 GPa = 10^9 X (N / m^2)}

= 210 X [10^9 X (10^-6 gm /mm*ms^2)]

= 210 X 10^3 gm/mm*ms^2

= 210000 gm/mm*ms^2

conversion factor=10^3

6.Velocity

1KMPH = 10^6mm / (3600 *1000 ms) { 1KM = 10^6mm}

= 10/36 = 0.277 mm/ms { 1hr = 3600 *1000 ms}

56.33KMPH = 56.33 x 0.277

56.33KMPH = 15.64 mm/ms

conversion factor=1

7.GRAVITY 9.8m/s

  • 1 m/s2 = 1000 mm/(1000 ms X 1000 ms)

= 10^-3 mm/ms^2

9.8m/s2 = 9.8 X 10^-3 mm/ms^2

conversion factor=10^-3

Unit system

Mass

Length

Time

Force

Stress

Energy

Density

Young’s Modulus

Velocity

56.33 Kmph

Gravity

SI Unit

kg m s

1kg

1m

1s

1 N =

1 kg*m/s2

1 Pa =

1 kg/(m* s2)

1 J = 1Nm

= 1 kg*m2/s2

1kg/m3

210 GPa =

210e+9 kg/(m*s2)

15.647

m/s

9.8

m/s2

kg cm ms

1kg

102cm

103ms

10-4

kg*cm/ms2

10-8

kg/(cm*ms2)

10-2

kg*cm2/ms2

10-6

kg/cm3

2100

kg/(cm*ms2)

1.5647

cm/ms

9.8*10-4

cm/ms2

kg cm s

1kg

102cm

1s

102

kg*cm/s2

10-2

kg/(cm*s2)

104

kg*cm2/s2

10-6

kg/cm3

210e+7

kg/(cm*s2)

1564.7

cm/s

9.8*102

cm/s2

g mm ms

103g

103mm

103ms

1

g*mm/ms2

10-6

g/(mm*ms2)

103

g*mm2/ms2

10-6

g/mm3

210e+3

g/(mm*ms2)

15.647

mm/ms

9.8*10-3

mm/ms2

g cm s

103g

102cm

1s

105

g*cm/s2

10

g/(cm*s2)

107

g*cm2/s2

10-3

g/cm3

210e+10 g/(cm*s2)

1564.7

cm/s

9.8*102

cm/s2

g cm μs

103g

102cm

106μs

10-7

g*cm/μs2

10-11

g/(cm*μs2)

10-5

g*cm2/μs2

10-3

g/cm3

2.10

g/(cm*μs2)

15.647*10-4

cm/ μs

9.8*10-10

cm/μs2

g mm s

103g

103mm

1s

106

g*mm/ s2

1

g/(mm*s2)

109

g*mm2/s2

10-6

g/mm3

2.10 e+11

g/(mm*s2)

15647

mm/s

9.8*103

mm/s2

Ton mm s

10-3ton

103mm

1s

1

ton*mm/s2

10-6

ton/(mm*s2)

103

ton*mm2/s2

10-12

ton/mm3

210e+3

ton/(mm*s2)

15647

mm/s

9.8*103

mm/s2

slug ft s

0.068slug

3.28 ft

1s

0.2246

slug*ft/ s2

0.0208

slug/(ft*s2)

0.7366

slug*ft2/s2

1.93*10-3

slug/ft3

4.368 e+9

slug/(ft*s2)

51.322

ft/s

32.144

ft/s2

kg mm s

1kg

103mm

1s

103

kg*mm/s2

10-3

kg/(mm*s2)

106

kg*mm2/s2

10-9

kg/mm3

210e+6

kg/(mm*s2)

15647

mm/s

9.8*103

mm/s2

g cm ms

103g

102cm

103ms

10-1

g*cm/ms2

10-5

g/(cm*ms2)

10

g*cm2/ms2

10-3

g/cm3

210e+4

g/(cm*ms2)

1.5647

cm/ms

9.8*10-4

cm/ ms2

kg mm ms

1kg

103mm

103ms

10-3

kg*mm/ms2

10-9

kg/(mm*ms2)

1

kg*mm2/ms2

10-9

kg/mm3

210

kg/(mm*ms2)

15.647

mm/ms

9.8*10-3

mm/ms2

CONCLUSION

  • Learnt the values of the parameters in different unit system
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