Challenge

Week - 1 - Consistency of Units

 Objective:- Write a detailed report on unit conversion with calculations and there units.

1) Convert Kg cm ms

MASS 1kg = 1000gms.

LENGTH 1m = 100cm.

TIME 1s = 1000ms

FORCE = Force is an external agent capable of changing the state of rest or motion of a particular body. It has a magnitude and a direction.

unit = kg·m/s2

STRESS = It is defined as internal resistance offered by the body or force per unit area.

unit = N/m^2.

Value of the following measurements is 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 systems 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 internationally accepted.

Categories of units

  1. Fundamental units
  • Some units are arbitrarily chosen to be fundamental.
  • They become foundation for system.
  • Every other units is derivable from them.
  1. 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
  • Centimeter for length
  • gram for mass
  • second for time
  1. FPS SYSTEM
  • Foot for length
  • pound for mass
  • second for time
  1. 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 gm cm/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

  1. 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

  1. ENERGY
  • 1Nm  = { (1Kg * m^2)/s^2 } 

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

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

Conversion factor=10^3

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

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

                           = 10^-6gm/ms^3

Conversion factor=10^-6

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

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

kg cm ms

1kg

102cm

103ms

10-4

kg*cm/ms2

10-8

kg/(cm*ms2)

10-2

kg*cm2/ms2

kg cm s

1kg

102cm

1s

102

kg*cm/s2

10-2

kg/(cm*s2)

104

kg*cm2/s2

g mm ms

103g

103mm

103ms

1

g*mm/ms2

10-6

g/(mm*ms2)

103

g*mm2/ms2

g cm s

103g

102cm

1s

105

g*cm/s2

10

g/(cm*s2)

107

g*cm2/s2

g cm μs

103g

102cm

106μs

10-7

g*cm/μs2

10-11

g/(cm*μs2)

10-5

g*cm2/μs2

g mm s

103g

103mm

1s

106

g*mm/ s2

1

g/(mm*s2)

109

g*mm2/s2

Ton mm s

10-3ton

103mm

1s

1

ton*mm/s2

10-6

ton/(mm*s2)

103

ton*mm2/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

kg mm s

1kg

103mm

1s

103

kg*mm/s2

10-3

kg/(mm*s2)

106

kg*mm2/s2

g cm ms

103g

102cm

103ms

10-1

g*cm/ms2

10-5

g/(cm*ms2)

10

g*cm2/ms2

kg mm ms

1kg

103mm

103ms

10-3

kg*mm/ms2

10-9

kg/(mm*ms2)

1

kg*mm2/ms2

Conclusion:

The unit conversion was done for a different systems of units.

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