December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
590 pages
16h 45m
English
book
Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, 4th Edition
by Patrick F Dunn, Michael P. Davis
Content preview from Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, 4th Edition
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Variable |
Equivalent |
ℓ Dimensions |
ℓ Scaling |
displacement |
distance |
ℓ |
ℓ |
strain |
length change/length |
Δℓ/ℓ |
ℓ0 |
strain rate or shear rate |
strain change/time |
ℓ0T−1 |
ℓ0 |
velocity |
distance/time |
ℓT−1 |
ℓ |
surface |
width × length |
ℓ2 |
ℓ2 |
volume |
width × length × height |
ℓ3 |
ℓ3 |
force |
mass × acceleration |
ℓ3ℓT−2 |
ℓ4 |
line force |
force/length |
ℓ3T−2 |
ℓ3 |
surface force |
force/area |
ℓ3ℓ−1T |
ℓ2 |
body force |
force/volume |
ℓ3ℓ−2T |
ℓ |
work, energy |
force × distance |
ℓ3ℓ2T−2 |
ℓ5 |
power |
energy/time |
ℓ3ℓ2T−3 |
ℓ5 |
power density |
power/volume |
ℓ3ℓ−1T−3 |
ℓ2 |
electric current |
charge/time |
QT−1 |
ℓ0 |
electric resistance |
resistivity × length/cross-sectional area |
ℓ−1 |
ℓ−1 |
electric field potential |
voltage |
V |
ℓ0 |
electric field strength |
voltage/length |
Vℓ−1 |
ℓ−1 |
electric field energy ... |
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.