Variable

Equivalent

Dimensions

Scaling

displacement

distance

strain

length change/length

Δ/

0

strain rate or shear rate

strain change/time

0T−1

0

velocity

distance/time

ℓT−1

surface

width × length

2

2

volume

width × length × height

3

3

force

mass × acceleration

3ℓT−2

4

line force

force/length

3T−2

3

surface force

force/area

3−1T

2

body force

force/volume

3−2T

work, energy

force × distance

32T−2

5

power

energy/time

32T−3

5

power density

power/volume

3−1T−3

2

electric current

charge/time

QT−1

0

electric resistance

resistivity × length/cross-sectional area

−1

−1

electric field potential

voltage

V

0

electric field strength

voltage/length

Vℓ−1

−1

electric field energy ...

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