STANDARD UNITS USED IN ANSYS QUANTITY NAME SYMBOL
Time Length Mass Force Temperature Energy Density Conductivity Specific Heat Flux Convection Modulus/stress Seconds Meter Kilogram Newton Kelvin Joule Pascal s m kg N K J Kg/m3 J/(s-m-K) J/(Kg-K) J/(s-m2) J/(s-m2-K) Pa
QUANTITY
Area Volume Velocity Density Concentration Force Energy Stress Strain Power, radiant flux Viscosity Frequency (of a periodic phenomenon) Electric charge Electric potential Capacitance Electric resistance Magnetic flux Magnetic flux density
NAME
square meter cubic meter meter per second kilogram per cubic meter moles per cubic meter Newton joule Pascal watt Pascal-second hertz coulomb volt farad ohm Weber tesla
FORMULA
m m3 m/s kg/m3 mol/m3 kg-m/s2 kg-m2/s2, N-m kg/m-s2, N/m2 m/m kg-m2/s3, J/s kg/m-s s-1 A-s kg-m2/s2-C s2-C/kg-m2 kg-m2/s-C2 kg-m2/s-C kg/s-C, Wb/m2
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SYMBOL
N J Pa W Pa-s Hz C V F Ω Wb (T)
QUANTITY
Length Mass Time Electric current Thermodynamic temperature Amount of substance
THE SI BASE UNITS NAME
meter kilogram second Ampere Kelvin mole
m kg s A K mol m
TEMPERATURE CONVERSION TABLE CELSIUS (C) KELVIN (K) CELSIUS (C) KELVIN (K) FAHRENHEIT (F)
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K - 273.15 C + 273.15
FAHRENHEIT (F)
C × 1.8 + 32
K × 1.8 - 459.67
( F - 32) / 1.8
1 ( F + 459.67) / 1.8
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SI MULTIPLE AND SUB MULTIPLE PREFIXES FACTOR BY WHICH MULTIPLIED PREFIX
10 106 103 10-2 10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12
a a
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SYMBOL
G M k c m µ n p
Giga mega kilo centia milli micro nano pico
Avoided when possible. Special symbols in parentheses are approved in the SI but not used in this text; here, the name is used.