Units - nasa/gunns GitHub Wiki
Unless otherwise noted, all units symbols here are in the form recognized by Trick.
GUNNS uses the official SI base units:
parameter | unit |
---|---|
length | m |
mass | kg |
time | s |
electrical current | amp |
temperature | K |
amount of substance | mol |
Combinations of parameters use the above units, thus mass density is kg/m3, volumetric flow rate is m3/s, etc.
Note that some derived units in GUNNS are not direct combinations of the base units:
parameter | unit | comments |
---|---|---|
angular velocity | rev/min | Official SI unit is radians per second (r/s) but GUNNS uses revolutions per minute (rev/min) or RPM for convenience. |
frequency | Hz | Hz is not a Trick-recognized unit. In Trick, use (one/s) or (1/s) |
force | N | |
pressure | kPa | Official SI unit for pressure is the pascal (Pa), but GUNNS uses the kilopascal (kPa) for convenience. |
energy | J | |
power | W or J/s | |
electric charge | C | Coulombs © is not a Trick-recognized unit. |
voltage | v | |
electric capacitance | F | Farads (F) is not a Trick-recognized unit |
electric resistance | ohm | |
electric conductance | S | siemens (S) is not a Trick-recognized unit |
The GUNNS “Basic” links can represent different units depending on which aspect they’re used in. For instance, a Basic Conductor’s (GunnsBasicConductor class) mFlux term represents electrical current (amp) in the electrical aspect, and heat flux (W) in the thermal aspect. To avoid conflicts with Trick, these terms have no Trick unit defined for them.