.FCSys.Quantities

Information

In FCSys, the unit attribute of each Real variable actually denotes the dimension.1 The fundamental dimensions are angle (A), length (L), mass (M), particle number (N), and time (T). These are combined according to the rules established for unit strings [Modelica2010, p. 210]. Temperature and charge are derived dimensions (see the Units package).

The quantity attribute is not used since the type is the quantity. The displayUnit attribute is only used for quantities that imply a certain display unit.

Methods for unit checking have been established [Mattsson2008, Broman2008, Aronsson2009] and can, in theory, be applied to dimension checking instead.

The Quantities package is abbreviated as Q throughout the rest of FCSys.

The quantities are generally named with adjectives following the noun so that the quantities are grouped when alphabetized. Some quantities are aliases to other quantities but with special implied display units. For example, Temperature is an alias for Potential with a default display unit of K. ootnote{Temperature is a potential in the chosen system of units; see the next section ( ef{sec:Units}).} Also, some quantities have minimum values (e.g., zero for PressureAbsolute). For more information, please see the documentation of the Units package.

1. This misnomer is necessary because Real variables do not have a dimension attribute.

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This Modelica package is free software and the use is completely at your own risk; it can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the Modelica License 2. For license conditions (including the disclaimer of warranty) see FCSys.UsersGuide.License or visit http://www.modelica.org/licenses/ModelicaLicense2.

Contents

NameDescription
 ExamplesExamples
 Acceleration
 Amount
 AmountReciprocalReciprocal of amount
 Angle
 Angle2Solid angle
 Area
 AreaSpecificSpecific area
 Capacitance
 Density
 DensityRateRate of density
 ConductanceElectricalElectrical conductance
 ConductivityElectricalElectrical conductivity
 Continuity
 Current
 CurrentAreicAreic current
 CurrentAreicAbsoluteAbsolute areic current
 CurrentRateRate of current
 Diffusivity
 Energy
 Fluidity
 Force
 ForceSpecificSpecific force
 Frequency
 Inductance
 Length
 LengthReciprocalReciprocal of length
 LengthSpecificSpecific length
 MagneticFluxMagnetic flux
 MagneticFluxAreicAreic magnetic flux
 MagneticFluxReciprocalReciprocal of magnetic flux
 Mass
 MassSpecificSpecific mass
 MassVolumicVolumic mass
 Mobility
 MomentumRotationalRotational momentum
 Number
 NumberAbsoluteAbsolute number
 Permeability
 Permittivity
 PermittivityReciprocalReciprocal of permittivity
 Potential
 PotentialAbsoluteAbsolute potential
 PotentialPerWavenumberPotential per wavenumber
 PotentialRateRate of potential
 Power
 PowerAreaPower times area
 PowerAreicAreic power
 PowerAreicPerPotential4Areic power per 4th power of potential
 PowerRadiantRadiant power
 Pressure
 PressureAbsoluteAbsolute pressure
 PressureRateRate of pressure
 PressureReciprocalReciprocal of pressure
 ResistanceElectricalElectrical resistance
 ResistanceThermalThermal resistance
 SurfaceTensionSurface tension
 Resistivity
 Time
 TimeAbsoluteAbsolute time
 TimeLineicLineic time
 Velocity
 Velocity2Squared velocity
 VelocityAmount
 Volume
 VolumeRateRate of volume
 VolumeSpecificSpecific volume
 VolumeSpecificAbsoluteAbsolute specific volume
 VolumeSpecificRateRate of specific volume
 Wavenumber
 CapacityThermalThermal capacity
 CapacityThermalSpecificSpecific thermal capacity
 CapacityThermalVolumicVolumic thermal capacity
 PotentialChemicalChemical potential
 Temperature
 TemperatureAbsoluteAbsolute temperature
 TemperatureRateRate of temperature
 ResistivityThermalThermal resistivity
 ConductanceConductance

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