.QCalc

Information

QCalc is a free, open-source Modelica library to represent quantities using various units, including but not limited to SI. The approach is based on quantity calculus (hence the name "QCalc").

Usage:

QCalc can be used like this:

    import Q = QCalc.Quantities;
    import U = QCalc.Units;
    Q.Pressure p = U.atm + 50*U.Pa; 

Nonscalar units such as degree Celsius and decibel are also supported. The * and / operators are overloaded to call the unit's transformation (number ↦ quantity) and its inverse, respectively. For example, this will give a value of x = 100:

    Real x = (0*U.degC + 100*U.K)/U.degC;

and this will too:

    Real x = (10/U.dB + 10/U.dB)*U.dB;

since we have multiplied the numbers by adding their logarithms.

The quantities are not directly compatible with the Modelica Standard Library (MSL) since MSL expresses quantities in SI units. To convert between QCalc and MSL, create an adapter with equations like this:

    p = p_SI*U.Pa;

where p is pressure as a quantity (in QCalc), p_SI is pressure in pascal (in MSL), and U.Pa is the pascal from QCalc.Units.

Please see the getting started page for more information. If you wish to use the same approach with Modelica results in Python, please see ModelicaRes and natu.

Licensed by the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute under the Modelica License 2
Copyright © 2009–2014, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute and Georgia Tech Research Corporation.

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 QCalc.UsersGuide.License or visit http://www.modelica.org/licenses/ModelicaLicense2.

Contents

Name	Description
UsersGuide	User's Guide
Blocks	Input/output blocks to convert units
Units	Constants and units of physical measure
Quantities	Types to represent physical values
Math	Library of mathematical functions (e.g., sin, cos), where angle is a quantity
Icons	Package of icons