Non-Uniform Pressure Load
Non-Uniform Pressure Load
(OP)
So I have a simple rectangular tank.
I placed my Pressure load on the inside faces.
The non-uniform distribution would be something like this:
P = ro * g * h
h is the Y+
ro * g is the value I put in to the box.
My question is: Units
What units does Simulation use when solving this?
Based on the Pressure value I specify? (N/m^2, psi)
If I choose N/m^2, then my Y+ should be solving in meters, correct?
If I choose psi, then my Y+ should be solving in inches, no?
But when I use psi, it doesn't produce the results I expect.
ie. ro*g
9.81 in metric (kg, meters)
13.91 in imperial (lbs, inches)
I placed my Pressure load on the inside faces.
The non-uniform distribution would be something like this:
P = ro * g * h
h is the Y+
ro * g is the value I put in to the box.
My question is: Units
What units does Simulation use when solving this?
Based on the Pressure value I specify? (N/m^2, psi)
If I choose N/m^2, then my Y+ should be solving in meters, correct?
If I choose psi, then my Y+ should be solving in inches, no?
But when I use psi, it doesn't produce the results I expect.
ie. ro*g
9.81 in metric (kg, meters)
13.91 in imperial (lbs, inches)
Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical]
Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0






RE: Non-Uniform Pressure Load
so for water in the IPS system:
ρ = 62.4 lbm/ft3 / (1,728 in3/ft3) / 386.16 lbm/slinch = 0.000094 slinch†/in3
where:
(2) F=ma so F/m=32.18 ft/s2*12 in/ft = 386.16 lb/slinch
which gives, for a one inch water column on in an inertial frame on the earth's surface:
0.001122 slinch/in3 * 386.16 in/s2 = 0.0361 lb/in2
which is about what you would expect.
†where "slinch" is a slang word for the mass unit in the IPS system since there is no formal word for mass in this system.
Note: People brought up in the English system confuse force with mass, while many people brought up in the metric system confuse mass with force, eg, torque wrenches calibrated in kg-m.
Nobody said the Imperial (IPS) units were easy.
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