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minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWhy km/h (or mph) and not ft/year? Because the numbers have a nicer magnitude then.
minus-squarenooneescapesthelawlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoDoesn’t apply here, say for example i have a piece of steel with length 100mm and it stretches 10mm, is mm/mm the strain would be 0.1 mm/mm, in meters it would be 0.1m/m Really strain is dimensionless but occasionally people add units
minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI feel like I should’ve spotted that… they’re the same units. 🤦
Why km/h (or mph) and not ft/year? Because the numbers have a nicer magnitude then.
Doesn’t apply here, say for example i have a piece of steel with length 100mm and it stretches 10mm, is mm/mm the strain would be 0.1 mm/mm, in meters it would be 0.1m/m
Really strain is dimensionless but occasionally people add units
I feel like I should’ve spotted that… they’re the same units. 🤦