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Converting between brilliance, intensity, and flux
This one should be a bit of a softball, but I can't find it explicitly stated anywhere on the internet, and my basic unit analysis doesn't seem to work.
Suppose you have a beam of synchrotron ...
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Rotation System Dynamics - Unit conversion issues
I'm having issues with unit conversions when for rotational systems. All of my components (spring, mass, damper) come in Imperial units, so I did all my calculations in Imperial. When I convert to ...
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Convert units from cal cm^-1 day^-1. to Wm-2
I am trying to calculate the energy budget of a water body and the last term I'm trying to calculate is the energy advected from the water body ($Q_v$). This equation is given by:
$Q_v = V ( (T_1 - ...
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How to convert Richter magnitude scale to approximate TNT?
I know the Richter magnitude scale is often used for measuring the strength of earthquakes. At the same time, explosive/destructive releases of energy are often quoted in equivalent amounts of TNT. Is ...
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Galaxies and projected radius vs arcmins
I have two sets of data (globular clusters), one for the Andromeda Galaxy and one for the Milky Way.
I want to compare the distribution of globular clusters between the two galaxies according to ...
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FPS to MKS usage issues
I'm currently taking a high school physics class and we're doing friction problems now. I've been doing the ones that use MKS perfectly well, but when the problems start to use the FPS system, I'm ...
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Direct Normal Insolation
I need a help please.I'm struggling to know how to convert from KWh/m2/day to a flux unit.
For example, if I have a Direct Normal Insolation (DNI) that is equal to 7.41 KWh/m2/day, how can I convert ...
