Units are standards of measurement used for different types of quantities.

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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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How to convert lb/MMBTU to concentration?

This might be a stupid question but... I am looking over this document for allowable emissions for PM particles in biomass furnaces. They are given in lbs/MBTU, pounds per million British Thermal ...
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cgs Gauss' system of units

I had never seen this system until today, and I'm really confused. I've read the wikipedia article about it but I still don't know how to change between this and the international system. For example, ...
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I'm having trouble understanding the dimensions of this falling body problem

I'm working with this: A 50 kg mass is shot from a cannon straight up with an initial velocity of 10m/s off a bridge that is 100 meters above the ground. If air resistance is given by 5v ...