Units of Dynamic Viscosity
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Dynamic viscosity has the dimension mass per length time. The SI composite unit of dynamic viscosity is the kilogram per meter second.
Maple knows the units of dynamic viscosity listed in the following table.
Name
Symbols
Context
Alternate Spellings
Prefixes
poise
Po
standard *
SI
reyn
rhe
An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, poise[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, poise.
The units of dynamic viscosity are defined as follows.
A poise is defined as a dyne second per square meter.
A reyn is defined as a poundforce second per square inch.
A rhe is defined as an inverse poise.
convert⁡poise,dimensions,base=true
masslength⁢time
convert⁡1,units,poise,kgm⁢s
110
convert⁡1,units,poise,reyn
1290320008896443230521
convert⁡1,units,1poise,rhe
1
See Also
convert/dimensions
convert/units
Units
Units/Index
Units/kinematic_viscosity
Units/length
Units/mass
Units/time
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