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March 24, 2014, 19:31	Forces' dimension.	#1
sharonyue Senior Member Dongyue Li Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Beijing, China Posts: 838 Rep Power: 17	Hi guys, What is the forces' demension? Code: 0.01 ((175.11 -29.1481 -7.68548e-16),(2.75129 -0.0949126 -1.23933e-18),(0 0 0)) ((146.469 879.927 -836.51),(0.476936 13.8252 0.612752),(0 0 0)) F.P is m^2 s^-2? M.P is Nm? Right?

March 27, 2014, 02:39		#2
tomf Senior Member Tom Fahner Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Breda, Netherlands Posts: 634 Rep Power: 32	As far as I know, the forces and moments are always in N and Nm. If you are running an incompressible simulation you have to specify a value rhoInf. Regards, Tom sharonyue likes this.

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