Curvature units

k.manoj · Post by **k.manoj** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:57 am

Dear Dr. silvia:

I have a small question about units of the curvature. If I define my basic length unit as mm, what will be the units of curvature given by the recorder section deformation output. Is it (rad/mm) or (1/mm).

Thanks in advance

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Sat May 23, 2009 8:27 am

should be 1/mm
but test it out.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Sat May 23, 2009 11:15 am

by the way, rotation, for example, is inch/inch -- small deformation theory applies here, where theta=tan(theta)

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:35 pm

actually, it probabily is rotation/length = radians/length.....
again, it should give you the same results for small defo.

hugo.esquivel · Post by **hugo.esquivel** » Mon May 25, 2009 8:20 am

There's not difference, since 1 rad is a pure number which doesn't need a unit symbol. So, for large or small deformations, you can use both.

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