Conventions

Conventions#

SI Units#

Unless specified, every quantities are expressed in International System units (SI):

  • Time: second (s)

  • Length: meter (m)

  • Angle: radian (rad)

  • Mass: kilogram (kg)

  • Force: newton (N)

  • Moment: newton-meter (Nm)

  • Power: watt (W)

  • Energy: joule (J)

Time as first dimension#

Unless specified, when a numpy array is used to express a quantity that varies over time, the time corresponds to the first dimension of the array.