Units for total mass of the component

Altair Forum User
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edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

i have imported a geometer which is in millimeters, after meshing i gave steel material properties as E=2.1e5, N=0.3, density= 7.9e-9

and the total mass shown was 2.307e-2... 

 

my question is, in what units is the mass obtained ?? 

 

i'm little bit confused every time doing this unit conversions 

 

 

 

thank you.. 

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2014

    Hi kanney,

     

    Mass= Volume*Density

    Here the volume will be in mm3 & density you have given is in Tonne/mm3

     

    So the mass will be in Tonnes (=mm3*tonne/mm3)

     

    Regards

    Raviteja.P

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2014

    Density is mass over volume, the material you are showing seems to be steel. The steel density is 7.9e-9 metric tons per mm3. Then, the total mass shown is in metric tons.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2014

    thank you for the quick response image/emoticons/default_smile.png' alt=':)' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' width='20' height='20'> ....  @ ravi and cesar 

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