Hi,
I was looking into units and was wondering something about base units, which
are not part of the SI base units...
For instance, volt, which is part of the set of CellML base units, is
defined as kg.m^2.s^-3.A^-1 in SI base units. Now, say that I want to create
a new unit called "volt per metre". I could potentially define in one of two
ways: V.m^-1 or kg.m.s^-3.A^-1. Now, say again that I have an equation that
goes something like: A = B/C, with A in volt per metre, B in volt and C in
metre, with the unit describing "volt per metre" was defined using SI base
units (i.e. kg.m.s^-3.A^-1). Now, here is my question: how do I go about
showing that the equation is valid? Shouldn't the CellMl specifications
force one all non-SI base units to be expanded to SI base units when
checking unit consistency? Just a thought...
Cheers, Alan.
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