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GEOMETRY
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
Length
Any characteristic
dimension of the object
Area
L2
Volume
L3
Angle
None
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
Radius of Gyration
Moment of Inertia
Area
L4
Moment of Inertia
Mass
ML2
Center of Gravity
VARIABLE
Time
UNIT
1/2
Acceleration
LT-2
Velocity
LT-1
1/2
Displacement
Angular Acceleration
T-2
-1
Angular Velocity
T-1
1/2
Rate of change of
displacement
VARIABLE
UNIT
Angular Displacement
None
Spring Constant
(Linear)
MT-2
Damping Coefficient
MT-1
5/2
Damping Factor
None
1/2
Natural Period
VARIABLE
UNIT
Momentum
MLT-1
7/2
Angular Momentum
ML2T-1
9/2
Torque
ML2T-2
Work
ML2T-2
Power
ML2T-3
7/2
Rate of work
Impulse
MLT-1
7/2
Force, Thrust,
Resistance
MLT-2
STATICS
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE
FACTOR
Stiffness
ML3T-2
Modulus of elasticity
times the moment of
inertia, EI
Stress
ML-1T-2
Moment
ML2T-2
Shear
MLT-2
L3
Section Modulus
REMARKS
HYDRAULICS
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
Kinetic Energy
ML2T-2
Pressure Energy
ML2T-2
Potential Energy
ML2T-2
Friction Loss
ML2T-2
SCOUR
VARIABLE
Particle Diameter
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
For same prototype
material
LT-1
Sediment Number
None
Shields Number
None
WAVE MECHANICS
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
Wave Height
Wave Period
Wave Length
Celerity
LT-1
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
Particle Velocity
LT-1
Particle Acceleration
LT-2
Rate of change of
velocity of a water
particle
Particle Orbits
Path of a water
particle (closed or
open)
Wave Elevation
Form of wave
(distance from still
waterline)
Wave Pressure
ML-1T-2
Force exerted by a
water particle per
unit area
None
Dependence of
hydrodynamic
coefficients on this
parameter
Keulegan-Carpenter
Parameter
Rate of change of
movement of a
water particle
STABILITY
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
Displacement (Volume)
L3
ML2T-2
Natural Period
Metacenter
Instantaneous center of
rotation
Center of Buoyancy
Distance of C.G. of
displaced volume from a
fixed point
Soft Volume
L3
L3
Increase in displaced
volume per unit tilt angle
MATERIAL PROPERTIES
VARIABLE
UNIT
SCALE FACTOR
REMARKS
Density
ML-3
Modulus of
Elasticity
ML-1T-2
Ratio of tensile or
compressive stress to
strain
Modulus of Rigidity
ML-1T-2