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[mathcad] naming convention
Author: Marc Artzrouni    Posted: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:49:32 +0200
Hi: I have a friend engineer who wants to take full advantage of MathCad's ability to define variables with Greek letters, subscripts, etc - and he wants to find out about naming conventions for variables used in physics and engineering - Does anyone know of a handy table or document (in electronic format) that explains these conventions, for example : "v" is velocity, "V" is volume, "l" is length, "P" is pressure, lower case Greeks such as alpha, theta, etc for angles, "g" for gravity, etc, etc . Many thanks Marc Artzrouni -- Marc Artzrouni, Professeur Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMR CNRS 5142) Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - BP 1155 64013 Pau Cedex FRANCE Home page/page perso: http://www.univ-pau.fr/~artzroun/ ********************************** tel: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 50 fax: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 55 e-mail: "marc.artzrouni" **********************************

RE: [mathcad] naming convention
Author: Pergande, Albert N    Posted: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:32:04 -0400
He's obviously never heard of the "great Variable Shortage" Most symbols have multiple definitions depending on the specialty. "V" might be voltage, velocity, variance, valence or any number of other things. The best he might do is buy old engineering and physics books and look at the Table of Variables, and build off of that. Al Pergande Senior Radar Engineer Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control MP 200 5600 Sandlake Road Orlando, Fl 32819 Voice 407-356-5169 Fax 407-356-0933 "albert.n.pergande" for personal mail - "al" From: Marc Artzrouni "mailto:marc.artzrouni" Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:50 AM To: "mathcad" Subject: [mathcad] naming convention Hi: I have a friend engineer who wants to take full advantage of MathCad's ability to define variables with Greek letters, subscripts, etc - and he wants to find out about naming conventions for variables used in physics and engineering - Does anyone know of a handy table or document (in electronic format) that explains these conventions, for example : "v" is velocity, "V" is volume, "l" is length, "P" is pressure, lower case Greeks such as alpha, theta, etc for angles, "g" for gravity, etc, etc . Many thanks Marc Artzrouni -- Marc Artzrouni, Professeur Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMR CNRS 5142) Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - BP 1155 64013 Pau Cedex FRANCE Home page/page perso: http://www.univ-pau.fr/~artzroun/ ********************************** tel: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 50 fax: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 55 e-mail: "marc.artzrouni" **********************************

RE: [mathcad] naming convention
Author: Jean L J Rosenfeld    Posted: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:12:59 +0100
Internet search provides lots of such tables, e.g. http://www.poynton.com/notes/units/index.html Jean L.J. Rosenfeld Argoed Hall Argoed Hall Lane Mynydd Isa Mold, Flintshire CH7 6SQ Wales, UK Tel: +44 (0)1352 750566 Email: "jean.rosenfeld" From: Marc Artzrouni "mailto:marc.artzrouni" Sent: 06 June 2008 07:50 To: "mathcad" Subject: [mathcad] naming convention Hi: I have a friend engineer who wants to take full advantage of MathCad's ability to define variables with Greek letters, subscripts, etc - and he wants to find out about naming conventions for variables used in physics and engineering - Does anyone know of a handy table or document (in electronic format) that explains these conventions, for example : "v" is velocity, "V" is volume, "l" is length, "P" is pressure, lower case Greeks such as alpha, theta, etc for angles, "g" for gravity, etc, etc . Many thanks Marc Artzrouni -- Marc Artzrouni, Professeur Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMR CNRS 5142) Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - BP 1155 64013 Pau Cedex FRANCE Home page/page perso: http://www.univ-pau.fr/~artzroun/ ********************************** tel: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 50 fax: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 55 e-mail: "marc.artzrouni" **********************************

RE: [mathcad] naming convention
Author: Stuart Bruff    Posted: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 01:14:53 +0100
ISO 31 series documents. Stuart From: Marc Artzrouni "mailto:marc.artzrouni" Sent: 06 June 2008 7:50 AM To: "mathcad" Subject: [mathcad] naming convention Hi: I have a friend engineer who wants to take full advantage of MathCad's ability to define variables with Greek letters, subscripts, etc - and he wants to find out about naming conventions for variables used in physics and engineering - Does anyone know of a handy table or document (in electronic format) that explains these conventions, for example : "v" is velocity, "V" is volume, "l" is length, "P" is pressure, lower case Greeks such as alpha, theta, etc for angles, "g" for gravity, etc, etc . Many thanks Marc Artzrouni -- Marc Artzrouni, Professeur Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMR CNRS 5142) Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - BP 1155 64013 Pau Cedex FRANCE Home page/page perso: http://www.univ-pau.fr/~artzroun/ ********************************** tel: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 50 fax: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 55 e-mail: "marc.artzrouni" **********************************

RE: [mathcad] naming convention
Author: Ted Diehl    Posted: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:24:31 -0400
Or Switch to the Chinese character set - there are like 1000 to 10,000 to select from! Ted Diehl "Pergande, Albert N" <albert.n.pergand To "e" "mathcad" cc 06/06/2008 08:55 AM Subject RE: [mathcad] naming convention Please respond to "mathcad" ptscience.com He's obviously never heard of the "great Variable Shortage" Most symbols have multiple definitions depending on the specialty. "V" might be voltage, velocity, variance, valence or any number of other things. The best he might do is buy old engineering and physics books and look at the Table of Variables, and build off of that. Al Pergande Senior Radar Engineer Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control MP 200 5600 Sandlake Road Orlando, Fl 32819 Voice 407-356-5169 Fax 407-356-0933 "albert.n.pergande" for personal mail - "al" From: Marc Artzrouni "mailto:marc.artzrouni" Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:50 AM To: "mathcad" Subject: [mathcad] naming convention Hi: I have a friend engineer who wants to take full advantage of MathCad's ability to define variables with Greek letters, subscripts, etc - and he wants to find out about naming conventions for variables used in physics and engineering - Does anyone know of a handy table or document (in electronic format) that explains these conventions, for example : "v" is velocity, "V" is volume, "l" is length, "P" is pressure, lower case Greeks such as alpha, theta, etc for angles, "g" for gravity, etc, etc . Many thanks Marc Artzrouni -- Marc Artzrouni, Professeur Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMR CNRS 5142) Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - BP 1155 64013 Pau Cedex FRANCE Home page/page perso: http://www.univ-pau.fr/~artzroun/ ********************************** tel: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 50 fax: + 33 - (0)5 59 40 75 55 e-mail: "marc.artzrouni" **********************************

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