Welcome here BrianWhite1964


It's a typical error that can happen in sums (and subtractions of course); since here there is only one sum, probably the dimension of beta*N isn't the same of r0 (can't say much more without knowing what are the values behind these variables)


Not a bad idea but in more complex case the units reported might be still meaningless since the error might be thrown in an intermediate calculation (still something that might helps in general)


Probably you are running an older version of SMath Studio, with latest stable I get Siemens as result.

Edited by user 12 December 2017 22:45:19(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi David!
Thank you for your reply! I will try to fill in the gaps.

Solenoid Force.sm (44kb) downloaded 17 time(s).

I have attached the file as it is only half a page of material. Yes, I believe there is an error in my equation. If I recall correctly, error or not, MathCAD would list all of the units, simplifying where possible. It sounds like SM does not have that functionality. Does the error that SM speaks of really mean that it cannot simplify any further than what is in each factor?

I believe this is the functionality of MathCAD.

We are running the same version, 98.6484. I downloaded it just a few weeks ago and am running Windows 7 Pro.

Thank you, again!

About beta unit, I see both from your screenshot and from your file that you have overridden the output unit, so SMath is doing exactly what you have asked it to do (intentionally or not, but at some point you have written or pasted in the units' placeholder those units).
You can notice it because there isn't the units placeholder after the evaluation symbol (=); select and delete the result units to restore the default behavior (or to change into other units, f.e. you can force the unit to be always 'S)




About the units don't match error, using symbolical evaluation (that was the target of my 2nd post, sorry for not being clear about it before)


Units in the parenthesis are the result of some internal factorization, however r.0 is in inches, beta*N is in Siemens (N is dimensionless), no way that you can sum them as they are.

r.0 is obviously correct since the formula requires a length in the denominator to be correct as final dimension, thus the problem is in beta*N; there might be 2 causes:

• that's an experimental formula; in this case N is supposed to be a number that multiplied by beta in Siemens produces a length (in inches, in millimeters, ...). Hence you have to adjust "eq 25" multiplying beta*N for the right units in order to produce the expected result;
  
• there is an error in that formula (not my field here, I guess is not this case but since I have small knowledge about solenoids I cannot exclude it);

Edited by user 13 December 2017 15:25:54(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified