Surface tension, Strain, and Elasticity units

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Hello,

I'm currently doing a small scale fluid simulation with a grid scale of 1, however I'm trying to understand the units of measure of some nodes and have had no luck in the documentation and inconsistent answers around the web.

Viscosity: Is this in centipoise or kg /(m·s)?

Elastic Modulus [www.sidefx.com]: Is this in dynes/m^2, Pa, KPa?

Alpha [www.sidefx.com]: Is this essentially just(Timestep*Poisson ratio)? The note in the documenation and node says this is the rate of plastic flow and values above the timestep can cause overshoot.

Gamma [www.sidefx.com]: Is this the shear modulus from 0-1 in the form of (Elastic Modulus/shear modulus)? The note in the documentation and node seems to suggest so, but again no unit of measure.
Edited by Dangerst - Dec. 18, 2022 20:36:35
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