Engineering Guides¶

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Best Practices for Units¶

Always use the mechlab.units module for conversions:

from mechlab.units import convert, UNITS

# Convert between units
psi = convert(100, 'MPa', 'psi')

# See all available units
print(UNITS.keys())  # length, force, pressure, mass, area, moment

Integration with NumPy¶

MechLab is designed to be array-compatible. You can pass NumPy arrays into most Mechanics functions to analyze multiple load points simultaneously.

import numpy as np
from mechlab.math import stress

forces = np.array([100, 200, 300])  # N
area = 0.01  # m²

stresses = stress(forces, area)
print(stresses)  # [10000. 20000. 30000.] Pa