A Pressure
value represents a pressure in kilopascals, pounds per square
inch, atmospheres etc. It is stored as a number of pascals.
Note that since Pascals
is defined as Rate Newtons SquareMeters
(force per
unit area), you can construct a Pressure
value using Quantity.per
:
pressure =
force |> Quantity.per area
You can also do rate-related calculations with Pressure
values to compute
Force
or Area
:
force =
area |> Quantity.at pressure
area =
force |> Quantity.at_ pressure
Pressure
Pressure.Pascals
pascals : Basics.Float -> Pressure
Construct a pressure from a number of pascals.
inPascals : Pressure -> Basics.Float
Convert a pressure to a number of pascals.
kilopascals : Basics.Float -> Pressure
Construct a pressure from a number of kilopascals.
inKilopascals : Pressure -> Basics.Float
Convert a pressure to a number of kilopascals.
megapascals : Basics.Float -> Pressure
Construct a pressure from a number of megapascals.
inMegapascals : Pressure -> Basics.Float
Convert a pressure to a number of megapascals.
poundsPerSquareInch : Basics.Float -> Pressure
Construct a pressure from a number of pounds per square inch.
inPoundsPerSquareInch : Pressure -> Basics.Float
Convert a pressure to a number of pounds per square inch.
atmospheres : Basics.Float -> Pressure
Construct a pressure from a number of atmospheres.
inAtmospheres : Pressure -> Basics.Float
Convert a pressure to a number of atmospheres.