symbols in engineering

 Some symbols in engineering and alphabets are submitted below table.

Symbols in Engineering
Name  Capital  Lower case Examples of use
alpha A α Angles, angular acceleration, various coefficients
beta B β Angles, coefficients
gamma Γ γ Shear strain, surface tension, kinematic viscosity
delta Δ δ Differences, damping coefficient
epsilon E ε Linear strain
zeta Z ζ
eta H η Dynamic viscosity, efficiency
theta Θ θ Angles, temperature, volume strain
iota I ι
kappa K κ Compressibility
lambda Λ λ Wavelength, thermal conductivity
mu M μ Poisson’s ratio, coefficient of friction
nu N ν Dynamic viscosity
xi Ξ ξ
omicron O ο
pi Π π Mathematical constant
rho P ρ Density
sigma Σ σ Normal stress, standard deviation, sum of
tau T τ Shear stress
upsilon Y υ
phi Φ φ Angles, heat flow rate, potential energy
chi Χ χ
psi ψ ψ Helix angle (gears)
omega Ω ω Angular velocity, solid angle (m) electrical resistance (ii)
  →  Approaches
    lal Magnitude of a
    √a Square root of a
    Sum
    a! Factorial a
    Product 
     i,j Complex operator 
     Im z Imaginary part of z 
    arg z  Argument of z 
    Re z  Real part of z 
    lzl  Modulus of z 
    f(x)  Function of x 
    arcsin x Inverse sine of x
    arccos x Inverse cosine of x
    arctan x Inverse tangent of x
    arcsec x Inverse secant of x
    arccosec x Inverse cosecant of x
    arccot x Inverse cotangent of x
    arsinh x Inverse hyperbolic sine of x
    arcosh x Inverse hyperbolic cosine of x
    artanh x Inverse hyperbolic tangent of x
    arcosech x Inverse hyperbolic cosecant of x
    arsech x Inverse hyperbolic secant of x
    arcoth x Inverse hyperbolic cotangent of x
    A Vector
    |A|, A Magnitude of vector A
    A B Scalar products of vectors A and B
    A X B,

A ∧ B

Vector products of vectors A and B

symbols in engineering, Engineering Mathematics

 

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