MT-1620 al.2002 Figure 3.4 Right-handed rectangular Cartesian coordinate system 3 Z 25 Compare notations y1,X Tensor Engineering X Z Note: Normally this is so, but always check definitions in any article, book, report, etc. Key issue is self-consistency, not consistency with a worldwide standard (an official one does not exIs Paul A Lagace @2001 Unit 3-p. 7MIT - 16.20 Fall, 2002 Figure 3.4 Right-handed rectangular Cartesian coordinate system y3 , z y2, y Compare notations y1 , x y z 3 y y 2 y x 1 Tensor Engineering Note: Normally this is so, but always check definitions in any article, book, report, etc. Key issue is self-consistency, not consistency with a worldwide standard (an official one does not exist!) Paul A. Lagace © 2001 Unit 3 - p. 7