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Unit Conversions (Tutorial)

The document provides a series of unit conversion exercises for mechanical engineering measurements, including conversions between pounds, kilograms, tons, miles, kilometers, and other units. It also includes problems related to measurement tolerance, percent error, and basic physical quantities in terms of mass, length, and time. Additionally, it outlines equations for area, volume, density, force, velocity, pressure, energy, and power using standard symbols.

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Unit Conversions (Tutorial)

The document provides a series of unit conversion exercises for mechanical engineering measurements, including conversions between pounds, kilograms, tons, miles, kilometers, and other units. It also includes problems related to measurement tolerance, percent error, and basic physical quantities in terms of mass, length, and time. Additionally, it outlines equations for area, volume, density, force, velocity, pressure, energy, and power using standard symbols.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE (MEE1002)

SEMESTER 1 (AY 19/20)

UNIT CONVERSIONS

Convert the following measurements to the units indicated:

From To
10 lb kg
45 kg lb
200 g lb
5 tons g
5 miles km
1000cm ft
3 in cm
5 in2 m2
2 ft2 cm2
1 litre cm3
10 m/s ft/s
90 miles/hr m/s
90 lb/in2 N/m2

2.2046 lb=1 kg
1 ton=1000 kg
1 mile=1609.433 m
1 ft =0.3048 m
1∈¿ 0.0254 m
1 litre=0.001m Error in Measurements and Dimensional Analysis
3

1. A measurement of 12 feet may be off by 2%. Find the tolerance interval for this
measurement.

2. A student measures the mass and volume of a mechanical part and calculates its density
as 1.40 kg/m3. The correct, or accepted, value of the density is 1.30 kg/m 3. What is the
percent error of the student’s measurement?

3.

What is the precision* of the measuring instrument shown above?

*We can determine the degree of precision of any scientific device by finding the smallest
division on the instrument.

4. A weight measurement of 156grams has a tolerance of ±7.8grams. What is the percentage


error in the measurement?

5. A measurement has a tolerance interval between 180cm and 220cm. Find the absolute
measurement, tolerance (±) and the percentage error.

6. The basic quantities are denoted by the following symbols:

M – mass (kg)
L – length (m)
T – time (s)

Write the following equations in terms of these symbols:

Area, A=length × width mass


Density , ρ=
volume
Volume , V =length × width× height
Force , F=mass× a gravity
Distance , d=length
distance Force
Velocity , v = Pressure , P=
time Area

velocity Energy , E=Force × Distance


Acceleration, a=
time Energy
Power , P=
Time

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