LENGTH CONVERSION OF UNITS MASS
1 meter = 3.2808 ft 1 kg = 1000 g
= 1000 mm VOLUME TEMPERATURE = 2.2046 lbm
9
1 cm = 10 mm 1 cm3 = 1 milliliter (ml) ℉ = ℃ + 32 1 lbm = 16 ounces
1 inch = 25.4 mm 1 m3 = 1000 L 5 1 slug = 32.174 lbm
5
= 2.54 cm 1 L = 1000 ml ℃ = (℉ − 32) 1 kip = 1000 lbm
9
1 foot = 12 inches 1 ft3 = 7.481 gal °R = ℉ + 460 1 ton/short ton/english ton
1 statute mile = 5280 ft 1 gal (US) = 3.7854 li °K = ℃ + 273 = 2000 lb
= 1.609344 km 1 bbl = 42 gal 9 1 long ton/imperial ton
1 nautical mile = 6080 ft 1 cavan = 25 gantas ∆℉ = (∆℃) = °R = 2240 lb
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1 yard = 3 feet 1 ganta = 3 L 5 1 metric ton/tonne
∆℃ = (∆℉) = °K
1 fathom = 6 feet = 8 chupas 9 = 1000 kg
PRESSURE ENERGY POWER FORCE
1 atm = 101.325 kPa 1 J = 1 N-m 1 hp = 0.746 kW 1 N = 1 kg-m/s2
= 1.01325 bar 1 kJ = 1 kN-m = 746 W 1 N = 100,000 dynes
= 14.7 psi 1 BTU = 1.055 kJ = 550 ft-lbf/s 1 dyne = 1 g-cm/s2
= 760 torr 1 BTU = 778 ft-lbf = 33,000 ft-lbf/min 1 poundal = 1 lbm-ft/s2
= 760 mmHg 1 BTU = 252 Cal = 42.42 BTU/min 1 lbf = 32.174 poundals
= 29.92 inHg 1 Cal = 4.1868 J = 2545 BTU/hr 1 lbf = 4.4484 N
= 1.0332 kg/cm2 1 erg = 1 dyne-cm 1 kW = 1 kJ/s
Specific Heat Density Specific Weight ABBREVIATIONS
STANDARD VALUES
𝑘𝐽
Water
3 3
𝑐𝑝 = 4.1868 ρ = 1000 kg/m 𝛾 = 9.8066 kN/m
𝑘𝑔 ∙ 𝐾 𝑔𝑝𝑚 𝑙𝑝𝑚 → 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒
CONSTANTS /
𝐵𝑇𝑈 ρ = 1 kg/li 𝛾 = 62.4 lbf /ft 3
𝑐𝑝 = 1 ρ = 62.4 lbm /ft 3 → 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑝𝑠 → 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑
𝑙𝑏𝑚 ∙ °𝑅
𝑔𝑝𝑠 𝑓𝑝𝑠 → 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑
→ 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑝ℎ → 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟
Gas Constant Specific Heat
𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽 𝑐𝑓𝑚 𝑐𝑐 → 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑅 = 0.28708 𝑐𝑝 = 1.0062 𝑐𝑣 = 0.7186 → 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑥 → 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
Air
𝑘𝑔 ∙ 𝐾 𝑘𝑔 ∙ 𝐾 𝑘𝑔 ∙ 𝐾
𝑓𝑡 ∙ 𝑙𝑏𝑓 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝑐𝑓𝑠
𝑅 = 53.34 𝑐𝑝 = 0.24 𝑐𝑣 = 0.1714
𝑙𝑏𝑚 ∙ °𝑅 𝑙𝑏𝑚 ∙ °𝑅 𝑙𝑏𝑚 ∙ °𝑅 → 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑
𝑓𝑝𝑠 → 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑
𝑚𝑝ℎ → 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟