CONVERSION FACTORS

TIME
1 hr = 60 min = 3600 sec
1 day = 1440 min = 8.64 x 104s
1 yr = 365.2 days = 3.156 x 107s
ANGLE
1 rad = 57.300 = 570 18’
10 = 0.01745 rad (1800 = π rad)
1 rev /min (rpm) = 0.1047 rad/s
1 rad / s = 9.549 rpm
LENGTH
1 meter = 100 cm = 39.37 in. = 3.281 ft.
1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm) = 0.3937 in.
1 km = 1000 m = 0.6214 mi
1 foot = 12 in = 0.3048 m = 30.48 cm
1 inch (in.) = 2.540 cm
1 mile = 5280 ft = 1.609 km
1 nautical mile (nmi) = 6076 ft = 1.152 mi = 1.852 km
AREA
1 mi2 = 104 cm2 = 10.76 ft2
1 cm2 = 10-4 m2 = 0.1550 in.2
1 ft2 = 144 in2 = 9.290 x 10-2 m2 = 929.0 cm2
1 in.2 = 6.452 cm2
1 hectare (ha) = 104 m2 = 2.471 acres
1 acre = 43 560 ft2 = 0. 4049 ha.
VOLUME PRESSURE
1 m3 = 103 liters = 106 cm3 = 35.32 ft3 1 pascal (Pa) = 1 N / m2 = 1.450 x 10-4 lb / in2
1 liter = 103 cm3 = 10-3 m3 = 0.2642 gal = 1.056 quart 1 bar = 105 Pa = 14.50 lb / in2
1 ft3 = 1728 in3 = 2.832 x 10-2 m3 = 28.32 liters 1 lb / in2 = 144 lb/ft2 = 6.895 x 103 Pa
= 7.481 gal 1 atm = 1.013 x 105 Pa = 1.013 bar = 14.70 lb/ in.2
1 US gal = 4 quarts = 0.1337 ft3 = 3.785 liters 1 torr = 133.3 Pa
ENERGY
SPEED 1 J = 0.7376 ft.lb = 2.390 x 10 -4 kcal
1 m/s = 3.281 ft/s = 2.237 mi/h = 3.600 km/h = 9.484 x 10-4 Btu
1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s = 0.6818 mi/h = 1.097 km/h = 2.778 x 10-7 kWh
1 km/h = 0.2778 m/s = 0.9113 ft/s = 0.6214 mi/h
1 mi/h = 1.467 ft/s = 0.4470 m/s = 1.609 km/h 1 ft.lb = 1.356 J = 1.29 x 10-3 Btu
1 knot = 1nmi/h = 1.152 mi/h = 1.852 km/h = 3.25 x 10-4 kcal
= 1.688 ft/s = 0.5144 m/s
1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 4185 J = 3.968 Btu
MASS = 3077 ft. lb
1 kilogram (kg) = 1000g = 0.0685 slug
(Note: 1 kg corresponds to 2.21 lb. in the sense that the weight of 1 Btu = 0.252 kcal = 778 ft lb = 1054 J
1 kg is 2.21 lb at sea level. Similarly, 1 lb corresponds to 453.6g
and 1 oz to 28.35 g). 1 electron volt (eV) = 10-6 MeV = 10-9 GeV
1 slug = 14.59 kg. = 1.602 x 10-19 J
FORCE 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3.600 x 106 J
1 newton (N) = 0.2248 lb = 2.655 x 106 ft. lb.
1 lb = 4.448 N = 860.4 kcal.