Factores de conversión

Dr. Carlos Rubio Maya

Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica, U.M.S.N.H.

Septiembre 2011

DIMENSION METRICO METRICO/INGLES

Aceleración 1 m/s2 = 100 cm/s2 1 m/s2 = 3.2808 f t/s2
1 f t/s2 = 0.3048 m/s2
Area 1 m2 = 104 cm2 = 106 mm2 = 10−6 km2 1 m2 = 1550 in2 = 10.764 f t2
1 f t2 = 144 in2 = 0.09290304 m2
Densidad 1 g/cm3 = 1 kg/L = 1000 kg/m3 1 g/cm3 = 62.428 lbm/f t3 = 0.036127 lbm/in3
1 lbm/in3 = 1728 lbm/f t3
1 kg/m3 = 0.062428 lbm/f t3
Energía 1 kJ = 1000 J = 1000 N · m = 1 kP a · m3 1 kJ = 0.94782 Btu
1 kJ/kg = 1000 m2 /s2 1 Btu = 1.055056 kJ
1 kW h = 3600 kJ = 5.40395 psia · f t3 = 778.169 lbf · f t
1 cal = 4.184 J 1 Btu/lbm = 25, 037 f t2 /s2 = 2.326 kJ/kg
1 IT cal = 4.1868 J 1 kJ/kg = 0.430 Btu/lbm
1 Cal = 4.1868 kJ 1 kW h = 3412.14 Btu
1 termia = 105 Btu = 1.055x105 kJ (G.N.)
Fuerza 1 N = 1 kg · m/s2 = 105 dina 1 N = 0.22481 lbf
1 kgf = 9.80665 N 1 lbf = 32.174 lbm · f t/s2 = 4.44822 N
Flujo de calor 1 W/cm2 = 104 W/m2 1 W/m2 = 0.3171 Btu/h · f t2
Coeciente de
transferencia
de calor 1 W/m2 ·◦ C = 1 W/m2 · K 1 W/m2 ·◦ C = 0.17612 Btu/h · f t2 ·◦ F
Longitud 1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm = 106 µm 1 m = 39.370 in = 3.2808 f t = 1.0926 yd
1 km = 1000 m 1 f t = 12 in = 0.3048 m
1 milla = 5280 f t = 1.6093 km
1 in = 2.54 cm
Masa 1 kg = 1000 g 1 kg = 2.2046226 lbm
1 ton metrica = 1000 kg 1 lbm = 0.45359237 kg
1 onza = 28.3495 g
1 slug = 32.174 lbm = 14.5939 kg
1 ton corta = 2000 lbm = 907.1847 kg
Potencia 1 W = 1 J/s 1 kW = 3412.14 Btu/h
1 kW = 1000 W = 1.341 hp = 737.56 lbf · f t/s
1 hp = 745.7 kW 1 hp = 550 lbf · f t/s = 0.7068 Btu/s
= 42.41 Btu/min = 2544.5 Btu/h
= 0.74570 kW
1 hp caldera = 33, 475 Btu/h
1 Btu/h = 1.055056 kJ/h
1 ton de ref rigeracion = 200 Btu/min
Presión 1 P a = 1 N/m2 1 P a = 1.4504x10−4 psia
1 kP a = 103 P a = 10−3 M P a = 0.020886 lbf /f t2
1 atm = 101.325 kP a = 1.01325 bars 1 psi = 144 lbf /f t2 = 6.894757 kP a
= 760 mm Hg (0◦ C) = 760 torr 1 atm = 14.696 psia = 29.92 in Hg (30◦ F )
= 1.03323 kgf /cm2 = 10.3323 m c.a. 1 in Hg = 3.387 kP a
1 mm Hg = 0.1333 kP a
DIMENSION METRICO METRICO/INGLES
Calor especíco 1 kJ/kg ·◦ C = 1 kJ/kg · K 1 Btu/lbm ·◦ F = 4.168 kJ/kg ·◦ C
1 Btu/lbmol · R = 4.1868 kJ/kmol · K
1 kJ/kg ·◦ C = 0.23885 Btu/lbm · F
= 0.23885 Btu/lbm · R
Volumen especíco 1 m3 /kg = 1000 L/kg = 1000 cm3 /g 1 m3 /kg = 16.02 f t3 /lbm
1 f t3 /lbm = 0.062428 m3 /kg
Temperatura T (K) = T (◦ C) + 273.15 T (R) = T (◦ F ) + 459.67 = 1.8T (K)
∆T (K) = ∆T (◦ C) T (◦ F ) = 1.8 T (◦ C) + 32
∆T (◦ F ) = ∆T (R) = 1.8 ∆T (K)
Conductividad
térmica 1 W/m ·◦ C = 1 W/m · K 1 W/m ·◦ C = 0.57782 Btu/h · f t ·◦ F
Velocidad 1 m/s = 3.60 km/h 1 m/s = 3.2808 f t/s = 2.237 mi/h
1 mi/h = 1.46667 f t/s
1 mi/h = 1.6093 km/h
Volumen 1 m3 = 1000 L = 106 cm3 1 m3 = 6.1024x104 in3 = 35.315 f t3
= 264.17 gal(U S)
1 U S galon = 231 in3 = 3.7854 L
1 f l onza = 29.5735 cm3 = 0.0295735 L
1 U S galon = 120 f l onzas
Flujo
volumétrico 1 m3 /s = 60, 000 L/min = 106 cm3 /s 1 m3 /s = 15, 850 gal/min (gpm) = 35.315 f t3 /s
= 2118.9 f t3 /min (cf m)
Viscosidad 1 P oise(P ) = 1 g/cm · s = 0.1 kg/m · s 1 slug/f t · s = 47.88 kg/m · s
1 P a · s = 1 kg/m · s 1 lbm/f t · s = 0.031081 lbf · s/f t2

Constantes físicas
Constante universal de los gases Ru = 8.31447 kJ/kmol · K
= 8.31447 kP a · m3 /kmol · K
= 0.0831447 bar · m3 /kmol · K
= 82.05 L · atm/kmol · K
= 1.9858 Btu/lbmol · R
= 1545.37 f t · lbf /lbmol · R
= 10.73 psia · f t3 /lbmol · R
Aceleración de la gravedad estándar g = 9.80665 m/s2
= 32.174 f t/s2
Presión atmosférica estándar 1 atm = 101.325 kP a
= 1.01325 bar
= 14.696 psia
= 760 mm Hg (0◦ C)
= 29.9213 in Hg (32◦ F )
= 10.3323 m H2 O (4◦ C)
Constante de Stefan-Boltzmann σ = 5.6704x10−8 W/m2 · K 4
= 0.1714x10−8 Btu/h · f t2 · R4
Constante de Boltzmann k = 1.380650x10−23 J/K
Velocidad de la luz en el vacío co = 2.9979x108 m/s
= 9.836x108 f t/s
Velocidad del sonido en aire seco (0o C y 1 atm) c = 331.6 m/s
= 1089 f t/s
Calor de fusión del agua (1 atm) hif = 333.7 kJ/kg
= 143.5 Btu/lbm
Entalpía de vaporización del agua (1 atm) hf g = 2256.5 kJ/kg
= 970.12 Btu/lbm