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Conversion Tables, Constants, and Material Properties

This document provides conversion factors between U.S. customary units and SI units for various quantities including length, area, volume, density, energy, force, power, pressure, stress, temperature, conductivity, and specific heat. It also lists important physical constants such as the acceleration due to gravity, atmospheric pressure, and the Stefan-Boltzmann constant. Approximate material properties for mild steel are given, including conductivity, density, specific heat, yield stress, and elastic modulus.

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Conversion Tables, Constants, and Material Properties

This document provides conversion factors between U.S. customary units and SI units for various quantities including length, area, volume, density, energy, force, power, pressure, stress, temperature, conductivity, and specific heat. It also lists important physical constants such as the acceleration due to gravity, atmospheric pressure, and the Stefan-Boltzmann constant. Approximate material properties for mild steel are given, including conductivity, density, specific heat, yield stress, and elastic modulus.

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General conversion factors (to five significant digits)


Quantity
Length

U.S. unit
1 in
1 ft
1 mile

SI equivalent
0.025400 m
0.30480 m
1609.3 m

Area

1 in2

0.64516 103 m2

1 ft2

0.092903 m2

1 acre

4046.9 m2

1 in3

0.016387 103 m3

1 ft3

0.028317 m3

1 US gallon

3.7854 103 m3

Volume

Conversion factors for stress analysis


Quantity

U.S. unit

SI equivalent

Density

1 slug/ft3 = 1 lbf s2/ft4 515.38 kg/m3

Energy

1 lbf s2/in4
1 ft lbf

10.687 106 kg/m3


1.3558 J (N m)

Force

1 lbf

4.4482 N (kg m/s2)

Mass

1 slug = 1 lbf s2/ft

14.594 kg (N s2/m)
175.13 kg

Power

1 lbf s2/in
1 ft lbf/s

Pressure, Stress 1 psi (lbf/in2)

1.3558 W (N m/s)
6894.8 Pa (N/m2)

Conversion factors for heat transfer analysis


Quantity
Conductivity

U.S. unit
SI equivalent
1 Btu/ft hr F 1.7307 W/m C
1 Btu/in hr F 20.769 W/m C

Density

1 lbm/in3
1 Btu

Energy

27680. kg/m3
1055.1 J

Heat flux density 1 Btu/in2 hr

454.26 W/m2

Power
Specific heat
Temperature

0.29307 W
4186.8 J/kg C
5/9 C
9/5 Temp C + 32

1 Btu/hr
1 Btu/lbm F
1 F
Temp F

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Conversion factors for heat transfer analysis


Quantity

U.S. unit

SI equivalent
9/5 Temp K 459.67
Important constants

Constant
Absolute zero

U.S. unit
459.67 F

SI unit
273.15 C

Acceleration of gravity

32.174 ft/s2

9.8066 m/s2

Atmospheric pressure

14.694 psi

0.10132 106 Pa

Stefan-Boltzmann constant 0.1714 108 Btu/hr ft2 R4 5.669 108 W/m2 K4


where R = F + 459.67
where K = C + 273.15
Approximate properties of mild steel at room temperature
Quantity
Conductivity

U.S. unit
28.9 Btu/ft hr F
2.4 Btu/in hr F

SI unit
50 W/m C

Density

15.13 slug/ft3 (lbf s2/ft4)

7800 kg/m3

0.730 103 lbf s2/in4


0.282 lbm/in3
Specific heat

30 106 psi
0.11 Btu/lbm F

207 109 Pa
460 J/kg C

Yield stress

30 103 psi

207 106 Pa

Elastic modulus

Consistent units
Quantity
Length
Force
Mass

SI
m
N
kg

SI (mm)
mm
N

US Unit (ft) US Unit (inch)


ft
in
lbf
lbf
slug
lbf s2/in
tonne (103 kg)
s
s
s

Time
s
Stress Pa (N/m2) MPa (N/mm2)
Energy J (N m) mJ (103 J)
Density

kg/m3

tonne/mm3

lbf/ft2

psi (lbf/in2)

ft lbf

in lbf

slug/ft3

lbf s2/in4

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