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Engineering Unit Conversion Factors

How to Use This Table - Example Unit Conversions

If you are given a measurement from the left hand side and want to convert to the units on
the right hand side, just multiply your number by the given conversion factor.

Example - Feet to Meters


(10 ft) X (0.304800 m/ ft) X (1/3 yd/ft) = 54.68066 yd

Conversely, you can convert units from the right hand side to those units on the left by
dividing by the conversion factor

Example - Millimeters to Inches


(50 mm) / (25.4 mm/in) = 1.97 in.

Common Engineering Design


Conversion Factors

Given Multiply by To Find

Length [L]
Foot (ft) 0.304800 Meter (m)
Inch (in) 25.4000 Millimeter
(mm)
Mile (mi) 1.609344 Kilometer
(km)
Area [L]2
ft2 0.092903 m2
in2 645.16 mm2
in2 6.45160 cm2
Volume [L]3 & Capacity
in3 16.3871 cm3
ft3 0.028317 m3
ft3 7.4805 Gallon
ft3 28.3168 Liter (l)
Gallon 3.785412 Liter
Energy, Work or Heat [M] [L]2 [t]-2
Btu 1.05435 kJ
Btu 0.251996 kcal
Calories (cal) 4.184* Joules (J)
ft-lbf 1.355818 J
ft-lbf 0.138255 kgf-m
hp-hr 2.6845 MJ
KWH 3.600 MJ
m-kgf 9.80665* J
N-m 1. J
3 -1
Flow Rate [L] [t]
ft3/min 7.4805 gal/min
3
ft /min 0.471934 l/s
gal/min 0.063090 l/s
Force or Weight [M] [L] [t]-2
kgf 9.80665* Newton (N)
lbf 4.44822 N
lbf 0.453592 Kgf
Fracture Toughness
ksi sqr(in) 1.098800 MPa sqr(m)
Heat Content
Btu/lbm 0.555556 cal/g
Btu/lbm 2.324444 J/g
Btu/ft3 0.037234 MJ/m3
Heat Flux
2
Btu/hr-ft 7.5346 E-5 cal/s-cm2
Btu/hr-ft2 3.1525 W/m2
cal/s-cm2 4.184* W/cm2
Mass Density [M] [L]-3
lbm/in3 27.68 g/cm3
lbm/ft3 16.0184 kg/m3
Power [M] [L]2 [t]-3
Btu/hr 0.292875 Watt (W)
ft-lbf/s 1.355818 W
Horsepower 745.6999 W
(hp)
Horsepower 550.* ft-lbf/s
-1
Pressure (fluid) [M] [L] [t]-2
Atmosphere 14.696 lbf/in2
(atm)
atm 1.01325 Pascal (Pa)
E5*
lbf/ft2 47.88026 Pa
2
lbf/in 27.6807 in. H20 at
39.2°F
Stress [M] [L]-1 [t]-2
kgf/cm2 9.80665 E- MPa
2*
ksi 6.89476 MPa
N/mm2 1. MPa
kgf/mm2 1.42231 ksi
Specific Heat
Btu/lbm-°F 1. cal/g-°C
Temperature*
Fahrenheit (°F-32) Celsius
/1.8
Fahrenheit °F+459.67 Rankine
Celsius °C+273.16 Kelvin
Rankine R/1.8 Kelvin
Thermal Conductivity
Btu-ft/hr-ft2- 14.8816 cal-cm/hr-
°F cm2-°C

* Indicates exact conversion(s)

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