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Units and Dimensions Conversion Table

The document provides a comprehensive table of units and dimensions, including common conversion factors for various physical quantities such as angle, power, area, energy, force, time, length, mass, and pressure. It also includes SI prefixes, fundamental dimensions, and common derived named units in the SI system. This resource serves as a reference for understanding and converting between different units of measurement.

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Units and Dimensions Conversion Table

The document provides a comprehensive table of units and dimensions, including common conversion factors for various physical quantities such as angle, power, area, energy, force, time, length, mass, and pressure. It also includes SI prefixes, fundamental dimensions, and common derived named units in the SI system. This resource serves as a reference for understanding and converting between different units of measurement.

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Units and Dimensions Table

Common Conversion Factors


Angle Power
1 rad 57.3 deg 3.412 BTU / h
 rad 180 deg 0.00134 hp
1 W
14.34 cal / min
Area 0.7376 ft lbf / s
4,047 m2
1 acre Pressure
0.00159 mi2
1.01325 bar
Energy 33.9 ft H2O
0.239 cal 29.92 in Hg
1 atm
1 J 9.48  10-4 BTU 760 mm Hg
0.7376 ft lbf 101,325 Pa
1 kW h 3,600,000 J 14.7 psi

Force Time
0.225 lbf 1 d 24 h
1 N 1 h 60 min
1  105 dyne
1 kip 1,000 lbf 1 min 60 s
1 yr 365 d
Length
Temperature Change
1 m 3.28 ft
1 km 0.621 mi 1 °C
1 in 2.54 cm 1 K 1.8 °F
1 ft 12 in 1.8 °R
1 mi 5,280 ft
1 yd 3 ft Volume
0.264 gal
Mass 1 L 0.0353 ft3
1 kg 2.205 lbm 33.8 fl oz
1 slug 32.2 lbm 1 mL 1 cm3 [cc]
1 ton 2,000 lbm 1 m3 1,000 L

Named Units
farad 1F 1 (A s) / V pascal 1 Pa 1 N / m2
henry 1H 1 (V s) / A poise 1P 1 g / (cm s)
hertz 1 Hz 1 s-1 stoke 1 St 1 cm2 / s
joule 1J 1Nm volt 1V 1W/A
newton 1N 1 (kg m) / s2 watt 1W 1J/s
ohm 1 1V/A

Thinking Like an Engineer 4e Stephan, Bowman, Park, Sill, Ohland

An Active Learning Approach Copyright © 2018 Pearson Prentice-Hall, Inc


Units and Dimensions Table
SI Prefixes
Numbers Less Than One Numbers Greater Than One
Prefix Prefix
Power of 10x Prefix Power of 10x Prefix
Abbreviation Abbreviation
-1 deci- d 1 deca- da
-2 centi- c 2 hecto- h
-3 milli- m 3 kilo- k
-6 micro-  6 Mega- M
-9 nano- n 9 Giga- G
-12 pico- p 12 Tera- T
-15 femto- f 15 Peta- P
-18 atto- a 18 Exa- E
-21 zepto- z 21 Zetta- Z
-24 yocto- y 24 Yotta- Y
Example: 1 millimeter [mm] = 1  10-3 meter [m] Example: 1 Megajoule [MJ] = 1  106 joules [J]

Fundamental Dimensions [Base SI Units]


I electric current [A] ampere N amount [mol] mole

J light intensity [cd] candela T time [s] second

L length [m] meter  temperature [K] kelvin

M mass [kg] kilogram

Common Derived, Named Units in the SI System


Dimension SI Unit Derived From Base SI Units Dimensions

F=ma kg m 𝐌𝐋
Force (F) newton [N] Force = (mass) (acceleration) 1N=1 s2
𝐓𝟐
E=Fd kg m2 𝐌 𝐋𝟐
Energy (E) joule [J] Energy = (force) (distance) 1J=1Nm=1 s2
𝐓𝟐
P=E/t J kg m2 𝐌 𝐋𝟐
Power (P) watt [W] Power = (energy) / (time) 1W=1 =1
s s3
𝐓𝟑
P=F/A N kg 𝐌
Pressure (P) pascal [Pa] Pressure = (force) / (area) 1 Pa = 1 m2
=1 m s2
𝐋 𝐓𝟐
V=P/I W kg m2 𝐌 𝐋𝟐
Voltage (V) volt [V] Voltage = (power) / (current) 1V=1 A
=1 s3 A
𝐓𝟑 𝐈

Thinking Like an Engineer 4e Stephan, Bowman, Park, Sill, Ohland

An Active Learning Approach Copyright © 2018 Pearson Prentice-Hall, Inc

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