Foot-poundal
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Unit of energy
Not to be confused with Foot-pound or Pound-foot.
The foot-poundal (symbol: ft-pdl) is a unit of energy, introduced in 1879, that is part of the Absolute English system of units, which itself is a coherent subsystem of the foot–pound–second system.[1]
The foot-poundal is equal to 1/32.174049 that of the more commonly used foot-pound force.
Conversions
[edit ]1 foot-poundal is equivalent to:
- 0.031081 ft•lbf
- 0.0421401100938048 J (exactly)
- 421401.100938048 erg (exactly)
- 0.0004 BTUIT
- 0.010065 calIT or 0.000 010 65 "food calorie" (kcal or Cal)
- 0.37297 inch-pound force (in•lbf)
- 5.96752 inch-ounce force (in•ozf)
See also
[edit ]Footnotes
[edit ]- ^ Edward F. Obert, Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1948.