Appendix D Conversion factors

Mass Length Pressure

Force

Impulse Scaled 1 kg 1 m

1 kPa 1 bar 1 bar

1 N 1 kN

1 kPa-msec 1 m/kg1/3 2.20462 lb 3.28083

ft 0.1450377 psi .100000

Pa 14.50377

psi 0.2248089 lbf 0.2248089 kips

0.1450377 psi-ms 2.5208044 ft/lb1/3 1 lb 1 ft 1 psi

1 lbf

1 kip (1000 lbf)

1 psi-msec

1 ft/lb1/3 0.4535929 kg 0.3048

6.8947570 kPa

4.448222

4.448222 m

N kN

6.8947570 kPa-msec 0.3966988 m/kg1/3

distance

Scaled 1 kPa-msec/kg1/3 0.1114388 psi-msec/lb1/3 1 psi-msec/lb1/3 8.9735347 kPa-msec/kg1/3

impulse