A Force/Length Converter is typically used for converting between units that combine force and length to express stress, pressure, or tensile strength (often referred to as force per unit length). These kinds of conversions can be useful in fields like material science, engineering, and physics.
Common Units for Force/Length:
- Newton per meter (N/m): The SI unit of force per unit length, used to measure things like tension or spring constant.
- Pound-force per inch (lbf/in): The imperial unit of force per unit length.
- Kilogram-force per meter (kgf/m): Used in some countries to measure force per unit length.
- Dyne per centimeter (dyn/cm): The CGS unit of force per unit length.
- Pound-force per foot (lbf/ft): A unit of force per unit length often used in structural engineering and mechanical systems.
Force/Length Conversion Formulas
1. Newton per meter (N/m) to Other Units:
- 1 N/m = 0.224809 lbf/in
- 1 N/m = 0.00981 kgf/m
- 1 N/m = 10⁵ dyn/cm
- 1 N/m = 0.000018 lbf/ft
2. Pound-force per inch (lbf/in) to Other Units:
- 1 lbf/in = 4.44822 N/m
- 1 lbf/in = 0.448 kgf/m
- 1 lbf/in = 4,448.22 dyn/cm
- 1 lbf/in = 0.012 lbf/ft
3. Kilogram-force per meter (kgf/m) to Other Units:
- 1 kgf/m = 9.80665 N/m
- 1 kgf/m = 2.20462 lbf/in
- 1 kgf/m = 98,066.5 dyn/cm
- 1 kgf/m = 0.011 lbf/ft
4. Dyne per centimeter (dyn/cm) to Other Units:
- 1 dyn/cm = 10⁻⁵ N/m
- 1 dyn/cm = 0.000224809 lbf/in
- 1 dyn/cm = 9.81 × 10⁻⁶ kgf/m
- 1 dyn/cm = 1 × 10⁻⁹ lbf/ft
5. Pound-force per foot (lbf/ft) to Other Units:
- 1 lbf/ft = 18,224.1 N/m
- 1 lbf/ft = 448.22 kgf/m
- 1 lbf/ft = 4.448 × 10⁶ dyn/cm
- 1 lbf/ft = 83.3333 lbf/in
