Foot-poundal

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.

The foot-poundal is equal to 1/32.174049 that of the more commonly used foot-pound force.

Conversions

1 foot-poundal is equivalent to:

• 0.031081 ft•lb_f
• 0.0421401100938048 J (exactly)
• 421401.100938048 erg (exactly)
• 0.0004 BTU_IT
• 0.010065 cal_IT or 0.000 010 65 "food calorie" (kcal or Cal)
• 0.37297 inch-pound force (in•lb_f)
• 5.96752 inch-ounce force (in•oz_f)

See also

• Poundal
• Foot-pound (energy)
• Pound-force
• Slug (unit)
• Units of energy

Footnotes

1. Foot-pound (energy)
2. Foot–pound–second system of units
3. Pound-foot (torque)
4. Pound (force)
5. Poundal
6. Joule
7. British thermal unit
8. .950 JDJ
9. Pound (mass)
10. Work (physics)
11. Horsepower
12. Imperial and US customary measurement systems
13. Torque
14. Pound per square inch
15. United States customary units
16. .30-06 Springfield
17. Kinetic energy
18. Official Table of Drops
19. James Prescott Joule
20. 7.5 FK