CONVERSION FACTORS, US CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 

 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 



US customary units of measurement used in this report can be converted to metric 

 units as follows : 



Multiply 



_By_ 



To Obtain 



degrees* (angle) 0.01745329 



feet 0.3048 



feet per second 0.3048 



pounds (force) 4.4482205 



pounds (mass) 0.4535929 



pounds (mass) per cubic foot 16.01846 



square feet per second 0.0929 



radians 



metres 



metres per second 



Newtons 



kilograms 



kilograms per cubic metre 



square metres per second 



To obtain Celsius (C) temperature readings from Fahrenheit (F) readings, 

 use the following formula: C= (5/9) (F-32) . To obtain Kelvin (K) readings, 

 use: K= (5/9) (F-32) + 273.15. 



