Foot-poundal

The foot-poundal (symbol: ft-pdl) is a unit of energy that is part of the foot-pound-second system of units, in Imperial units introduced in 1879, and is from the specialized subsystem of English Absolut^[1] (a coherent 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)

Conversion of units#Energy, work, or heat.

See also

Footnotes

↑ Edward F. Obert, Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1948.

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