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... The SRICOS-EFA program allows for the use of SI or American customary units. Acceleration 9.81 m/s2=386.22 in./s2=32.185 ft/s2, Paris: g=9.80665 m/s2, London: g = 3.2174 × 101 ft/s2 Area 1 m2 = 1.5500 × 103 in2 = 1.0764 × 101 ft2 = 1.196 yd2 = 106 mm2 = 104 cm2 = 2.471 × 10-4 acres = 3.861 × 10-7 mi2 = 1.0000 × 10-4 hectares Bending Stiffness 1 kN.m2 = 103 N.m2 =106 kN.mm2 = 2.4198 × 103 lb.ft2 =2.4198 kip.ft2 =3.4845 × 102 kip.in2 = 3.4845 × 105 lb.in2 Coefficient of consolidation 1 m2/s = 3.1557 × 107 m2/yr = 104 cm2/s =6x 105 cm2/min = 3.6 × 107 cm2/h = 8.64 × 108 cm2/day = 2.628 × 1010 cm2/month = 3.1536 × 1011 cm2/year = 1.550 × 103 in2/s = 4.0734 × 109 in2/month = 1.3392 × 108 in2/day = 4.8881 × 1010 in2/year = 9.3000 × 105 ft2/day = 2.8288 × 107 ft2/month = 3.3945 × 108 ft2/year Flow 1 m3/s = 106 cm3/s = 8.64 × 104 m3/day = 8.64 × 1010 cm3/day = 3.5314 × 101 ft3/s = 3.0511 × 106 ft3/day Force 10 kN = 2.2481 × 103 lb = 2.2481 kip = 1.1240 t (short ton = 2000 lb)
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