Typical consistent sets of units

System
Length
Time
Mass
Force
Temperature
Area
Volume
Velocity
Acceleration
Angle, rotation
Angular Velocity
Mass density
Moment, torque
Line load
Surface load
Stress, pressure
Youngs modulus
Thermal exp. coef.
Beam cross-section inertia I
Energy, Work, Heat
Power, heat transfer rate Q
Temperature gradient
Heat flux
Therm. conductivity
Specific heat Cp

MKS
m
sec
Kg
N

C
m2
m3
m/sec
m/sec2
rad
rad/sec2
Kg/m3
N-m
N/m
N/m2
Pa
Pa
/ C
(/K)
m4
J
W

C/m
W/m2
W/m- C
J/Kg- C

mmNS
mm
sec
tonne
N

C
mm2
mm3
mm/sec
mm/sec2
rad
rad/sec2
Tonne/mm3
N-mm
N/mm
N/mm2
MPa
MPa
/ C
(/K)
mm4
mJ
mW

C/mm
mW/mm2
mW/mm- C
mJ/tonne- C

FPS
ft
sec
slug
lbf

F
ft2
ft3 (cu-ft)
ft/sec
ft/sec2
rad
rad/sec2
slug/ft3
ft-lbf
lbf/ft
lbf/ft2

IPS
in
sec
lbf-sec2
lbf

F
in2
in3 (cu-in)
in/sec
in/sec2
rad
rad/sec2
lbf-sec2 /in4
in-lbf
lbf/in
lbf/in2
Psi
Psi

/F
/ F
(/K)
(/K)
4
ft
in4
ft-lbf
in-lbf
ft-lbf/sec
in-lbf/sec

F/ft
F/in
lbf/ft-sec
lbf/in-sec
lbf/sec- F
lbf/sec- F
ft-lbf/slug- F in2 /sec2 - F

SI Unit conversion tables

SI to other metric units

SI (m, k, s)
Time
second (s)
Length meter
1 meter (m)
Velocity
1 m/s
Acceleration
1 m/s2
Mass
1 kilogram (kg)
Density
1 kg/m3
Force
1 Newton (N)
Moment
1Nm
Stress/Pressure 1 Pascal (Pa)
Energy
1 Joule (J)
Power
1 Watt (W)

Metric (mm, k, s)
second (s)
1000 millimeter (mm)
1000 mm/s
1000 mm/s2
1.0e-3 tonnes
1.0e-12 tonnes/mm3
1 Newton (N)
1000 N mm
1.0e-6 N/mm2
1000 millijoule (mJ)
1000 milliwatt

Metric (cm, g, s)
second (s)
100 centimeter (cm)
100 cm/s
100 cm/s2
1000 gram (g)
1.0e-3 g/cm3
1.0e5 dyne (dyn)
1.0e7 dyn cm
10 dyn/cm2
1.0e7 erg
1.0e7 erg/s

SI to English units
SI (m, k, s)
Time
second (s)
Length
1 meter (m)
Velocity
1 m/s
Acceleration
1 m/s2
Mass
1 kilogram (kg)
Density
1 kg/m3
Force
1 Newton (N)
Moment
1 Nm
Stress/Pressure 1 Pascal (Pa)
Energy
1 Joule (J)

English (inch, lbf, s)

second (s)
39.370 inches (in)
39.370 in/s
39.370 in/s2
5.7100e-3 lbf s2 /in
9.3572e-8 lbf s2 /in4
0.22481 lbf
8.8508 lbfin
1.4504e-4 lbf/in2
8.8507 lbfin

Note: lbf = pound force

English (foot, lbf, s)

second (s)
3.2808 feet (f)
3.2808 f/s
3.2808 f/s2
6.8522e-2 slugs
1.9403e-3 slug/ft3
0.22481 lbf
0.73756 lbfft
2.0885e-2 lbf/ft2
0.73756 lbfft