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Assignment Brief and Guidance:
Units and Measurements in Engineering - This Unit will present information on
Fundamental Dimensions and Units used in engineering calculations.
Read:
Engineering Fundamentals – An Introduction to Engineering
5th Edition – Saeed Moaveni
Chapter 6 Fundamental Dimensions and Units (Pages 146-187)

As you read this chapter, keep in mind the Learning Objectives:

 Fundamental dimensions and units
 System of Units
 Unit conversion and dimensional conversions
 Components and systems
 Physical laws and observations
Complete:
All reviews at the end of each Learning Objective
 “Before you go on” - pages 151, 160, 169, 173

Go to Assignment LO 4.1 and answer the following problems. Provide complete

answers showing all work.
 Problem 6.1
 Problem 6.3
 Problem 6.15
 Problem 6.20
For extra credit:
 Problem 6.24

Problem 6.1
Convert the information given in the accompanying table from SI units to U.S. Customary units.
Refer to the conversion tables on the inside front and back covers of this book. Show all steps of your
solutions.

Convert from SI Units To U.S. Customary Units

120 km/h miles/h and ft /s

1000 W Btu/h and hp

100 m3 ft3

80 kg lbm

1000 kg/m3 lbm/ft3

900 N lbf
 100 kPa lbf /in2

9.81 m/s2 ft /s2

My answer:
The formula: 1m 3.2808 ft
1ft 0.3048 m
1) 120 km /h miles/hour
Feet/second
120 𝑘𝑚 1000𝑚 ℎ 3.2808𝑓𝑡 𝑓𝑡
× × × = 109.36 ⁄𝑠
1 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑚 3600𝑠 𝑚

109.36 𝑓𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 3600𝑠

= × × = 74.56 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠⁄ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟
𝑠 5280𝑓𝑡 ℎ

2) 1000 W Btu/h and hp

1 hp 0.7457 Kw
1 kW 3.41214 × 103 𝐵𝑡𝑢/ℎ
𝐵𝑡𝑢
1000 W 1 kW = 1 × 3.41214 × 103 = 3.41214 × 103 = 3412.14 𝐵𝑡𝑢⁄ℎ
ℎ
1 𝑘𝑊 ÷ 0.7457 ℎ𝑝 = 1.34102 ℎ𝑝

3) 100 m3 ft3
100 × (3.2808𝑓𝑡)3 = 3531.3378 𝑓𝑡 3

4) 80 kg lbm
1kg = 2.2046 lbm
80 𝑘𝑔 × 2.2046 lbm = 176.368 lbm

5) 1000kg/m3 lbm/ft3
1𝑘𝑔 0.06248 𝑙𝑏𝑚 1000𝑘𝑔 × 0.06248 𝑙𝑏𝑚 62.48 𝑙𝑏𝑚
= = =
𝑚3 𝑓𝑡 3 𝑚3 𝑓𝑡 3

6) 900 N lbf
1 𝑁 = 224.809 × 10−3 𝑙𝑏𝑓 = (900 × 224.809 × 10−3 𝑙𝑏𝑓 ) = 202.3281 𝑙𝑏𝑓

7) 100 kPa lbf/in2

1 𝑃𝑎 = 0,000145038 𝑙𝑏⁄ 2 ≫ 100 𝑘𝑃𝑎 = 100000 𝑃𝑎 × 0,000145038 𝑙𝑏⁄ 2 =
𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛
𝑙𝑏
14.5038 ⁄ 2
𝑖𝑛

8) 9.81 m/s2 ft/s2

9.81 × 3.2808 𝑓𝑡 𝑓𝑡
= 32.15184 ⁄ 2
1𝑠 2 𝑠
6.3
The angle of twist for a shaft subjected to twisting torque can be expressed by the following equation:
Φ=TL/JG
where Φ = the angle of twist in radians
T = applied torque (N.m)
L = length of the shaft in meter (m)
J = shaft’s polar moment of inertia (measure of resistance to twisting)
G = shear modulus of the material (N/m2)
What is the appropriate unit for J, if the preceding equation is to be homogeneous in units?
My answer:
𝑇𝐿
𝜗=
𝐽𝐺

(𝑁. 𝑚)(𝑚)
𝑟𝑎𝑑 =
𝐽. 𝑁/𝑚2
𝑁𝑚2 𝑚2
𝑟𝑎𝑑 = ×
1 𝑁𝐽
𝐽 = 𝑚4

6.15
1
Express the kinetic energy (mass)(speed) of a
2
2
car with a mass of 1200 kg and moving at speed of
100 km/h using SI, BG, and U.S. Customary units.
Show the conversion steps
2
1 𝑘𝑚 1000𝑚 ℎ
× 1200𝑘𝑔 × (100 × × ) = 462962.963 𝑘𝑔 𝑚⁄𝑠 2 (𝑆𝐼)
2 ℎ 𝑘𝑚 3600𝑠
𝑘𝑔 𝑚⁄ (2.2046)𝑙𝑏𝑚 ×(3.2808)𝑓
462962.963 𝑠 = 462962.963 × 𝑠
= 3348542 .445 𝑙𝑏𝑚 𝑓/𝑠 (US)

𝑓 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔 𝑓 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔 𝑓
3348542 .445 𝑙𝑏𝑚 = 3348542 .445 ÷ 32.2 = 103992.001 (𝐵𝐺)
𝑠 𝑠 𝑠

6.20

On a summer day in Phoenix, Arizona, the inside room

temperature is maintained at 68⁰F while the outdoor
air temperature is a sizzling 110⁰F. What is the outdoor–
indoor temperature difference in: (a) degrees
Fahrenheit, (b) degrees Rankine, (c) degrees Celsius,
and (d) Kelvin? Is one degree temperature difference
in Celsius equal to one temperature difference in Kelvin,
and is one degree temperature difference in
Fahrenheit equal to one degree temperature difference
in Rankine? If so, why?

My answer:

Outdoor: 110⁰F

Indoor: 68⁰F

a. Difference = 110⁰F - 68⁰F = 42⁰F

b. Outdoor: 110⁰ + 459.67⁰R = 569.67⁰R
Indoor: 68⁰ + 459.67⁰R= 527.67⁰R
Difference= 569.67⁰R -527.67⁰R = 42⁰ R
5
c. Outdoor: (110 − 32) = 43.33⁰C
9
5
Indoor: (68 − 32) = 200 C
9
Difference: 43.33⁰C- 20⁰C= 23.33⁰C
5
d. Outdoor: (569.67) = 316.483⁰K
9
5
Indoor: (527.67) = 293.15⁰K
9
Difference: 316.483⁰K - 293.15⁰K = 23.33⁰K

e. The difference between outdoor and indoor temperature for Celsius and kelvin are same as
well as Fahrenheit and Rankine which also have same difference between outdoor and indoor
temperature. Why it is like that? It is caused by their range from ice point and steam point.
Both of Celsius and Kelvin have range of 100⁰. On the other hand, both of Fahrenheit and
Rankine have range 180 0from their ice point to steam point.

6.24. The air resistance to the motion of a vehicle is something

important that engineers investigate. As you may
also know, the drag force acting on a car is determined
experimentally by placing the car in a wind tunnel. For
a given car, the experimental data is generally represented
by a single coefficient that is called the drag
coefficient. It is given by the following relationship:
where

Cd =Fd/0.5ρV2A
Cd =drag coefficient
Fd = measured drag force (lb)
ρ =air density (slugs /ft3)
V = air speed inside the wind tunnel (ft /s)
A = frontal area of the car (ft2)
What is the appropriate unit for Cd if the preceding
equation is to be homogeneous in units? Show all steps
of your work.

My answer:

𝐹𝑑
𝐶𝑑 =
1 2
2 𝜌𝑉 𝐴
𝑙𝑏
𝐶𝑑 =
𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠 × 𝑓𝑡 2 × 𝑓𝑡 2
𝑓𝑡 3 × 𝑠 2
 𝑙𝑏 𝑓𝑡 3 × 𝑠 2
𝐶𝑑 = ×
1 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠 × 𝑓𝑡 2 × 𝑓𝑡 2
𝑓𝑡 3 × 𝑠 2
𝐶𝑑 = 𝑙𝑏 ×
𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠 × 𝑓𝑡 4
𝑙𝑏 𝑠2 𝑙𝑏𝑓 ×𝑠2 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠
𝐶𝑑 = 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠 𝑓𝑡 (units for 𝐶𝑑 ), since we know that 1 slug=1 𝑓𝑡
so, the unit for Cd= 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠 (unitless)