ft⋅lbf\text{ft}{\cdot}\text{lbf}

foot pound-force

Torqueexact by definition

The foot pound-force is one pound-force applied at one foot from the axis, exactly 1.3558179483314 N·m. The value is exact because the pound-force and the foot are both exactly defined. It is the unit on North American torque wrenches and engine specifications.

Watch out: Written order distinguishes the conventions in careful usage: lb·ft for torque, ft·lb for energy. The distinction is widely ignored, and since the two have identical units the only reliable guide is context. A torque wrench setting is always a torque.

1 ft⋅lbf\text{ft}{\cdot}\text{lbf} 1.3558179 N⋅m\text{N}{\cdot}\text{m}

One foot pound-force in every torque unit

13,558,200dyne centimeter (dyn·cm)
1,355.82millinewton meter (mN·m)
1,355.82newton millimeter (N·mm)
192ounce-force inch (ozf·in)
135.582newton centimeter (N·cm)
32.174poundal foot (pdl·ft)
13.8255kilogram-force centimeter (kgf·cm)
12inch pound-force (in·lbf)
1.35582newton meter (N·m)
1foot pound-force (ft·lbf)this unit
0.138255kilogram-force meter (kgf·m)
0.012kip inch (kip·in)
0.00135582kilonewton meter (kN·m)
0.001kip foot (kip·ft)