kilogram-force per cubic meter
Unit weightexact by definition
The kilogram-force per cubic metre is exactly 9.80665 N/m³. It is the gravitational-system form of unit weight, numerically equal to density in kg/m³, which is exactly why gravitational units survived so long in geotechnical practice: the same number serves for both.
Watch out: That numerical coincidence is the trap. Soil at 1800 kg/m³ has a unit weight of 1800 kgf/m³ and of 17.66 kN/m³, and an equation written for kN/m³ fed the number 1800 is wrong by a factor of 100.
| 1 | 0.00980665 |
One kilogram-force per cubic meter in every unit weight unit
| 9.80665 | newton per cubic meter (N/m³) | |
| 1.68555 | pound-force per cubic yard (lbf/yd³) | |
| 1 | kilogram-force per cubic meter (kgf/m³)this unit | |
| 0.062428 | pound-force per cubic foot (lbf/ft³) | |
| 0.00980665 | kilonewton per cubic meter (kN/m³) | |
| 0.001 | gram-force per cubic centimeter (gf/cm³) | |
| 0.000842777 | US short ton-force per cubic yard (tonf/yd³) | |
| 0.0000361273 | pound-force per cubic inch (lbf/in³) |
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