kilonewton per cubic meter
Unit weightexact by definition
The kilonewton per cubic metre is exactly 1000 N/m³, an exact prefix relation. It is the standard unit of soil unit weight in geotechnical engineering: water is 9.81 kN/m³, most soils fall between 16 and 22 kN/m³, and concrete is about 24 kN/m³.
Watch out: Soil reports distinguish bulk unit weight, dry unit weight, saturated unit weight and submerged (effective) unit weight, and they can differ by 10 kN/m³ or more for the same soil. Submerged unit weight is the saturated value minus that of water, and using the wrong one is a standard source of error in earth pressure and bearing capacity calculations.
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One kilonewton per cubic meter in every unit weight unit
| 1,000 | newton per cubic meter (N/m³) | |
| 171.879 | pound-force per cubic yard (lbf/yd³) | |
| 101.972 | kilogram-force per cubic meter (kgf/m³) | |
| 6.36588 | pound-force per cubic foot (lbf/ft³) | |
| 1 | kilonewton per cubic meter (kN/m³)this unit | |
| 0.101972 | gram-force per cubic centimeter (gf/cm³) | |
| 0.0859394 | US short ton-force per cubic yard (tonf/yd³) | |
| 0.00368396 | pound-force per cubic inch (lbf/in³) |
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