Date:         Thu, 22 Jun 95 22:09:38 EDT
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From:         ja@decws3.coe.wvu.edu (John Anderson)
Subject:      torque, Nm -> ft-lbs

> 
> Scratched my head for a while and came up with the rough conversion factor
> of 0.72 to convert Nm to ft-lbs.
> 
> This correct?
> 
> Alistair, trying to keep his units straight
> 
Well, finally one of my many useless solid mechanics engineering
texts to the rescue, Alistair, close enough for gov work officially

0.7376 lb-ft in one N-m

or 

1.0 lb-ft = 1.3558 N-m

but that only matters to an engineer.

John
ja@coe.wvu.edu
'71 Westy Virginia, '90 Corrado G60

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