Definition:FPS/Energy/Foot-Poundal
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Definition
The foot-poundal is an FPS unit of energy and work.
It is defined as being:
- the amount of energy required to apply $1$ poundal through a linear displacement of $1$ foot.
Conversion Factors
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | foot-poundal | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 0 \cdotp 04214\) | joules |
Symbol
- $\mathrm {ft} \text- \mathrm {pdl}$
The symbol for the foot-poundal is $\mathrm {ft} \text- \mathrm {pdl}$.
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\mathrm {ft} \text- \mathrm {pdl}\) is \mathrm {ft} \text- \mathrm {pdl} .
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): foot-poundal
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): foot-poundal