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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use American English Some fields of engineering in the United States use a system of measurement of physical quantities known as the English Engineering Units.[1][2] Despite its name, the system is based on United States customary units of measure.

Definition

The English Engineering Units is a system of consistent units used in the United States. The set is defined by the following units,[3] and definitive conversions to the International System of Units.[4]

Dimension English Engineering Unit SI unit Unit conversion
time second (s) second (s) 1 s
length foot (ft) metre (m) 0.3048 m
mass pound mass (lb) kilogram (kg) 0.45359237 kg
force pound-force (lbf) newton (N) 4.4482216152605 N
temperature degree Fahrenheit (°F) degree Celsius (°C) Шаблон:Frac °CШаблон:Efn
absolute temperature degree Rankine (°R) kelvin (K) Шаблон:Frac K

Units for other physical quantities are derived from this set as needed.

In English Engineering Units, the pound-mass and the pound-force are distinct base units, and Newton's Second Law of Motion takes the form Шаблон:Math, where Шаблон:Math.

History and etymology

The term English units strictly refers to the system used in England until 1826, when it was replaced by (more rigorously defined) Imperial units. The United States continued to use the older definitions until the Mendenhall Order of 1893, which established the United States customary units. Nevertheless, the term "English units" persisted in common speech and was adapted as "English engineering units" but these are based on US customary units rather than the pre-1826 English system.

British Engineering UnitsШаблон:Anchor

A similar system, termed British Engineering Units by Halliday and Resnick (1974), is a system that uses the slug as the unit of mass, and in which Newton's law retains the form Шаблон:Math.[5] Modern British engineering practice has used SI base units since at least the late 1970s.[6]

See also

Notes

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References

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Шаблон:Systems of measurement Шаблон:United States Customary Units