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Units of Force

 

Description

Examples

Description

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Force has the dimension length mass per time squared. The SI unit of force is the newton, which is defined as a kilogram meter per second squared.

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Maple knows the units of force listed in the following table.

Name

Symbols

Context

Alternate Spellings

Prefixes

 

 

 

 

 

newton

N

SI *

newtons

SI

gramforce

gf

SI *

gramsforce, gramforces

SI

pond

 

standard *

ponds

 

sthene

sn

standard *

sthenes

SI

dyne

dyn

standard *

dynes

SI

 

 

 

 

 

ounceforce

ozf

standard *

ouncesforce, ounceforces

 

poundforce

lbf

standard *

poundsforce, poundforces

 

tonforce

tonf

standard *

tonsforce, tonforces

 

kipf

 

standard *

kipfs

 

kip

 

avoirdupois *

kips

 

poundal

 

standard *

poundals

 

planck_force

 

planck *

planck_forces

 

  

An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively.  Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, newton[SI] or lbf[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, newton or lbf.

  

 

  

The units of force are defined as follows.

  

A gramforce is defined as the force of gravity on a gram, that is, acceleration_of_free_fall*gram.

  

A pond is another term for the gramforce.

  

A dyne is defined as a gram centimeter per second squared.

  

A sthene is defined as a tonne meter per second squared.

  

An ounceforce is defined as the force of gravity on an avoirdupois ounce, that is, acceleration_of_free_fall*ounce.

  

A poundforce is defined as the force of gravity on an avoirdupois pound, that is, acceleration_of_free_fall*pound.

  

A tonforce is defined as the force of gravity on a short ton, that is, acceleration_of_free_fall*ton.

  

A kip or kipf is defined as 1000 poundforces.

  

A poundal is defined as an avoirdupois pound international foot per second squared.

  

A planck force is defined as a planck length times planck mass per planck time cubed.

Examples

convertN,dimensions,base=true

lengthmasstime2

(1)

convert1,units,N,kilogramforce

20000196133

(2)

convert1,units,dyne,ozf

3200000008896443230521

(3)

convert2400.,units,kipf,N

1.067573188×107

(4)

See Also

convert/dimensions

convert/units

Units

Units/acceleration

Units/Index

Units/length

Units/mass

Units/time

 


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