Line load
Distributed force along a member or edge.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
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Convert meganewton per metre (MN/m) to pound-force per foot (lbf/ft). Enter a value for an instant result, or use the examples and reverse conversion below.
Distributed force along a member or edge.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
Enter a meganewton per metre value to calculate pound-force per foot with full internal precision before display rounding.
Auto trims unnecessary zeroes and uses scientific notation for extreme magnitudes. Use Digits to set the display precision; calculations retain full precision.
| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| newton per metrefrom MN/m | N/m | 1000000 |
| kilonewton per metrefrom MN/m | kN/m | 1000 |
| meganewton per metrefrom MN/m | MN/m | 1 |
| newton per millimetrefrom MN/m | N/mm | 1000 |
| kilogram-force per metrefrom MN/m | kgf/m | 101972 |
| pound-force per footfrom MN/m | lbf/ft | 68521.8 |
| pound-force per inchfrom MN/m | lbf/in | 5710.15 |
| kilopound-force per footfrom MN/m | kip/ft | 68.5218 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Meganewton Per Metre (MN/m) and pound-force per foot (lbf/ft) are units of line load. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Meganewton Per Metre (MN/m) | Pound-force Per Foot (lbf/ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 MN/m | 68521.8 lbf/ft |
| 5 MN/m | 342609 lbf/ft |
| 10 MN/m | 685218 lbf/ft |
| 100 MN/m | 6852180 lbf/ft |
Examples are rounded to 6 significant digits. The interactive converter retains full calculation precision; change Display Precision to see more digits.
lbf/ft to MN/m (pound-force per foot to meganewton per metre)