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Unit conversion. Made clear.

Start with a familiar unit, type a value, and get a dependable answer with sensible precision. Fractions and scientific notation are welcome.

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STRUCTURAL

Line load

Distributed force along a member or edge.

lbf/in
lbf/ft

Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.

Resultlbf/in → lbf/ftConvert pound-force per inch to pound-force per foot
HOW IT IS CALCULATED

Convert through newton per metre

Enter a pound-force per inch value to calculate pound-force per foot with full internal precision before display rounding.

Display precisionAuto · 12 significant digits

Auto keeps up to 12 significant digits, trims unnecessary zeroes, and switches to scientific notation for extreme magnitudes.

QUICK REFERENCE

All units in this quantity

UnitSymbolConverted value
newton per metrefrom lbf/inN/mInteractive
kilonewton per metrefrom lbf/inkN/mInteractive
meganewton per metrefrom lbf/inMN/mInteractive
newton per millimetrefrom lbf/inN/mmInteractive
kilogram-force per metrefrom lbf/inkgf/mInteractive
pound-force per footfrom lbf/inlbf/ftInteractive
pound-force per inchfrom lbf/inlbf/inInteractive
kilopound-force per footfrom lbf/inkip/ftInteractive

SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.