Foot-pound force topic
Also known as
- Foot pound
The foot-pound force, or simply foot-pound (symbol: ft·lb or ft·lb) is a unit of work or energy (a scalar) and also a unit of torque (a vector).
One foot-pound is the amount of energy expended when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot along the direction of the force.
1 foot-pound is equivalent to:
The foot-pound force per minute (ft·lb/min), foot-pound force per second (ft·lb/s), and horsepower are units of power derived from the foot-pound force.
As a unit of torque...
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