rumor has it that Loren wrote: > No, I can't translate that into NM. <rant l could translate between > Mkg and ft-lb, but I have never found a conversion for NM. I am > still torqued at ISO for dropping a logical Mkg unit in favor of a > nonsensical NM unit. /rant> > > Loren
Actually, "kilogram" is a mass measurement that corresponds to a "slug" in the silly old english system. A "pound" is a force measurment and technically can't be converted to "kilogram", but can convert to "Newton". Therefore "pounds" can convert to "kilograms" only when gravity (or acceleration) acting on the mass is "earth, sea-level, normal". Anyway, to convert between lb-ft and Nm: 1 Nm = 0.73756 lb-ft 1 Nm = 8.851 lb-in. -- Philip
