Missile Guidance and Control Systems

Appendix I: Selected Conversion Factors

Length:

  • 1m = 100 cm = 1000 mm

  • 1km = 1000 m = 0.6214 statute miles

  • 1m = 39.37 in; 1cm = 0.3937 in

  • 1ft = 30.48 cm; 1in = 2.540 cm

  • 1 statute mile = 5, 280 ft = 1.609 km

  • 1 nautical mile (nm) = 1852 m = 1.852 km

  • 1 (angstrom) = 1 10 ?8 cm; 1 ? (micron) = 1 10 ?4 cm

  • 1 nanometer (nm) = 1 10 ?9 m

Area:

  • 1 cm 2 =0.155 in 2;1m 2 =104 cm 2 =10.76 ft 2

  • 1 in 2 =6.452 cm 2; 1 ft 2 =144 in 2 =0.0929m 2

Volume:

  • 1 liter=1000 cm 3 =10 ?3 m 3 =0.0351 ft 3 =61 in 3

  • 1 ft 3 =0.0283m 3 =28.32 liters; 1 in 3 =16.39 cm 3

Velocity:

  • 1 cm/s = 0.03281 ft/s; 1 ft/s = 30.48 cm/s

  • 1 statute mile/min = 88 ft/s = 60 statute miles/hr

Acceleration:

  • 1 cm/s 2 = 0.03281 ft/s 2=0.01 m/s2

  • 30.48 cm/s 2 = 1 ft/s 2=1 m/s2

  • 100 cm/s 2 =3.281 ft/s 2 =1 m/s 2

Force:

  • 1 dyne=1 gm cm/s 2; 1 newton (N)=1 kg m/s 2; 1 lb f=1 slug ft/s 2

  • 1 dyne=2.247 10 ?6 lb f=10 ?5 N

  • 1.383 10 4 dynes=0.0311 lb f=0.1383N

  • 4.45 10 5 dynes=1 lb f=4.45N

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