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Civil Engineering Materials
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Civil Engineering
Undergraduate 3
09/21/2011

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SI units and prefixes

Definition

 

length (m)

mass (g)

force (N)

Pressure (Pa, N/m2)

Energy (J, N*m)

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American/English units/prefixes

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length (ft)

mass (lbm)

force (lbf)

Pressure (psi, lbs/in2)

Energy (lbf*ft)

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conversions

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454 g = 1 lbm

2.54 cm = 1 in

4.45 N = lbf

62.4 lbm/ft3 = 1 g/cm3

 

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 Three types of rocks and how they are formed

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igneous - formed from the cooling of magma

  • extrusive - rapid cooling near the earths surface (granite)
  • intrusive - slow coolilng near the earths surface (perlite)
sedimentary - disintegration of other rocks deposited as sediments (limestone)

metamorphic - igneous or sedimentary rocks that have changed structure as a result of pressure and heat (marble)

 

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