Cubic yard
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cubic yard | |
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General information | |
Unit system | Imperial and US customary |
Unit of | Volume |
Symbol | yd3, cu yd |
Conversions | |
1 yd3 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
SI units | 0.7645549 m3 |
Imperial and US customary | 27 ft3 |
A cubic yard (symbol yd3)[1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.
Symbols and abbreviations
[edit]The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd3.[1] The following abbreviations are used:
- cubic yards, cubic yard, cubic yds, cubic yd
- cu yards, cu yard, cu yds, cu yd, CYs
- yards/-3, yard/-3, yds/-3, yd/-3
- yards^3, yard^3, yds^3, yd^3
- yards3, yard3, yds3
Cubic yard per second
[edit]One cubic yard per second (1 yd3/s) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every second.
Cubic yard per minute
[edit]One cubic yard per minute (1 yd3/min) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every minute.
- 1 yd3/s = 60 yd3/min
Conversions
[edit]1 cubic yard |
= 27 cubic feet |
= 46656 cubic inches |
= 0.764554857984 cubic metres |
≈ 1.83426465×10−10 cubic miles |
≈ 21.0223197 imperial bushels |
≈ 21.6962157 US bushels |
≈ 168.178557 imperial gallons |
≈ 201.974 US liquid gallons |
≈ 4.80890476 crude barrels |
≈ 764.5549 litres |
See also
[edit]- cubic foot
- cubic inch
- Square yard
- Orders of magnitude (volume)
- Conversion of units
- Cube (arithmetic), cube root