The civil engineer must have a good hold on unit conversions for designing and site execution.
Here are some unit conversions every civil engineer must know.
Length:
1 inch = 25.4mm
1 feet = 12 inch
1 yard = 3 feet
1 mile = 1.6094 km
1 dm = 10m
1 hm = 10 dm
Area:
1 acre = 4046.86 sq.m
1 hectare = 10000 sq.m
1 sq.m = 10.76 sq.ft
1 sq.yd = 9 sq.ft
Force/Strength:
1 newton = 0.101 kgf
1 newton = 101.97 pond
1 N/mm2 = 1 MPa
1 N/mm2 = 10 bar