Cubic yard
A cubic yard (symbol yd3)[1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada, and the UK. 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
The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd3.[2] 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
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
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
1 cubic yard |
= 27 cubic feet |
= 656 46cubic inches |
= 554857984 0.764cubic metres |
≈ 26465×10−10 1.834cubic miles |
≈ 3197 imperial 21.022bushels |
≈ 2157 US bushels 21.696 |
≈ 557 imperial 168.178gallons |
≈ 201.974 US liquid gallons |
≈ 90476 crude 4.808barrels |
≈ 764.5549 litres |
See also
References
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