Pound-foot (torque)
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"Foot-pound force" redirects here. For the unit of energy or mechanical work, see Foot-pound (energy).
A pound-foot is a unit of torque (a vector). One pound-foot is the torque created by one pound force acting at a perpendicular distance of one foot from a pivot point. When used to describe the output of an automobile engine, this unit is usually called the "foot-pound" (ft-lb or ft-lbf).
1 foot-pound is closely equivalent to:
- 1.3558179483314 newton meters
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