Pound-foot (torque)

Not to be confused with Foot-pound (energy).
pound-foot
Pound-foot and kilogram-force-metre are displayed on this torque wrench.
General information
Unit systemBritish Gravitational System, English Engineering Units
Unit ofTorque
Symbollbf⋅ft, lb-ft
Conversions
1 lbf⋅ft in ...... is equal to ...
   SI units   ≈ 1.355818 N⋅m
   Gravitational metric system   ≈ 0.1382550 kgf⋅m

A pound-foot (lb⋅ft), abbreviated from pound-force foot (lbf · ft), is a unit of torque representing one pound of force acting at a perpendicular distance of one foot from a pivot point. Conversely one foot pound-force (ft · lbf) is the moment about an axis that applies one pound-force at a radius of one foot.

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