Measurements of civil fields in regular use for civil engineers

MEASUREMENTS AND CONVERSION UNITS USED IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
1000 millimeter = 1meter
100  centimetre  = 1 meter
1 centimetre       = 10 millimeter
1000 gram          =  1 kilogram
1 foot                   = 30.48 centimetre
1 inch                  =  2.54 centimetre
1 foot                   = 12 inch

THE UNIT WEIGHTS OF MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION

• The unit weight of steel is 7850 kilogram per meter cube or  489.8 pounds per cubic foot
• The unit weight of stainless steel lies in the range of 7480 and 8000 kilogram per meter cube depending on its composition
• The unit weight of concrete 2400 kilogram per cubic meter
• The unit weight of water 998 kilogram per cubic meter
• The unit weight of ordinary cement is 1400 kg/m3
• The unit weight of rapid hardening cement is 1250 kg/m3
• The unit weight of cement mortar is 2000 kg/m3
• The unit weight of plain cement concrete is 2400 kg/m3
• The unit weight of clay soil is 1900 kg/m3
• The unit weight of dry sand is 1540 to 1600 kg/m3
• The unit weight of wet sand is 1760 to 2000 kg/m3

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