Foot-Pounds Conversion Calculator

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What Are Foot-Pounds?

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Foot-pounds are a measurement of torque.

The foot-pound, or pound-foot or pound-force foot, is a US customary unit of torque. Foot-pounds can be abbreviated as lb-ft, and are also sometimes abbreviated as lbf-ft or ft-lb. For example, 1 foot-pound can be written as 1 lb-ft, 1 lbf-ft, or 1 ft-lb.

How Much Is a Foot-Pound?

One foot-pound is equal to the torque that results from applying one pound-force perpendicularly to a one-foot-long moment arm.

One foot-pound is equal to 12 inch-pounds.

While the foot-pound is a commonly used term, it is technically not the correct verbiage to express torque. Pound-foot (or pound-feet) is the correct way to express this measurement of torque.

How to Convert Foot-Pounds

To convert foot-pounds to another unit of torque, you need to multiply the value by a conversion factor. A conversion factor is a numerical value used to change the units of a measurement without changing the value.[1]

You can find the conversion factors for foot-pounds in the conversion table below.

Then, multiply the torque measurement by the conversion factor to find the equivalent value in the desired unit of measurement.

foot-pounds × conversion factor = result

You can also use a calculator, such as one of the converters below, for the conversion.

Foot-Pounds Measurement Conversion Table

Common foot-pounds values and equivalent imperial and metric torque measurements
foot-pounds newton-meters inch-pounds
1 lb-ft 1.355818 Nm 12 lb-in
2 lb-ft 2.711636 Nm 24 lb-in
3 lb-ft 4.067454 Nm 36 lb-in
4 lb-ft 5.423272 Nm 48 lb-in
5 lb-ft 6.77909 Nm 60 lb-in
6 lb-ft 8.134908 Nm 72 lb-in
7 lb-ft 9.490726 Nm 84 lb-in
8 lb-ft 10.846544 Nm 96 lb-in
9 lb-ft 12.202362 Nm 108 lb-in
10 lb-ft 13.558179 Nm 120 lb-in
11 lb-ft 14.913997 Nm 132 lb-in
12 lb-ft 16.269815 Nm 144 lb-in
13 lb-ft 17.625633 Nm 156 lb-in
14 lb-ft 18.981451 Nm 168 lb-in
15 lb-ft 20.337269 Nm 180 lb-in
16 lb-ft 21.693087 Nm 192 lb-in
17 lb-ft 23.048905 Nm 204 lb-in
18 lb-ft 24.404723 Nm 216 lb-in
19 lb-ft 25.760541 Nm 228 lb-in
20 lb-ft 27.116359 Nm 240 lb-in

Foot-Pounds Conversion Calculators

You can also convert torque using one of our foot-pounds converters below.

References

  1. National Institute of Standards & Technology, Unit Conversion, https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/unit-conversion

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