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unit of load

Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:49 pm

i came across daN as a unit of load on a foundation. how do i convert it to kN.

Re: unit of load

Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:26 pm

guest wrote:i came across daN as a unit of load on a foundation. how do i convert it to kN.


da- is the prefix for deka (10)
1 daN = 10 N
1 kN = 1000 N
So divide by 100 to convert daN to kN.

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