Cubic yard
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{{Infobox unit
| name = Cubic yard
| image = GWR wagon P15 80633.jpg
| caption = A GRW ballast wagon with
a volume of 8 cubic yards
| standard = Imperial and US customary
| quantity = Volume
| symbol = yd3
| symbol2 = cu yd
| symbol3 =
| extralabel =
| extradata =
| units1 = SI units
| inunits1 = {{cvt|1|yd3|sigfig=12|disp=out}}
| units2 = Imperial and US customary
| inunits2 = 27 ft3
}}
A cubic yard (symbol yd3)IEEE Std 260.1-2004 is an imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.
Symbols and abbreviations
The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd3. A non-standard abbreviation is cu yd.
=Cubic yard per second=
One cubic yard per second (1 yd3/s) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every second.
=Cubic yard per minute=
One cubic yard per minute (1 yd3/min) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every minute.
- 1 yd3/s = 60 yd3/min
Conversions
| valign=top rowspan=9|1 cubic yard |
| ≡ 27 cubic feet |
| ≡ {{val|46656}} cubic inches |
| ≡ {{val|764.554857984}} litres |
| ≈ {{val|21.0223197}} imperial bushels |
| ≡ {{sfrac|21|74859|107521}} US bushels |
| ≈ {{val|168.1785574}} imperial gallons |
| ≡ {{sfrac|201|75|77}} US gallons |
| ≡ {{sfrac|4|436|539}} oil barrels |
See also
References
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{{Imperial units}}
{{United States Customary Units}}
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Category:Customary units of measurement in the United States