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 1 cubic yard ≡ 27 cubic feet≡ cubic inches≡ litres≈ imperial bushels≡ US bushels≈ imperial gallons≡ US gallons≡ oil barrels
See also cubic foot cubic inch Square yard Orders of magnitude (volume) Conversion of units Cube (arithmetic), cube root Cubic equation, cubic function
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