"Units
Converters" - Continued in Version 4.0
We
gave our design team a free hand, and asked them to develop some special
"plug-in" modules that could automate some of the calculation tasks commonly
found in accident investigation and safety analysis work. Here's
some of what they came up with ...
Area:
| This module converts between a variety of units that measure area. To perform a conversion, enter the known value in the appropriate box and click "Calculate." All of the remaining boxes will be filled with values equivalent to the entered value. In the example below, "9600" was entered in the "Sq. Feet" box, and the module calculated all other values based on it. |
Figure 2
| The program code that runs this module takes whatever value you enter and converts it internally to square meters, then converts from square meters into each of the units listed. As a result of this calculation, the value you enter will be slightly changed (i.e. - from 9600 Sq. Feet to 9599.99962834944 Sq. Feet). You should then reduce the number of decimal places in each answer to a number that does not exceed that of the original value (i.e. - if 527.48 Sq. Feet is the entered value, then its equivalent in Sq. Yards should be rounded to the same two decimal places, 58.61, instead of 58.6088866199278). |
Length/Distance:
| This module converts between a variety of units that measure length/distance. To perform a conversion, enter the known value in the appropriate box and click "Calculate." All of the remaining boxes will be filled with values equivalent to the entered value. In the example below, "1500" was entered in the "Feet" box, and the module calculated all other values based on it. |
Figure 3
| The program code that runs this module takes whatever value you enter and converts it internally to meters, then converts from meters into each of the units listed. As a result of this calculation, the value you enter will be slightly changed (i.e. - from 1500 Sq. Feet to 1500.00000228 Feet). You should then reduce the number of decimal places in each answer to a number that does not exceed that of the original value (i.e. - if 527.48 Feet is the entered value, then its equivalent in Yards should be rounded to the same two decimal places, 175.83, instead of 175.829999933923). |
Speed:
| This module converts between a variety of units that measure speed (velocity). To perform a conversion, enter the known value in the appropriate box and click "Calculate." All of the remaining boxes will be filled with values equivalent to the entered value. In the example below, "100" was entered in the "MPH" box, and the module calculated all other values based on it. |
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Temperature:
| This module converts between units that measure temperature. To perform a conversion, enter the known value in the appropriate box and click "Calculate." All of the remaining boxes will be filled with values equivalent to the entered value. In the example below, "70" was entered in the "Degrees Fahrenheit" box, and the module calculated the other values based on it. |
Figure 5
Time:
| This module converts between units that measure time. To perform a conversion, enter the known value in the appropriate box and click "Calculate." All of the remaining boxes will be filled with values equivalent to the entered value. In the example below, "1,000,000" was entered in the "Seconds" box, and the module calculated the other values based on it. |
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