Aerospace Units

The main blocks of the Aerospace Blockset™ library support standard measurement systems. The Unit Conversion blocks support all units listed in this table.

Quantity	Metric (MKS)	English
Acceleration	meters/second2 (m/s2), kilometers/second2 (km/s2), (kilometers/hour)/second (km/h-s), g-unit (g)	inches/second2 (in/s2), feet/second2 (ft/s2), (miles/hour)/second (mph/s), g-unit (g)
Angle	radian (rad), degree (deg), revolution	radian (rad), degree (deg), revolution
Angular acceleration	radians/second2 (rad/s2), degrees/second2 (deg/s2), revolutions/minute (rpm), revolutions/second (rps)	radians/second2 (rad/s2), degrees/second2 (deg/s2), revolutions/minute (rpm), revolutions/second (rps)
Angular velocity	radians/second (rad/s), degrees/second (deg/s), revolutions/minute (rpm)	radians/second (rad/s), degrees/second (deg/s), revolutions/minute (rpm)
Density	kilogram/meter3 (kg/m3)	pound mass/foot3 (lbm/ft3), slug/foot3 (slug/ft3), pound mass/inch3 (lbm/in3)
Force	newton (N)	pound (lb)
Inertia	kilogram-meter2 (kg-m2)	slug-foot2 (slug-ft2)
Length	meter (m)	inch (in), foot (ft), mile (mi), nautical mile (nm, M)
Mass	kilogram (kg)	slug (slug), pound mass (lbm)
Pressure	Pascal (Pa)	pound/inch2 (psi), pound/foot2 (psf), atmosphere (atm)
Temperature	kelvin (K), degrees Celsius (oC)	degrees Fahrenheit (oF), degrees Rankine (oR)
Torque	newton-meter (N-m)	pound-feet (lb-ft)
Velocity	meters/second (m/s), kilometers/second (km/s), kilometers/hour (km/h)	inches/second (in/s), feet/second (ft/s), feet/minute (ft/min), miles/hour (mph), knots