- The
British thermal unit (Btu) is a
measure of heat,
which is a form of energy. It was
originally defined as the
amount of heat
required to
raise the temperature...
- A
Thermal dose
unit (TDU) is a
unit of
measurement used in the oil and gas
industry to
measure exposure to
thermal radiation. It is a
function of intensity...
- In heat transfer,
thermal engineering, and thermodynamics,
thermal conductance and
thermal resistance are
fundamental concepts that
describe the ability...
- the
building industry term for
thermal resistance "per
unit area." It is
sometimes denoted RSI-value if the SI
units are used. An R-value can be given...
- The
thermal conductivity of a
material is a
measure of its
ability to
conduct heat. It is
commonly denoted by k {\displaystyle k} , λ {\displaystyle \lambda...
-
capacity or
thermal capacity is a
physical property of matter,
defined as the
amount of heat to be
supplied to an
object to
produce a
unit change in its...
- This
table shows thermal conductivity in SI
units of
watts per metre-kelvin (W·m−1·K−1). Some
measurements use the
imperial unit BTUs per foot per hour...
- kip = 1000 lbf ≈ 4.44822 kN
Energy 1 foot-pound ≈ 1.356 J 1
British thermal unit (Btu) ≈ 1.055 kJ (1,054–1,060 J,
depending on
which of
several definitions...
-
energy and work
include the foot-pound
force (1.3558 J), the
British thermal unit (BTU)
which has
various values in the
region of 1055 J, the horsepower-hour...
-
Thomson expressed the
amount of work
necessary to
produce a
unit of heat (the
thermal efficiency) as μ ( t ) ( 1 + E t ) / E {\displaystyle \mu (t)(1+Et)/E}...
