Recommended Practice for the Use of Metric (SI) Units in Building Design and Construction, Volume 13Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Institute for Applied Technology, 1977 - 39 pages |
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base unit building design Bureau of Standards calculations involving centimeter CGPM coherent compound unit cubic meter decimal marker degree Celsius DENSITY derived units design and construction dimensions document electrical energy engineering expressed fluids footcandle heat flow rate International System joule kelvin kilogram kilogram-force kilojoule kilonewton kilopascal kilowatt km/h LUMINOUS FLUX m³/s MASS PER UNIT materials meter per second millimeter millipascal MODULUS multiples and submultiples National Bureau newton meter numerical values pascal second PLANE ANGLE pound-force PREFERRED OTHER UNITS preferred unit prefix RECOMMENDED PRACTICE rules and recommendations Section shown SI base unit SI units siemens Sound power level sound pressure special names square meter supplementary units survey System of Units Table Technology temperature interval thermodynamic temperature TYPICAL APPLICATIONS REMARKS unit length UNIT SYMBOL PREFERRED UNITS ACCEPTABLE SYMBOLS units and symbols units in building units not recommended UNITS UNIT NAME VELOCITY W/m² watt