Job # 3:

To measure the surface area and volume of various objects and area
of engineering mechanics lab in SI, FPS, and CGS systems:
Apparatus:

1. Steel tape
2. Fiber glass tape
3. Wooden table
4. Wooden cube

Purpose:

To get familiar with area and volume units in different systems of units and their conversion
into another system.

Related theory:

Surface area: Area of contact surface of an object with the atmosphere.

Conversion factors:

1ft2 = 144m2

1m2 = 10.764ft2

1 hector = 10,000m2

1 murabba = 25 acre

1 acre = 8 kanal = 160 marla

1 kannal = 20 marla = 4500ft2

1 marla = 225ft2 (urban areas)

1 marla = 272.25ft2 (rural areas)

Volume: the space occupied by body is called its volume.

Conversion factors:

1m3 = 1000 liters

1 liter = 1dm3

1 gallon = 4.546 liters (UK)

1 gallon = 3.785 liters (US)

1 barrel = 115.62 liters

At 40C 1 liter water = 1 kg of water

Observations and calculations

1. Table top:
. .
Length (Lavg) = = 121.7 cm

. . .
Width (Wavg) = = 72.83 cm

.
Thickness (Tavg) = = 2.03 cm

Area of table top:

Quantity Formula CGS (cm2) SI (m2) FPS (ft2)

A1 lw 8863.41 0.8859 9.535
A2 tl 247.051 0.2470 2.659
A3 tw 147.84 0.1478 1.591
Surface area 2(A1+A2+A3) 18516.602 2.56 27.57

Volume of table top:

Volume CGS(cm3) SI(m3) FPS(ft3)

lwt 17992.72 0.0177 0.6244

2. Wooden cube:

Length (Lavg) = 10 cm

Width (Wavg) = 10 cm

Height (Havg) = 10 cm
Area of wooden cube:

Quantity Formula CGS (cm2) SI (m2) FPS (ft2)

A1 lw 100 1 10.764
A2 tl 100 1 10.764
A3 tw 100 1 10.764
Surface area 2(A1+A2+A3) 600 6 64.584

Volume of wooden cube:

Volume CGS(cm3) SI(m3) FPS(ft3)

lwt 1000 0.001 0.03528

3. Engineering mechanics lab:

Length = 9.070 m

Width = 4.418 m

Area Formula m2 cm2 ft2 Marla Kanal Acre Hector

A lw 40.071 40.071 104 431.32 1.91 0.0958 0.01198 0.00400