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Ground pressure is the pressure exerted on the ground by the tires or tracks of a motorized vehicle, and is one measure of its potential mobility, [1] especially over soft ground. It also applies to the feet of a walking person or machine. Pressure is measured in the SI unit of pascals (Pa).
Take for example a vehicle which had its cold inflation tire pressure set near Denver (altitude 5300 feet), and is descending towards Los Angeles (altitude 300 feet). The tires could become underinflated by as much as 2.5 psi. Cold inflation pressure should therefore be readjusted after any significant changes in altitude.
Pressure (unit unit-code symbol or abbrev. sample default conversion gigapascal: GPa GPa 1.0 GPa (150,000 psi) megapascal: MPa MPa 1.0 MPa (150 psi) kilopascal: kPa kPa 1.0 kPa (0.15 psi)
A tire-pressure gauge displaying bar (outside) and psi (inside) Since tires are rated for specific loads at certain pressure, it is important to keep the pressure of the tire at the optimal amount. The precision of a typical mechanical gauge as shown is ±3 psi (21 kPa). Higher precision gauges with ±1 psi (6.9 kPa) uncertainty can also be ...
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Further, a difference of 10 pounds per square inch (69 kPa; 0.69 bar) in pressure on a set of duals literally drags the lower pressured tire 2.5 metres per kilometre (13 feet per mile). Moreover, running a tire even briefly on inadequate pressure breaks down the casing and prevents the ability to retread.
The kilopound per square inch (ksi) is a scaled unit derived from psi, equivalent to a thousand psi (1000 lbf/in 2). ksi are not widely used for gas pressures. They are mostly used in materials science, where the tensile strength of a material is measured as a large number of psi. [4] The conversion in SI units is 1 ksi = 6.895 MPa, or 1 MPa ...
5 kPa 0.8 psi Blood pressure fluctuation (40 mmHg) between heartbeats for a typical healthy adult [44] [45] 6.3 kPa 0.9 psi Pressure where water boils at normal human body temperature (37 °C), the pressure below which humans absolutely cannot survive (Armstrong limit) [46] +9.8 kPa +1.4 psi Lung pressure that a typical person can exert (74 ...