Cubic yard

cubic yard
A GRW ballast wagon with a volume of 8 cubic yards
General information
Unit systemImperial and US customary
Unit ofVolume
Symbolyd3, cu yd
Conversions
1 yd3 in ...... is equal to ...
   SI units   0.7645549 m3
   Imperial and US customary   27 ft3

A cubic yard (symbol yd3)[1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.

  1. ^ IEEE Std 260.1-2004