Cubic yard

cubic yard
A GRW ballast wagon with a volume of 8 cubic yards
General information
Unit system	Imperial and US customary
Unit of	Volume
Symbol	yd3, 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) 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.

Symbols and abbreviations

The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd³. The following abbreviations are used:

• cubic yards, cubic yard, cubic yds, cubic yd
• cu yards, cu yard, cu yds, cu yd, CYs
• yards/-3, yard/-3, yds/-3, yd/-3
• yards^3, yard^3, yds^3, yd^3
• yards³, yard³, yds³

Cubic yard per second

One cubic yard per second (1 yd³/s) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every second.

Cubic yard per minute

One cubic yard per minute (1 yd³/min) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every minute.

• 1 yd³/s = 60 yd³/min

Conversions

1 cubic yard
	= 27 cubic feet
	= 46656 cubic inches
	= 0.764554857984 cubic metres
	≈ 1.83426465×10−10 cubic miles
	≈ 21.0223197 imperial bushels
	≈ 21.6962157 US bushels
	≈ 168.178557 imperial gallons
	≈ 201.974 US liquid gallons
	≈ 4.80890476 crude barrels
	≈ 764.5549 litres

See also

• cubic foot
• cubic inch
• Square yard
• Orders of magnitude (volume)
• Conversion of units
• Cube (arithmetic), cube root
  • Cubic equation, cubic function