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. A non-standard abbreviation is cu yd.

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

See also

• cubic foot

• cubic inch

• Square yard

• Orders of magnitude (volume)

• Conversion of units

Cube (arithmetic), cube root

• Cubic equation, cubic function

References

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