megapascal

Million pascals combined

A megapascal is a unit of pressure equal to one million pascals, used in engineering and materials science to measure stress, tensile strength, and hydraulic pressure: The concrete has a compressive strength of 30 megapascals.

Abbreviated MPa.

One megapascal equals roughly 145 pounds per square inch.

units

pressure

Force upon contact

torr · psi · atmospheres · newtons · gauge · manometer · calibration · conversion · SI · metric

materials

tensile

Capable of elongation

modulus · elasticity · hardness · stiffness · toughness · rigidity · ductility · brittleness · fatigue · fracture

engineering

hydraulics

Study of pressurized liquids

reinforcement · load-bearing · design · specifications · testing · certification · pipeline · cylinder · tire · extrusion

science

thermodynamics

Science of heat-energy relationships

expansion · Boyle · equation · calculation · laboratory · experiment · research · simulation · modeling

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unit system

megapascalpounds per square inch

Pressure unit, force/area

psi · bar · atmosphere · atm · torr

scale/magnitude

megapascalpascal

SI pressure unit

gigapascal · kilopascal · hectopascal

Family

pascals, kilopascal

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