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PSI - pounds per square inch, a unit of pressure expressed in the pounds of force exerted on a square inch.

Foot Pounds is a unit of torque, the amount of force applied in a circular motion at one foot radius in pounds.

This is an apples-tomatoes question, both are red or green fruit, but that's about all they have in common.

The closest answer I can give you is if you want to exert one foot pound on a one foot radius apply one psi on a cylinder with a surface area of 1 inch connected to an arm at one foot and assume no friction.

This of course is not reality, since cylinders this size have a resistive force of about 14 psi, so you'd actually need to supply 15 psi in order to achieve one foot pound of force on your one foot arm.

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There is no direct conversion factor between foot-pounds (ft-lbs) and pounds per square inch (PSI) as they are units of different physical quantities (torque and pressure, respectively). To convert between the two, you would need additional information such as the area over which the force is applied.

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conversion of ft-lb to psi

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