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

1 cubic yard
≡ 27 cubic feet
≡ 46656 cubic inches
≡ 764.554857984 litres
≈ 21.0223197 imperial bushels
≡ ⁠21+74859/107521⁠ US bushels
≈ 168.1785574 imperial gallons
≡ ⁠201+75/77⁠ US gallons
≡ ⁠4+436/539⁠ oil barrels

See also