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kgf (kilogram-force)

Kilogram-force

General

Short definition

A force unit: 1 kgf = 9.80665 N — the weight of a 1 kg mass at standard gravity.

Full definition

The kilogram-force is a technical force unit: the pull of a 1 kg mass at standard gravity g = 9.80665 m/s². It is intuitive for users because a force in kgf is numerically equal to a mass in kg, so the static load is simply P[kgf] = %MVC × MVC. In VibroTheory internals and the DB store forces in SI (N, fields *_n); all user-facing pages and charts display kgf.

Examples

Static load at 60 %MVC with MVC of 60 kg equals 36 kgf.

Related terms

MVC 1RM %MVC