Cubic yard

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. The following abbreviations are used:
 * cubic yards, cubic yard, cubic yds, cubic yd
 * cu yards, cu yard, cu yds, cu yd, CYs
 * yards/-3, yard/-3, yds/-3, yd/-3
 * yards^3, yard^3, yds^3, yd^3
 * yards3, yard3, yds3

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