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A kip is a US customary unit of force. It equals 1000 pounds-force, and is used primarily by structural engineers to indicate forces where the value represented in pound-force is inefficient. Although uncommon, it is occasionally also considered a unit of mass, equal to 1000 pounds (i.e. one half of a short ton). Another use is as a unit of deadweight to compute shipping charges.
| kip | |
|---|---|
| Unit system | English Engineering Units, British Gravitational System |
| Unit of | Force |
| Symbol | kip |
| Conversions | |
| 1 kip in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| SI units | 4.44822 kN |
| English Engineering Units | 1000 lbf |
The name comes from combining the words kilo and pound; it is occasionally called a kilopound. Its symbol is kip, sometimes K (upper or lowercase), or less frequently, klb. When it is necessary to clearly distinguish it as a unit of force rather than mass, it is sometimes called the kip-force (symbol kipf or klbf).
The symbol kp usually stands for the kilopond, a unit of force, or kilogram-force, used primarily in Europe prior to the introduction of SI units.
The kip is also the name of a unit of mass equal to approximately 9.19 kilograms. This usage is obsolete, and was used in Malaysia.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Van Valkenburg, Mac E. (2002). Reference Data for Engineers Radio, Electronics, Computers and Communications. p. 3-15. ISBN 9780750672917. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ kip at Sizes.com
- ^ Kelly, Patrick (1832). Oriental Metrology. London: Longman Rees Orme. p. 96.
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