Every time I encoutered the kips it meant kpsi (1000 psi). (I am not claiming that it may not mean what others wrote also.) Stan Jakuba.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Bill Hooper <[email protected]> wrote: > I think "kips" stands for "kilo-pounds". > The fact that the kip, as well as the pound, is used for both force in some > instances and for mass in others, is good reason to get rid of Ye Olde > English units. Let's replace them with coherent SI units (which are also > physically correct). > > Bill Hooper > 70 kg body mass > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA > > ======================= > Mike Payne wrote: > > *From: *Michael Payne <[email protected]> > *Subject: **[USMA:51179] Another wierd unit* > *Date: *2011 Oct 01 10:47:29 AM EDT > *To: *"U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *[email protected] > > Found this while reading an article about an old and new bridge in Aspen > Colorado. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon_Creek_Bridge#cite_note-Layne_Geoconstruction-8 > > The abutments <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abutment> on either side of > the gorge are supported by 72 8-inch (200 mm) > micropiles<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_foundation#Micropile>designed to > support 150 > kips <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_%28unit%29> each. > > Apparently In the United States, a *kip* is a > non-SI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units>unit of > force <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force> that equals 1,000 > pounds-force<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound-force>, > used primarily by architects and engineers to measure engineering loads. > Although uncommon, it is occasionally also considered a unit of > mass<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass>, > equal to 1,000 pounds <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_%28mass%29>, > i.e. one half of a U.S. ton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_ton>. One > use is as a unit of > deadweight<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage>to compute > shipping charges. > > 1 kip = 4448.2216 Newtons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_%28unit%29>(N) > = 4.4482216 kilonewtons (kN). > > > Mike Payne > > > > > > > > > > > >
