Kilopound (abbreviation: kips): is a unit of force, equivalent to 1000 pounds (lb) which is used in some systems of measurement including English Engineering units and the British Gravitational System. Also, it is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement.
Slug (abbreviations: ps2pf, or lb.s2/ft): is a unit of mass in the weight-based system of measures, especially within the British Imperial measurement system and in the United States customary measures system. Systems of measure either define mass and derive weights or define a base weight and derive a mass unit. It is the mass that is accelerated by 1 ft/s2 when a force of one pound (lbf) is applied on it.
How to Convert Kilopounds to Slugs
Example: How many slugs are equivalent to 73.1 kilopounds?
As;
1 kilopounds = 31.055900621118 slugs
73.1 kilopounds = Y slugs
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 73.1 times 31.055900621118 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 73.1 * 31.055900621118 / 1 = 2270.1863354037 slugs
Answer is: 2270.1863354037 slugs are equivalent to 73.1 kilopounds.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into slug:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 93.69 kips
( ii ) 55.98 kips
( iii ) 76.57 kips
