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Convert slug to kip
Please provide values below to Convert slug to kip, or vice versa.
What is a Slug?
The Slug is an Imperial unit of mass used in physics and engineering. One slug is the mass that accelerates by 1 ft/s² when a force of 1 pound-force is applied. It is mostly used in the US for dynamics and fluid mechanics calculations.
What is a Kip?
The Kip is a unit of force equal to 1,000 pounds-force (lbf). Although it sounds like a mass unit, it's actually used in engineering to represent structural loads, particularly in civil and mechanical engineering design calculations.
slug to kip Conversion Table
| slug | kip |
|---|---|
| 0.01 slug | 0.000321740485564 kip |
| 0.1 slug | 0.00321740485564 kip |
| 1 slug | 0.0321740485564 kip |
| 2 slug | 0.0643480971128 kip |
| 3 slug | 0.0965221456692 kip |
| 5 slug | 0.160870242782 kip |
| 10 slug | 0.321740485564 kip |
| 20 slug | 0.643480971128 kip |
| 50 slug | 1.60870242782 kip |
| 100 slug | 3.21740485564 kip |
| 1000 slug | 32.1740485564 kip |
How to Convert slug to kip
1 slug = 0.032174048556416 kip
1 kip = 31.080950171581 slug
Example: convert 15 slug to kip:
15 × 0.032174048556416 = 0.48261072834625 kip