Question: is kips the same as ksi?
Answer: A kip per square inch (ksi, kip/in²) is a unit of pressure, stress, Young's modulus and ultimate tensile strength in the US Customary Units and British Imperial Units. It is a measure of force per unit area. A kip or kip-force, or kilopound (kip, klb, kipf) is a non-SI non-metric unit of force.