Kips per square inch to newtons per square meter conversion calculator shown above calculates how many newtons per square meter are in 'X' kips per square inch (where 'X' is the number of kips per square inch to convert to newtons per square meter). In order to convert a value from kips per square inch to newtons per square meter (from ksi to N/m²) type the number of ksi to be converted to N/m² and then click on the 'convert' button.