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Orders of magnitude (acceleration)

This page lists examples of the acceleration occurring in various situations. They are grouped by orders of magnitude.

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Factor Reference Multiple Value [g] Item [m/s2] frame The gyro rotors in Gravity Probe B and the free-floating inertial 2 0 g 0 m/s proof masses in the TRIAD I navigation [1] Weightless parabola in a inertial ≈ 0 m/s2 ≈ 0 g reduced-gravity aircraft Smallest acceleration in a lab 5 × 10−14 m/s2 5 × 10−15 g scientific experiment[2] 100 1 m/s2 lab 0.25 m/s2 0.026 g Train acceleration for SJ X2 Standing on the Moon at its inertial 1.62 m/s2 0.1652 g equator Car acceleration 0–100 km/h lab 4.3 m/s2 0.44 g in 6.4 s with a Saab 9-5 Hirsch Standard gravity, the gravity inertial 9.80665 m/s2 1 g acceleration on Earth at sea level standard[3] 1 2 Saturn V moon rocket just 10 1 dam/s inertial 11.2 m/s2 1.14 g after launch Bugatti Veyron from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 s (the net acceleration vector including inertial 15.2 m/s2 1.55 g gravitational acceleration is directed 40 degrees from horizontal) Space Shuttle, maximum inertial 29 m/s2 3 g during launch and reentry Sustainable for > 25 seconds, inertial 29 m/s2 3 g for a human[3]

inertial 34 – 62 m/s2 3.5 – 6.3 g High-G roller coasters[4]:340 Top Fuel drag racing world lab? 41 m/s2 4.2 g record of 4.4 s over 1/4 mile Causes disorientation, inertial 49 m/s2 5 g dizziness and fainting in humans[3] Formula One car, maximum lab? 49+ m/s2 5+ g under heavy braking Luge, maximum expected at inertial? 51 m/s2 5.2 g the Whistler Sliding Centre Formula One car, peak lateral lab 49 – 59 m/s2 5 – 6 g in turns[5] Parachutist peak during inertial 59 m/s2 6 g normal opening of parachute[6] Standard, full aerobatics inertial +69 / -49 m/s2 +7 / -5 g certified glider

inertial 70.6 m/s2 7.19 g Apollo 16 on reentry[7]

inertial 79 m/s2 8 g F-16 aircraft pulling out of dive

inertial 88 m/s2 9 g Maximum for a fit, trained person with G-suit to keep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(acceleration) 2/6 10/08/2018 Orders of magnitude (acceleration) - Wikipedia consciousness, avoiding G- LOC Typical maximum turn inertial 88 – 118 m/s2 9 – 12 g acceleration in an aerobatic plane or fighter jet[8] Explosive seat ejection from 147 m/s2 15 g aircraft Physical damage in humans 177 m/s2 18 g like broken capillaries[3] Peak acceleration 209 m/s2 21.3 g experienced by cosmonauts during the Soyuz 18a abort[9] Peak deceleration of the 333 m/s2 34 g Stardust Sample Return Capsule on reentry to Earth[10]

102 1 hm/s2 inertial Maximum acceleration a 454 m/s2 46.2 g human has survived on a rocket sled[3]

> 491 m/s2 > 50 g Death or serious injury likely

982 m/s2 100 g Sprint missile[11] Automobile crash (100 km/h 982 m/s2 100 g into wall)[12] Brief human exposure > 982 m/s2 > 100 g survived in crash[13]

982 m/s2 100 g Deadly limit for most humans Peak acceleration of fastest 1540 m/s2 157 g rocket sled run[14] 3.5" hard disc non-operating 1964 m/s2 200 g shock tolerance for 2 ms, weight 0.6 kg[15] Peak deceleration inertial 103 1 km/s2 experienced by Jules Bianchi ≈ lab 2 254 g 2490 m/s in crash of Marussia MR03, 2014 Japanese Grand Prix[16]

2946 m/s2 300 g Soccer ball struck by foot

3200 m/s2 320 g A jumping human flea[17]

3800 m/s2 380 g A jumping click beetle[18]

104 10 km/s2 Deceleration of the head of a 11 768 m/s2 1200 g woodpecker[19] Space with a barrel length of 1 km and a muzzle velocity of 6 km/s, 17 680 m/s2 1800 g as proposed by Quicklaunch (assuming constant acceleration)

29460 m/s2 3000 g Baseball struck by bat[12] Shock capability of >49 100 m/s2 > 5000 g mechanical wrist watches[20]

84 450 m/s2 8600 g Current Formula One engines, maximum piston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(acceleration) 3/6 10/08/2018 Orders of magnitude (acceleration) - Wikipedia acceleration[21]

102 000 m/s2 10 400 g A mantis shrimp punch[22] Rating of electronics built into 152 210 m/s2 15 500 g military shells[23] 100 105 Spore acceleration of the km/s2 196 400 m/s2 20 000 g Pilobolus fungi[24] 9×19mm Parabellum handgun 304 420 m/s2 31 000 g bullet (average along the length of the barrel)[25] Closing jaws of a trap-jaw 1 000 000 m/s2 100 000 g ant[26]

2 9×19mm Parabellum handgun 1 865 800 m/s 190 000 g [27] 106 1 Mm/s2 bullet, peak Surface gravity of white dwarf 3 800 000 m/s2 390 000 g Sirius B[28]

3 900 000 m/s2 slightly below 400 000 g Ultracentrifuge[29]

107 10 Mm/s2 53 000 000 m/s2 5 400 000 g Jellyfish stinger[30] Max surface gravity of a 7 × 1012 m/s2 7 × 1011 g neutron star 1012 1 Tm/s2 Protons in the Large Hadron 2.1 × 1013 m/s2 2.1 × 1012 g Collider[31] Classical (Bohr model) 9.149 × 1021 m/s2 9.33 × 1020 g acceleration of an electron around a H nucleus. 1021 1 Zm/s2 1 Electrons in a 1 TV/m 176 × 1021 m/s2 1.79 × 1022 g wakefield accelerator[32]

1051 1051 m/s2 5.561 × 1051 m/s2 5.67 × 1050 g Planck acceleration[33]

See also

G-force Gravitational acceleration Mechanical shock Standard gravity International System of Units (SI) SI prefix

References

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"Stardust—An artificial, low-velocity "meteor" fall and recovery: 15 January 2006" (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00232.x/pdf) (PDF). The Meteoritical Society. 11. Sprint (http://www.nuclearabms.info/Sprint.html) 12. tomshardware.co.uk - Hard Drive Shock Tolerance - Hard-Disks - Storage (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/ 216253-14-hard-drive-shock-tolerance), Physics, by O'hanian, 1989, 2007-01-03 13. “Several Indy car drivers have withstood impacts in excess of 100 G without serious injuries.” Dennis F. Shanahan, M.D., M.P.H.: ”Human Tolerance and Crash Survivability (ftp://ftp.rta.nato.int/PubFullText/RTO/EN/RT O-EN-HFM-113/EN-HFM-113-06.pdf), citing Society of Automotive Engineers. Indy racecar crash analysis. Automotive Engineering International, June 1999, 87–90. And National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Recording Automotive Crash Event Data (http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/studies/record/chidester.htm) 14. http://www.holloman.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=6130&page=1 15. wdc.com - Legacy Product Specifications : WD600BB (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/Legacy.asp?Mode l=WD600BB), read 2012-01-11 16. "Formula 1 - Bianchi crash impact was 254g" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150723230530/https://uk.eurosport.y ahoo.com/news/formula-1-bianchi-crash-impact-254g-103939864--f1.html). uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 23 July 2015. Archived from the original (https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/formula-1-bianchi-crash-impact-254g-1039 39864--f1.html) on 23 July 2015. 17. "The jump of the click beetle (Coleoptera, Elateridae)—a preliminary study - Evans - 2009 - Journal of Zoology" (h ttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1972.tb03115.x/abstract). 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