Orders of magnitude (acceleration)
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Template:Short description Template:More footnotes needed This page lists examples of the acceleration occurring in various situations. They are grouped by orders of magnitude.
| Factor [m/s2] |
Multiple | Reference frame | Value | [g] | Item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:10^ | Template:Nowrap | inertial | 0 m/s2 | 0 g | The gyro rotors in Gravity Probe B and the free-floating proof masses in the TRIAD I navigation satellite[1] |
| inertial | ≈ 0 m/s2 | ≈ 0 g | Weightless parabola in a reduced-gravity aircraft | ||
| Template:10^ | Template:Nowrap | lab | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Smallest acceleration in a scientific experiment[2] |
| Template:10^ | Template:Nowrap | inertial | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Typical gravitational acceleration of stars in the Milky Way[3] |
| inertial | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Constant in Modified Newtonian dynamics theory, which states that objects with gravitational acceleration lower than don't follow Newton's law of gravity[4] | ||
| Template:10^ | Template:Nowrap | Solar system | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Acceleration of Earth toward the sun due to sun's gravitational attraction |
| Template:10^ | Template:Nowrap | lab | 0.25 m/s2 | 0.026 g | Train acceleration for SJ X2Template:Citation needed |
| Template:10^ | Template:Nowrap | inertial | 1.62 m/s2 | 0.1654 g | Standing on the Moon at its equatorTemplate:Citation needed |
| lab | 4.3 m/s2 | 0.44 g | Car acceleration 0–100 km/h in 6.4 s with a Saab 9-5 HirschTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| inertial | Template:Nowrap | 1 g | Standard gravity, the gravity acceleration on Earth at sea level standard[5] | ||
| 101 | 1 dam/s2 | inertial | 11.2 m/s2 | 1.14 g | Saturn V Moon rocket just after launchTemplate:Citation needed |
| inertial | 15.2 m/s2 | 1.55 g | Bugatti Veyron from 0 to Template:Nowrap in Template:Nowrap (the net acceleration vector including gravitational acceleration is directed 40 degrees from horizontalTemplate:Citation needed) | ||
| inertial | 29 m/s2 | 3 g | Space Shuttle, maximum during launch and reentryTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| inertial | Template:Nowrap | 3 g | Sustainable for > 25 seconds, for a human[5] | ||
| inertial | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap g | High-G roller coasters[6]Template:Rp | ||
| lab? | 41 m/s2 | 4.2 g | Top Fuel drag racing world record of 4.4 s over 1/4 mileTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| inertial | Template:Nowrap | 5 g | Causes disorientation, dizziness and fainting in humans[5] | ||
| lab? | 49+ m/s2 | 5+ g | Formula One car, maximum under heavy brakingTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| inertial? | 51 m/s2 | 5.2 g | Luge, maximum expected at the Whistler Sliding CentreTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| lab | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Formula One car, peak lateral in turns[7] | ||
| inertial | 59 m/s2 | 6 g | Parachutist peak during normal opening of parachute[8] | ||
| inertial | Template:Nowrap m/s2 | Template:Nowrap | Standard, full aerobatics certified gliderTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| inertial | 70.6 m/s2 | 7.19 g | Apollo 16 on reentry[9] | ||
| inertial | 79 m/s2 | 8 g | F-16 aircraft pulling out of diveTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| inertial | Template:Nowrap | 9 g | Maximum for a fit, trained person with G-suit to keep consciousness, avoiding G-LOCTemplate:Citation needed | ||
| inertial | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Typical maximum turn acceleration in an aerobatic plane or fighter jet[10] | ||
| Template:10^ | 1 hm/s2 | inertial | 147 m/s2 | 15 g | Explosive seat ejection from aircraftTemplate:Citation needed |
| Template:Nowrap | 18 g | Physical damage in humans, such as broken capillaries[5] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | 21.3 g | Peak acceleration experienced by cosmonauts during the Soyuz 18a abort[11] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | 34 g | Peak deceleration of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule on reentry to Earth[12] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | 46.2 g | Maximum acceleration a human has survived on a rocket sled[5] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | > 50 g | Death or serious injury likelyTemplate:Citation needed | |||
| 982 m/s2 | 100 g | Sprint missile[13] | |||
| 982 m/s2 | 100 g | Automobile crash (100 km/h into wall)[14] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Brief human exposure survived in crash[15] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | 100 g | Deadly limit for most humansTemplate:Citation needed | |||
| Template:10^ | 1 km/s2 | inertial ≈ lab |
Template:Nowrap | 157 g | Peak acceleration of fastest rocket sled run[16] |
| 1964 m/s2 | 200 g | 3.5-inch hard disc non-operating shock tolerance for 2 ms, weight 0.6 kg[17] | |||
| 2098 m/s2 | 214 g | Highest recorded amount of g-force exposed and survived by a human (Peak deceleration experienced by Kenny Bräck in a crash at the 2003 Chevy 500)[18][19] | |||
| 2256 m/s2 | 230 g | Peak acceleration experience by the Galileo probe during descent into Jupiter's atmosphere[20] | |||
| 2490 m/s2 | 254 g | Peak deceleration experienced by Jules Bianchi's head in crash of Marussia MR03, 2014 Japanese Grand Prix[21] | |||
| 2946 m/s2 | 300 g | Soccer ball struck by footTemplate:Citation needed | |||
| 3200 m/s2 | 320 g | A jumping human flea[22] | |||
| 3800 m/s2 | 380 g | A jumping click beetle[23] | |||
| 4944 m/s2 | 504 g | Clothes on washing machine, during dry spinning (46 cm drum at 1400 rpm) | |||
| Template:10^ | 10 km/s2 | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Deceleration of the head of a woodpecker[24] | |
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Space gun with a barrel length of Template:Nowrap and a muzzle velocity of Template:Nowrap, as proposed by Quicklaunch (assuming constant acceleration) | |||
| 29460 m/s2 | 3000 g | Baseball struck by bat[14] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Standard requirement for decelerative crashworthiness in certified flight recorders (black box) | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Shock capability of mechanical wrist watches[25] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Current Formula One engines, maximum piston acceleration (up to 10,000 g before rev limits)[26] | |||
| Template:10^ | 100 km/s2 | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | A mantis shrimp punch[27] | |
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Rating of electronics built into military artillery shells[28] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Spore acceleration of the Pilobolus fungi[29] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | 9×19 mm Parabellum handgun bullet (average along the length of the barrel)Template:Citation needed[30] | |||
| Template:10^ | 1,000 km/s2 | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Closing jaws of a trap-jaw ant[31] | |
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | 9×19 mm Parabellum handgun bullet, peakTemplate:Citation needed[32] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Surface gravity of white dwarf Sirius B[33] | |||
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Ultracentrifuge[34] | |||
| Template:10^ | 1 million km/s2 | 1Template:E m/s2 | Template:Nowrap | The record peak acceleration of a projectile in a coilgun, a 2-gram projectile accelerated in 1 cm from rest to 5 km/sec.[35] | |
| Template:10^ | 1 billion km/s2 | 1Template:E to 1Template:E m/s2 | 1Template:E to 1Template:E g | Surface gravity of a neutron star[36] | |
| 2.1Template:E m/s2 | 2.1Template:E g | Protons in the Large Hadron Collider[37] | |||
| Template:10^ | 1 quintillion km/s2 | 9.149Template:E m/s2 | Template:Nowrap g | Classical (Bohr model) acceleration of an electron around a 1H nucleus. | |
| 1.76Template:E m/s2 | 1.79Template:E g | Electrons in a 1 TV/m wakefield accelerator[38] | |||
| Template:10^ | 1 quindecillion km/s2 | Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Coherent Planck unit of acceleration |
See also
- G-force
- Gravitational acceleration
- Mechanical shock
- Standard gravity
- International System of Units (SI)
- SI prefix
References
- ↑ Stanford University: Gravity Probe B, Payload & Spacecraft, and NASA: Investigation of Drag-Free Control Technology for Earth Science Constellation Missions. The TRIAD 1 satellite was a later, more advanced navigation satellite that was part of the U.S. Navy's Transit, or NAVSAT system.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 csel.eng.ohio-state.edu - High Acceleration and the Human Body, Martin Voshell, November 28, 2004 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ George Bibel. Beyond the Black Box: the Forensics of Airplane Crashes. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ 6 g has been recorded in the 130R turn at Suzuka circuit, Japan. [1] Many turns have 5 g peak values, like turn 8 at Istanbul or Eau Rouge at Spa
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- ↑ NASA: SP-368 Biomedical Results of Apollo, Chapter 5: Environmental Factors, Table 2: Apollo Manned Space Flight Reentry G Levels
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 tomshardware.co.uk - Hard Drive Shock Tolerance - Hard-Disks - Storage Template:Webarchive, Physics, by O'hanian, 1989, 2007-01-03
- ↑ "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, 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 Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ wdc.com - Legacy Product Specifications : WD600BB Template:Webarchive, read 2012-01-11
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- ↑ Feel the G's: The Science of Gravity and G-Forces - by Suzanne Slade (page 37)
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- ↑ Omega [2], Ball Watch Technology
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- ↑ bu.edu - Rockets in Horse Poop Template:Webarchive, 2010-12-10
- ↑ Assuming an 8.04 gram bullet, a muzzle velocity of Template:Convert, and a 102 mm barrel.
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- ↑ Assuming an 8.04 gram bullet, a peak pressure of Template:Convert and 440 N of friction.
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- ↑ Berkeley Physics Course, vol. 1, Mechanics, fig. 4.1 (authors Kittel-Knight-Ruderman, 1973 edition)
- ↑ K. McKinney and P. Mongeau, "Multiple stage pulsed induction acceleration," in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 239-242, March 1984, doi: 10.1109/TMAG.1984.1063089.
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- ↑ Calculated from their speed and radius, approximating the LHC as a circle.
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