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 |
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10−∞ | 0 m/s2 | 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 | ||
10−14 | 10 fm/s2 | lab | 5×10−14 m/s2 | 5×10−15 g | Smallest acceleration in a scientific experiment [2] |
10−3 | 1 mm/s2 | Solar system | 5.93×10−3 m/s2 | 6.04×10−4 g | Acceleration of Earth toward the sun due to sun's gravitational attraction |
10−1 | 1 dm/s2 | lab | 0.25 m/s2 | 0.026 g | Train acceleration for SJ X2[ citation needed] |
100 | 1 m/s2 | inertial | 1.62 m/s2 | 0.1654 g | Standing on the Moon at its equator[ 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 Hirsch[ citation needed] | ||
inertial | 9.80665 m/s2 | 1 g | Standard gravity, the gravity acceleration on Earth at sea level standard [3] | ||
101 | 1 dam/s2 | inertial | 11.2 m/s2 | 1.14 g | Saturn V Moon rocket just after launch[ citation needed] |
inertial | 15.2 m/s2 | 1.55 g | Bugatti Veyron from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 s (the net acceleration vector including gravitational acceleration is directed 40 degrees from horizontal[ citation needed]) | ||
inertial | 29 m/s2 | 3 g | Space Shuttle, maximum during launch and reentry[ citation needed] | ||
inertial | 29 m/s2 | 3 g | Sustainable for > 25 seconds, for a human [3] | ||
inertial | 34 – 49 m/s2 | 3.5 – 5 g | High-G roller coasters [4]: 340 | ||
lab? | 41 m/s2 | 4.2 g | Top Fuel drag racing world record of 4.4 s over 1/4 mile[ citation needed] | ||
inertial | 49 m/s2 | 5 g | Causes disorientation, dizziness and fainting in humans [3] | ||
lab? | 49+ m/s2 | 5+ g | Formula One car, maximum under heavy braking[ citation needed] | ||
inertial? | 51 m/s2 | 5.2 g | Luge, maximum expected at the Whistler Sliding Centre[ citation needed] | ||
lab | 49 – 59 m/s2 | 5 – 6 g | Formula One car, peak lateral in turns [5] | ||
inertial | 59 m/s2 | 6 g | Parachutist peak during normal opening of parachute [6] | ||
inertial | +69 / -49 m/s2 | +7 / -5 g | Standard, full aerobatics certified glider[ citation needed] | ||
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[ citation needed] | ||
inertial | 88 m/s2 | 9 g | Maximum for a fit, trained person with G-suit to keep consciousness, avoiding G-LOC[ citation needed] | ||
inertial | 88 – 118 m/s2 | 9 – 12 g | Typical maximum turn acceleration in an aerobatic plane or fighter jet [8] | ||
102 | 1 hm/s2 | inertial | 147 m/s2 | 15 g | Explosive seat ejection from aircraft[ citation needed] |
177 m/s2 | 18 g | Physical damage in humans like broken capillaries [3] | |||
209 m/s2 | 21.3 g | Peak acceleration experienced by cosmonauts during the Soyuz 18a abort [9] | |||
333 m/s2 | 34 g | Peak deceleration of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule on reentry to Earth [10] | |||
454 m/s2 | 46.2 g | Maximum acceleration a human has survived on a rocket sled [3] | |||
> 491 m/s2 | > 50 g | Death or serious injury likely[ citation needed] | |||
982 m/s2 | 100 g | Sprint missile [11] | |||
982 m/s2 | 100 g | Automobile crash (100 km/h into wall) [12] | |||
> 982 m/s2 | > 100 g | Brief human exposure survived in crash [13] | |||
982 m/s2 | 100 g | Deadly limit for most humans[ citation needed] | |||
103 | 1 km/s2 | inertial ≈ lab |
1540 m/s2 | 157 g | Peak acceleration of fastest rocket sled run [14] |
1964 m/s2 | 200 g | 3.5" hard disc non-operating shock tolerance for 2 ms, weight 0.6 kg [15] | |||
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) [16] [17] | |||
2256 m/s2 | 230 g | Peak acceleration experience by the Galileo probe during descent into Jupiter's atmosphere [18] | |||
2490 m/s2 | 254 g | Peak deceleration experienced by Jules Bianchi in crash of Marussia MR03, 2014 Japanese Grand Prix [19] | |||
2946 m/s2 | 300 g | Soccer ball struck by foot[ citation needed] | |||
3200 m/s2 | 320 g | A jumping human flea [20] | |||
3800 m/s2 | 380 g | A jumping click beetle [21] | |||
4944 m/s2 | 504 g | Clothes on washing machine, during dry spinning (46 cm drum / 1400 rpm) | |||
104 | 10 km/s2 | 11 768 m/s2 | 1200 g | Deceleration of the head of a woodpecker [22] | |
17 680 m/s2 | 1800 g |
Space gun with a barrel length of 1 km and a
muzzle velocity of 6 km/s, as proposed by Quicklaunch (assuming constant acceleration) | |||
29460 m/s2 | 3000 g | Baseball struck by bat [12] | |||
~33 000 m/s2 | 3400 g | Standard requirement for decelerative crashworthiness in certified flight recorders (such as a Boeing 737 'black box') | |||
>49 100 m/s2 | >5000 g | Shock capability of mechanical wrist watches [23] | |||
84 450 m/s2 | 8600 g | Current Formula One engines, maximum piston acceleration (up to 10,000 g before rev limits) [24] | |||
105 | 100 km/s2 | 102 000 m/s2 | 10 400 g | A mantis shrimp punch [25] | |
152 210 m/s2 | 15 500 g | Rating of electronics built into military artillery shells [26] | |||
196 400 m/s2 | 20 000 g | Spore acceleration of the Pilobolus fungi [27] | |||
304 420 m/s2 | 31 000 g | 9×19mm Parabellum handgun bullet (average along the length of the barrel)[ citation needed] [28] | |||
106 | 1 Mm/s2 | 1 000 000 m/s2 | 100 000 g | Closing jaws of a trap-jaw ant [29] | |
1 865 800 m/s2 | 190 000 g | 9×19mm Parabellum handgun bullet, peak[ citation needed] [30] | |||
3 800 000 m/s2 | 390 000 g | Surface gravity of white dwarf Sirius B [31] | |||
3 900 000 m/s2 | slightly below 400 000 g | Ultracentrifuge [32] | |||
107 | 10 Mm/s2 | 53 000 000 m/s2 | 5 400 000 g | Jellyfish stinger [33] | |
109 | 1 Gm/s2 | 1×109 m/s2 | ~100 000 000 g | The record peak acceleration of a projectile in a coilgun, a 2 gram projectile accelerated in 1 cm from rest to 5 km/sec. [34] | |
1012 | 1 Tm/s2 | 7×1012 m/s2 | 7×1011 g | Max surface gravity of a neutron star[ citation needed] | |
2.1×1013 m/s2 | 2.1×1012 g | Protons in the Large Hadron Collider [35] | |||
1021 | 1 Zm/s2 | 9.149×1021 m/s2 | 9.33×1020 g | Classical ( Bohr model) acceleration of an electron around a 1H nucleus. | |
176×1021 m/s2 | 1.79×1022 g | Electrons in a 1 TV/m wakefield accelerator [36] | |||
1051 | 1 QZm/s2 | 5.5608×1051 m/s2 | 5.5719×1050 g | Coherent Planck unit of acceleration |
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