Orders of magnitude (acceleration)
This is for comparison purposes, a compilation of accelerations of different orders of magnitude. The data can often be understood as a "typical"; the converted values are rounded.
Basic unit of acceleration in the International System of Units is 1 m / s ², the symbols a
There are the following conversions:
Here the following reference systems can be distinguished:
Accelerations up to 1 m/s2
0.5 m/s2 average acceleration of an ICE 3 bis 200 km / h
1 m/s2 to 10 m/s2
1.62 m/s2 acceleration due to gravity on the moon
1 m/s2 recreational cyclists
2 m/s2 professional bicycle
3.4 to 7.0 m/s2 Mean acceleration when starting with a mid-sized car for the speed range from 0 to 60 km / h
4 m/s2 Initial acceleration of an athlete in the sprint.
9.81 m/s2 acceleration in free fall without air resistance in the vicinity of the surface. So that a speed of 100 km / h is reached at 2.83 seconds.
10 m/s2 acceleration of the ball during the shot put in the push-off phase.
10 m/s2 Mean delay in emergency braking with a car. This value applies to all well damped rolling wheeled vehicles with enough acting brakes when the friction of rubber on concrete or worn down asphalt (both dry and clean ) is the limiting element of the power transmission and the vehicle for angularly with respect to the front contact point too high (45 ° for a = - g) center of gravity should not prepare and overturned as a road bike. And this value is the same as the limit for lateral acceleration under the same conditions.
10 m/s2 to 100 m/s2
40 m/s2 maximum value at a Saturn V at the end of firing the first stage
20 m/s2 maximum value at a Saturn V at the end of firing of the second stage
16 m/s2 maximum value at a Saturn V at the end of firing of the third stage (the margin into the path of the moon )
64 m/s2 maximum value at an Apollo capsule during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere for a moon flight
15 m/s2 Typical maximum value at a children's swing
19.6 m/s2 pendulum with initial 90 ° deflection
40 m/s2 maximum value at the roller coaster Silver Star
60 m/s2 Maximum value for formula 1 car in curves
60 m/s2 Typical value for Top Fuel dragster at the start and braking
43-69 m/s2 vehicle load in collisions of two Volvo 240 with speed differences between the 7,5 und 10 km / h
78 m/s2 Average maximum values for aerobatic maneuvers ( exercise duration between 1.5 and 3 seconds)
100 m/s2 and 10 000 m/s2
1764 m/s2 According to the Guinness Book of World Records highest measured acceleration of a man (David Purley, 1977) survived.
3000 m/s2 Approximate acceleration of the drum contents of washing machines in the spin cycle.
10 000 m/s2 acceleration during the impact of an object that falls from 1 m height onto hard ground and lie still when the ground or object yields by 1 mm.
10 000 m/s2 and 1 000 000 m/s2
1 million m/s2 modern ultracentrifuge