Convert Between Units of Acceleration
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity over time. You will see it in vehicle performance, vibration and shock specifications, motion control, and anything involving gravity. Common units include m/s^2, ft/s^2, and g (standard gravity). If you are comparing sensor datasheets, road profiles, or equipment ratings, converting acceleration correctly helps you keep the real-world meaning intact.
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About Acceleration Conversions
Helpful context and notes for converting Acceleration units.
Acceleration conversions show up in kinematics, machinery vibration, crash testing, seismic response, and rotating equipment. A value expressed in g is often convenient for shock events, while m/s^2 is standard for calculations. Watch for context: peak vs RMS acceleration, and whether the value is an instantaneous spike or a sustained level. Those details matter more than the last decimal place.
Practical tip: do one quick magnitude check. 1 g is about 9.80665 m/s^2, so a 3 g shock event should be about 29.4 m/s^2. If you are mixing SI and imperial sources, write the units beside every number and convert early in the workflow. Acceleration values often feed into force (F = m a), so a unit slip here can quietly become an overbuilt or underbuilt design later.
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Fun Fact
Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest (29,029 ft), tiny airborne overachievers that they are.
Supported Units
Common and engineering-specific units supported for this conversion.
- cm/s2 (centi meters/square second)
- dam/s2 (deca meters/square second)
- dm/s2 (deci meters/square second)
- galileo (Galileos)
- Gm/s2 (giga meters/square second)
- hm/s2 (hecto meters/square second)
- km/s2 (kilo meters/square second)
- Mm/s2 (mega meters/square second)
- m/s2 (meters/square second)
- μm/s2 (micro meters/square second)
- mm/s2 (milli meters/square second)
- nm/s2 (nano meters/square second)
- pm/s2 (pico meters/square second)
- grav (Standard Gravities)
- Tm/s2 (tera meters/square second)
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