The explosion rattles my structure, subjecting me to a momentary peak acceleration of 19 G's.

A shock can be characterized by the peak acceleration, the duration, and the shape of the shock pulse (half sine, triangular, trapezoidal, etc.).

The Instrumental Intensity map is based on a combined regression of recorded peak acceleration and velocity amplitudes.

The northeast corner of the state is subject to the greatest peak accelerations due to the presence of the East Tennessee Seismic Zone.

The Mercalli scale is not defined in terms of more rigorous, objectively quantifiable measurements such as shake amplitude, shake frequency, peak velocity, or peak acceleration.

The peak acceleration in each of these directions is recorded, with the highest individual value often reported.

At peak acceleration Laika's respiration increased to between three and four times the pre-launch rate.

Due to only tracking the peak instantaneous acceleration the SRS does not contain all the information in the transient waveform from which it was created.

An SRS is of little use for fatigue-type damage scenarios, as the transform removes information of how many times a peak acceleration (and inferred stress) is reached.

Still, for some applications that rockets are used for, a high peak acceleration applied for just a short time is highly desirable.