Short Duration Shock and Jerk
Short term shocks may be caused by impacts, drops, earthquake, or explosion. Shock is a short-term transient excitiation and is often measured as an acceleration. Very short duration shocks of 100 g have been survivable in racing car crashes.
Jerk is the rate of change of acceleration. In SI units, jerk is expressed as m/s3.
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