With all this talk about vibration these days many labs are getting a
vibration meter to test the lab and equipment. However, many meter measures
in units of g. What is this, and how can we convert it to inches. This is a
very common problem because most vibration meters are accelerometers
(acceleration is proportional to electrical units produced in the
accelerometer) The units of g are acceleration (a) due to gravity. it can be
converted by a=0.0511*(f)squared *(D) or a=0.0162*V*f.
units for a are in g (g=386.0886 inch/sec2)
units for f are Hz (or 1/sec)
units for D are inches
units for V are inches/sec.