China To Start New Hypergravity Centrifuge To Compress Space-Time – How Does It Work?
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Key Points:
- The new CHIEF 1900 centrifuge has a capacity of 1,900 g·tonne, significantly increasing from the previous CHIEF1300’s 1,300 g·tonne, enabling more detailed hypergravity studies.
- Hypergravity simulates gravitational accelerations far beyond Earth’s standard 1g by using centrifuge systems that create high inertial accelerations through rotation.
- These centrifuges help test materials and structures, such as dams and buildings, under extreme forces to improve quake protection and construction safety.
- Hypergravity environments also facilitate fundamental physics research, including studying how gravity affects timekeeping in precise clocks.
- Such extreme accelerations are lethal to humans, as CHIEF1900’s forces
