University in China Begins Installing World's Strongest Gravity Centrifuge to Compress Space and Time
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Key Points:
- Zhejiang University in China has developed the CHIEF1900 gravitational centrifuge, the largest and most powerful centrifuge of its kind, capable of generating up to 300 times Earth's gravity on scale models.
- The centrifuge can spin objects weighing up to 20 metric tons at forces around 100g, allowing scientists to test structural stability of large constructs like dams, railways, submersibles, and space capsules without risking full-scale destruction.
- By using scale models, researchers can replicate real-world stress conditions, accelerating testing processes that would normally take centuries into just days, such as environmental pollutant leaching.
- The CHIEF facility aims to create experimental environments across vast timescales and size ranges under extreme conditions, potentially enabling discoveries of
