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The world’s most advanced hypergravity facility became operational

By admin, Kasım 20, 2024



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China has once again taken a big step in the world of science, becoming the world’s most powerful artificial gravity capable of creating centrifugal opened its facility. Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (located in Hangzhou)CHIEFThis facility, called ) will allow a wide range of experiments to be carried out, from engineering to geology, from materials science to environmental research.

An expensive facility for artificial gravity

The project, which received approval from the Chinese government in 2018 and started construction in 2020, is approximately 2 billion yuan It was completed at a cost of (US$ 276.5 million). CHIEF is home to the world’s largest and most powerful hypergravity centrifuge. This gigantic structure was artificially created by a force many times stronger than gravity.hypergravity” can create.

At the center of centrifuge technology is a giant arm rotating at high speed. When this arm rotates in a circular motion with the load it carries, centrifugal force comes into play. This force creates a pressure on Earth’s normal gravity (1G), simulating much stronger gravitational conditions, i.e. hypergravity.

It will speed up research




The world's most advanced hypergravity facility became operational



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CHIEF offers scientists the opportunity to accelerate and observe processes that can take thousands of years in nature. For example, thanks to such facilities, scientists have been able to study research in nature that will last tens of thousands of years. transport processes of pollutants can be examined. Thanks to the facility, scientists are also able to prevent river floods. to dams effect, of earthquakes consequences on ground structures and plant in space Experiments can be conducted in different areas such as cultivation. Likewise, by modeling the performance of dams under years-long stress conditions in a few hours, it will be possible to design safer and more durable engineering structures.

CHIEF centrifuges, 1.900 g-t (gravity acceleration × tons) to capacity and 32 ton has load carrying capacity. This capacity far exceeds any other existing facility, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 1,200 g-t facility.

By comparison, the centrifuge at NASA’s Goddard Space Center was the largest in the world 10 years ago. This centrifuge, which had a diameter of 42.6 meters and could rotate at a speed of 250 km/h, could accelerate a load of only 2.5 tons up to 30G. CHIEF’s ability to lift much larger loads to much higher G-forces makes it a unique technological marvel.

In general, CHIEF will be used in the fields of dam and slope engineering, seismic soil mechanics, deep sea engineering, deep earth engineering, geological processes and material processing. The facility’s first centrifuge engine is already operational, and production of the other two centrifuges and 10 units of support equipment is ongoing. The first commissioning phase of CHIEF is planned to take place this year.














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