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Title: China Activates World's Most Advanced Hypergravity Facility

Link: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/19/0044230/c...

China has activated the world's most advanced hypergravity machine to advance
studies in geological processes, material behavior, and deep-sea energy
exploration. Located in Hangzhou, The Centrifugal Hypergravity and
Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) will be able to produce forces
thousands of times stronger than Earth's gravity. Interesting Engineering
reports: The facility will house three primary hypergravity centrifuges and
18 onboard units. These centrifuges, machines designed to spin containers
rapidly, force heavier materials to the edges or bottom by creating
hypergravity conditions, as reported by the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
The first centrifuge's main engine, resembling two massive arms holding
experimental baskets, has been installed. According to the Hangzhou
government, the fabrication of the remaining two centrifuges and 10 onboard
units is underway. [...] CHIEF will surpass the capabilities of the US Army
Corps of Engineers' hypergravity facility, which has a capacity of 1,200 g-t
(gravity acceleration x ton). Once completed, CHIEF will feature a capacity
of 1,900 g-t, making it the most advanced facility of its kind, reports SCMP.
The project includes six hypergravity experiment chambers, each dedicated to
a specific area, such as slope and dam engineering, seismic geotechnics, deep-
sea exploration, deep-earth studies, geological processes, and materials
processing.

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