The centrifugal acceleration test facility is used to verify the endurance and performance of a test item under the static acceleration environment. It simulates acceleration environments such as those experienced by a spacecraft during launch or airborne equipment during flight, and occasionally performs overload tolerance tests on sample return capsules during atmospheric re-entry.
Acceleration up to 55.7G is generated by the rotary motion of the arm-like structure. A high-speed data logger is mounted on the measurement rack at the rotation center of the arm to send measurement data, e.g., acceleration, strain, voltage, temperature, video signals, etc., acquired by it to a measurement system via a wireless LAN to be monitored and recorded there.
This facility is capable of continuous operation and safe automatic abort of itself at the times of earthquakes.
