The U.S. Army centrifuge is designed to carry a maximum payload of 8.8 tons on its 1.3-m by 1.3-m platform. The radius of the centrifuge arm from center of rotation to the platform base is 6.5 m.
The range of gravity to which a model can be subjected is 1 g to a maximum of 350 g’s.
The envelope of performance for the centrifuge is as shown in the figure below. Any combination of mass and gravity is permitted as long as it is within the performance envelope. At the maximum payload of 8.8 tons, the maximum gravity permitted would be 150 g’s. At the maximum gravity of 350 g’s, the maximum payload permitted would be 2 tons.
