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Centrifuge testing

By spinning at a constant rate, an artificial acceleration is generated in the swinging container. By understanding how this works, one can derive the scaling rules. These rules are the tools of the scientist to model the physical behaviour at stake. From the process of the physical modelling, it results in the design, the preparation and the organisation of the experiments to come.