Centrifuge - Centrifuge Studies In The Space Sciences
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Centrifuge studies have been very important in the development of manned space flight programs. Human volunteers are placed into very large centrifuges and then spun at high velocities. Inside the centrifuge, humans feel high gravitational velocities that correspond to high gravitational forces ("g forces") that occur during the launch of space vehicles. Such experiments help space scientists understand the limits of acceleration that humans can endure in such situations.
See also Gravity and gravitation.
Resources
Books
"Centrifugation." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. 6th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987, volume 3, pp. 392—398.
Dufour, John W., and W. Ed Nelson. Centrifugal Pump Source-book. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992.
Lobanoff, Val S., and Robert R. Ross. Centrifugal Pumps. 2nd edition. Houston: Gulf Publications, 1992.
Trefil, James. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. The Reference Works, Inc., 2001.
David E. Newton
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