Abstract: This paper is divided into three parts and ten chapters to discuss the non-standard steady state acceleration simulation test equipment—centrifuge—in detail. The first part discusses the steady state acceleration environment and its effect, the correlation testing methods and the national standards. The second partⅠdiscusses the domestic and foreign centrifuge developments and the structures with a brief history and provides a more comprehensive structure survey for all kinds of centrifuges. The second partⅡpresents the elementary theoretical analysis, the research general layout design and the components design, the principles of design and the computational method. The third part provides a practical design example. The main concern of this paper is the medium, large-scale, and extra-large type aerospace centrifuges, the geotechnical centrifuges and the human centrifuges. The fifth chapter introduces China’s centrifuges developed by Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chinese Helicopter Design Research Institute, China Academy of Space Technology, including many kinds of geotechnical centrifuges and human centrifuges. By focusing on their overall layout and the host structure, the author provides, as much as possible, detailed drawing of their appearance and configuration and gives the review.