Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 246: Shooting down a satellite? No one in the world can do it, except you!

After watching the experiments at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Song Ruifei and Shao Enjiang were both excited. They thought of the Tokamak equipment of the artificial sun project.

That equipment is the most advanced in the world. If it can undergo the same internal transformation, its performance will definitely be greatly improved.

This is a much greater improvement than just having one or two results in research.

After making the same transformation, the project may be able to catch up with the most advanced international levels in all fields.

Not maybe, but definitely!

By then, the artificial sun project team will become the world's most advanced tokamak nuclear test reactor research team.

This is really tempting.

So they surrounded Zhang Shuo and kept asking questions, just to know the technical information about the internal transformation.

Zhang Shuo didn't seem to be stingy with his skills. With a warm smile on his face, he explained slowly, "Actually, I told you, it's all about calculation."

"It's a bit like designing an airplane. You have to consider the pressure and temperature at each location, and it involves a lot of calculations in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics."

"After making the most scientific calculations, we can make each location close to the pressure limit..."

"In this way, the pressure-bearing capacity inside the reactor will naturally be greatly enhanced!"

"As long as the most scientific calculations are used..."

"Ula Ula~~"

He said he talked for quite a while.

He gave the most serious answers to every question from Song Ruifei and Shao Enjiang.

After talking until his mouth was dry, he went about his own business.

Song Ruifei and Shao Enjiang had no choice but to leave.

They walked out of the control room together, unable to contain their excitement, as if the artificial sun project team was about to become number one in the world.

Standing in the corridor, Song Ruifei thought about Zhang Shuo's words again and suddenly felt something was wrong. He asked in confusion, "Old Shao, do you feel that Professor Zhang Shuo has been talking for a long time, but it seems that he has said nothing?"

“We already know all this, we just need to do the calculations on each part and then redesign it.”

“You have to consider the whole, but also the individual locations.”

"But the calculations should be complicated, right? If we were to do the calculations ourselves, we would need a lot of experiments to verify them, which would require a lot of money, manpower, and time..."

“It doesn’t even meet the expected goals.”

Just like Zhang Shuo’s analogy, the design of the reactor structure inside the tokamak device is a bit like aircraft design, which requires consideration of many factors.

No one can be sure that the aircraft design proposed is the most perfect one.

The aircraft design process also requires a lot of calculations and a lot of basic experimental support.

Do you have to do all this yourself?
Song Ruifei said with a bitter face, "Professor Zhang Shuo did point out a research direction for us...but I would rather get the plan directly!"

"I've seen it a long time ago."

Shao Enjiang smiled bitterly, rubbed his hair and said, "I guess Professor Zhang Shuo also knows that we want to get the plan, but why give it to us directly?"

"This one……"

Song Ruifei suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

They really hope to get the plan directly, but neither Zhang Shuo nor the Institute of Physics has any reason to share the plan.

The last time Zhang Shuo went to the artificial sun project base, he got some experimental data, but he also pointed out a clear research direction for them that could improve the performance of the equipment.

This research direction is much more important than some shared data.

The favor was paid off.

So why should the other party give the plan to them?

Why!
"We wouldn't agree if we were in their shoes." Song Ruifei thought about it and immediately shook his head.

Shao Enjiang nodded in agreement and said, "Our technology will not be shared with the Institute of Nuclear Physics."

This is inevitable.

Although they are all domestic nuclear fusion research institutions, they are different institutions after all, and the technologies they develop cannot be shared.

Institutions that are also engaged in nuclear fusion research and development will not share the technologies they possess, not to mention that Zhang Shuo is not a scholar in the field of nuclear fusion, so it is naturally impossible for him to share his research results.

If they were allowed to do the research themselves, there's no telling how much manpower and money it would take.

The equipment of the artificial sun project is too large and too advanced.

This also means that every internal renovation will cost a lot of money and take a long time.

The experimental cost is therefore greatly increased.

Therefore, it is best to have a definite plan from the beginning and complete the internal transformation at one time to minimize costs.

But how can we implement the plan?

When Song Ruifei and Shao Enjiang were talking, they saw Tang Hua coming over. They immediately went over to ask about the equipment modification.

This time Song Ruifei asked directly, "Can your renovation plan be shared?"

"You want to use it?" Tang Hua raised the corner of his mouth with some pride.

The artificial project team is the top nuclear fusion research team in China and even in the world. Among them, there are several researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics. But when they came to watch the experiment, they put on an arrogant face. But now they want the technology of the Institute of Nuclear Physics?
"Academician Tang, of course we want to use it too." Shao Enjiang put on a flattering attitude and said with a smile, "I believe that your transformation plan and transformation technology are absolutely the best in the world, and will be of great help to our research."

"If we use your solution, I think our team will have the world's best tokamak device, and at the same time, various research indicators will be greatly improved..."

Song Ruifei immediately agreed and nodded, "Yes, Academician Tang, your technology is so advanced, worthy of being a nuclear physics institute, it's so high-end and amazing!"

Academician Tang chuckled complacently, then put away his smile and shook his head, saying, "It's no use for you to tell me, this is Professor Zhang Shuo's research."

"As long as Professor Zhang Shuo agrees, we will have no problem."

"..."

The matter returns to Zhang Shuo.

Song Ruifei and Shao Enjiang did not return to the control room. After studying carefully for a long time, they decided to go find Zhang Shuo's team.

It doesn't necessarily have to be Zhang Shuo. Other people in the team may also know what Zhang Shuo means.

They went to find Xue Baikun.

Xue Baikun is the second-in-command of Zhang Shuo's team.

Xue Bokun was not surprised by the arrival of Song Ruifei and others. He said with a smile, "Professor Song, Professor Shao, it's not that we can't share our plan with you."

“But there has to be collaboration.”

"Cooperation?" Song Ruifei was a little confused. He and Shao Enjiang looked at each other, then signaled Xue Baikun to continue.

Xue Baikun said bluntly, "You should also know why we are doing experiments here. Our main purpose is to study powerful numerical indicators."

"We need longer-duration nuclear fusion experiments to measure various data and evaluate the strong force values."

“This is very important for perfecting the origin theory!”

Xue Baikun's explanation, combined with Zhang Shuo's words, made Song Ruifei and Shao Enjiang understand.

That's it!

When Zhang Shuo went to the artificial sun project, he did not say that he wanted to cooperate with the project team, but he turned around and came to the Institute of Nuclear Physics because the small tokamak device of the Institute of Nuclear Physics could cooperate with the equipment modification of the experiment.

If it were an artificial sun project, it would be impossible.

It is impossible for them to modify the project equipment because of other people's research, even if the other party is Zhang Shuo.

Can you cooperate now?

Song Ruifei hesitated for a moment. He did not speak for a long time. Then he said to Xue Bokun very seriously, "We need to think about it."

"It's okay, we're not in a hurry." Xue Baikun smiled and waved his hand.

Song Ruifei and Shao Enjiang walked out together and began to discuss cooperation.

"If we cooperate, we will need to install some other equipment inside to conduct tests unrelated to our research, and we will also need to cooperate with their experiments..." "By then, people from other teams will also move into the base."

“Will this affect our research?”

"And, most importantly, we can't seem to decide on this matter..."

The last point is also crucial.

Song Ruifei is the head of the artificial sun project team, but his power is limited. Such a huge project cannot be managed by one person alone, and he does not have such authority yet.

When faced with a very important role, he still has to report to his superiors, and the superior unit will organize an expert meeting to make decisions.

This is the case for equipment modification or important cooperation, not to mention allowing other unrelated teams to enter the base and install unrelated testing equipment.

"We still need to consult our superiors about this matter and have them hold a meeting to discuss it..."

"We still have to report it and wait for news."

Song Ruifei shook his head.

"What are you worried about?" Shao Enjiang felt a little funny. "If it were any other team, this kind of cooperation might not work, but, Professor Zhang Shuo?"

"Not to mention that Professor Zhang Shuo's modification plan can greatly improve the performance of our device. Even if it can't, maybe the higher-ups will ask us to cooperate with the experiment."

"So what's there to consider?"

"Forehead……"

Song Ruifei was stunned for a moment, rubbed his cheek with his hand, and shook his head, "That's right, I lost my mind!"

"I always think that our research is important, but Professor Zhang Shuo..."

"No comparison!"

……

The results of this experiment were enormous.

After the experiment, Zhang Shuo's team conducted detailed calculations based on the data provided by the detection device and came up with an assessment of the strength value.

The next step is to connect the theoretical values ​​with the strong values ​​and conduct further correlation experiments.

The ultimate goal of the experiment to correlate strong force values ​​with theoretical values ​​is to find the correlated electromagnetic force data.

Zhang Shuo previously completed a study called "Experiments support data correlation between electromagnetic force and strong force."

This study identified several corresponding sets of associations.

There are two associated sets, and the required strength values ​​are not high.

In theoretical research, the strength of strong force is just a number, the so-called theoretical number.

If we can link the theoretical values ​​with the experimental values, we can study and analyze the corresponding electromagnetic force values.

Then, relying on nuclear fusion reactions, electricity can be directly exported to the outside world.

The difference lies in the correlation experiment between theoretical values ​​and experimental values, as well as the output of electromagnetic signals during the experiment.

In nuclear fusion, how can electromagnetic signals be output under extremely high internal temperatures?

This research was done first.

Zhang Shuo immediately created another task——

【Task 1】

[Research project name: Tokamak controls the output of electromagnetic signals for fusion reactions (difficulty assessment: C).]

【Progress: 0.003%.】

(The remaining progress requires 100 scientific research coins.)
(The task can be canceled. Currently, the number of scientific research coins required to cancel the task is 0.)
After the mission was established, Zhang Shuo had already learned some information.

The difficulty of the task is not high, but you cannot complete it by simply purchasing the progress, because the research is directly related to the experiment.

If you buy progress you only get information on how to experiment.

He immediately carried out the krypton coin operation and obtained the next experimental method.

The first thing is to find a conductor material with a very high melting point.

"There should be a lot of conductor materials with extremely high melting points, but if they are to be placed inside a nuclear fusion reactor..."

“Let’s ask a professional organization!”

……

Zhang Shuo stayed at the experimental base for another two days, completing all the data calculations and summary work before setting out on his return journey.

However, on the way back, he did not follow the team back, but got on a military vehicle with Xue Baikun.

The military vehicle drove for more than ten hours before finally reaching its destination.

New military weapons testing base.

"New Military Weapons" is the name of the experimental base, but in fact there is no sign posted there. From the outside, it looks like a large military restricted area.

After the car drove into the base, Zhang Shuo got out and met an acquaintance, Tong Zhiguo.

Tong Zhiguo and another middle-aged man walked over together and shook hands with Zhang Shuo and Xue Baikun respectively.

"This is Professor Liu Honglei."

Tong Zhiguo introduced him, "The project manager."

Liu Honglei is not only the project leader, he also holds a high-level military rank and has been engaged in the research and development of military high-tech weapons.

This time he is directly responsible for the "Ion Cannon" project.

Tong Zhiguo is the technical supervisor and the second-in-command of the project team. He can be said to be the second person in charge, but all work related to the "nuclear force splitting" technology is his responsibility.

However, the research and development of the "ion cannon" requires more than just the "nuclear fission" technology. It also requires a radar system, electronic automatic control system, etc. A series of high-end technologies must be put together to unleash its power.

"We are facing a calibration problem." Liu Honglei is not a person who likes small talk. He walked side by side with Zhang Shuo to the device room and said directly, "Professor Zhang, you have also seen some reports and public opinions before, right? We have done several experiments. At 500 kilometers, we used an ion cannon to destroy a medium-range missile. The speed of the missile exceeded Mach ."

Zhang Shuo nodded and smiled, "I did see it. I guessed it was this technology. Your research and development is progressing very quickly."

"It's all thanks to your research." Liu Honglei also laughed, "This technology is really advanced, the power even exceeds our expectations, and the strike height is also amazing, which we never dared to think of before."

He changed the subject, "But we hope to be able to hit higher, preferably to directly threaten the satellite."

"We have experimented several times, and the result... to put it bluntly, we can't hit the target!"

Tong Zhiguo also said a few words.

After the last experiment of destroying a missile, several more experiments were conducted, targeting higher and faster satellites.

The target satellite is a weather satellite launched thirty years ago. Its technology is seriously outdated and it is basically useless. It will automatically crash in two years.

The satellite altitude is about one thousand kilometers.

It is much more difficult to lock onto a satellite than a missile. One reason is that the satellite orbit is too high. Even if the satellite trajectory is known, it is still not easy to lock onto it.

This has to do with the radar system, and has nothing to do with the ion cannon.

The first problem has been solved, the second point is the most important -

The satellite is moving too fast!
At an altitude of 1000 kilometers from the ground, the satellite's relative speed exceeds 7000 meters per second, or more than Mach 20.

Even if the radar locks onto the satellite, the relative deviation of the ion cannon muzzle will directly affect its accuracy.

The radar has locked on, but it can't hit it accurately.

At such a height, there is only a very small deviation, and the final strike deviation is also very large. They conducted more than a dozen experiments. The closest deviation distance was more than 100 meters, and the farthest one even deviated by several kilometers.

"So we need very, very, very precise calculations."

Tong Zhiguo looked at Zhang Shuo and said seriously, "I feel like no one in the world can do this kind of calculation with such precision..."

"Except you, Professor Zhang!"

(End of this chapter)