Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 300 Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Zhang Shuo certainly did not come here to find fault. He was invited to serve as a technical consultant so that the gravity vehicle research group could better complete the design and manufacturing tasks.

If it were other scholars, they might consider other people's ideas when coming to work and work with a balanced attitude.

Zhang Shuo is different. He attaches more importance to research than the general manager Meng Zhilin.

He was involved in research on gravity technology and hydrogen bomb batteries, including theory and control and manufacturing technology.

The combination of the two technologies will create a gravity aircraft, which will be of great significance to the future development of the aerospace field.

The first one always has a different meaning.

So Zhang Shuo would not consider other people's ideas. He would do whatever he thought was best and most helpful for the research.

At the meeting the next day, Meng Zhilin still sat in the main seat.

Zhang Shuo sits at the lower left.

The position at the meeting also represents the level of the project, but in the minds of everyone present, Zhang Shuo is undoubtedly more authoritative than Meng Zhilin.

Meng Zhilin was the first to speak about the content of the meeting, which was the research on the power output design of hydrogen bomb batteries, which was the same as what he had discussed yesterday.

While others were wondering, Zhang Shuo announced, "Chief Engineer Meng and I discussed and made a decision."

"We need to redesign the entire power output system, including the hardware, software, and the original design. We need to review and re-plan it."

"We need to come up with a complete plan as a whole, design each part more meticulously, and then install and debug it together..."

Everyone listened carefully.

Zhang Shuo was the only one talking the whole time, and Meng Zhilin said nothing. He glanced at the attitudes of everyone in the meeting room and felt a little chilled.

As the project's general manager and chief engineer, he can often solve project problems with just a single word.

No one in the meeting seemed to care about his thoughts now.

Even those researchers who had followed him for a long time looked at Zhang Shuo with burning eyes and took notes carefully with pen and paper, instead of paying attention to his attitude.

Even if he were to make such an announcement, there would definitely be people standing up and expressing doubts.

Now no one questions it!

Everyone in the team obviously prefers to follow Zhang Shuo's command.

Zhang Shuo had just arrived at the project team, but his prestige far surpassed his. But if you think about it carefully, it’s not surprising, because he is just too famous and prestigious.

Gravity aircraft involve two key technologies, gravity and hydrogen bomb battery technology, both of which were researched by Zhang Shuo's team.

From theory to technology, from experiment to application, every aspect is directly related to Zhang Shuo.

Compared with Zhang Shuo, he has absolutely nothing to show for himself.

"Oh~~~"

Meng Zhilin thought about it and sighed.

Although reason gave me many reasons, I still felt very uncomfortable.

After the meeting, Meng Zhilin returned to the office. He could no longer resist throwing the documents in his hand onto the table in a vent of anger, making a loud bang.

“I can’t do it anymore!”

Meng Zhilin clenched his fists in frustration and sat on the chair with anger in his eyes.

Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the power group, pushed the door open and saw Meng Zhilin's expression. He asked with a smile, "Why are you and Academician Zhang angry?"

"How can I not be angry? We have been working on power output for the past month, but when he came, everything was overturned!"

Meng Zhilin and Zhang Shicheng have known each other for more than ten years. They can be considered old friends and old partners. They can speak directly to each other about whatever is on their mind. "We came here to manage the project because we received a task from our superiors. We also participated in the research on gravity technology before. This is the first time we have come into contact with hydrogen bomb batteries, but it is only electricity..."

"electricity!"

He said heavily, "If it's gravity technology, or hydrogen bomb battery technology, I will absolutely not object to what Academician Zhang Shuo says, and I won't have any opinion."

"Those are his research. They are the research done by others. They understand it better than us, right?"

"Does the power output design and technology itself have anything to do with it? This is power technology, pure application."

“Does he understand electricity?”

Meng Zhilin said with a wry smile, "I'm not angry about Zhang Shuo's attitude, or his meddling in any work."

"Today's meeting was also very depressing. Zhang Shuo talked to the academician. Did you see that? Even you didn't have any objections..."

His tone was sour, as if an old friend had betrayed him.

Zhang Shicheng smiled nonchalantly and said, "Of course I have no objection. I'm not an electricity expert."

"I don't know much about this either. I just discussed it with a few researchers."

"Meng, don't you think about who Academician Zhang Shuo is? No matter in what field, academic, research, or experimental, who would question what he says?"

"I really don't question it. What is there to question?"

"If he said that parallel connection would increase resistance, I would question it because it is common sense. But he just said to review the overall design. It is obvious that he hopes to start from the overall perspective, consider all aspects, and complete a large design plan."

"What else can I say? Can't I do this, or can't he do it?"

Meng Zhilin also knew that what Zhang Shicheng said made sense.

Yesterday, when Zhang Shuo talked about the overall design, he found that he had no reason to object because he couldn't do it himself.

The overall design involves all kinds of details and the needs of each component, so it feels too complicated.

The previous approach was to first determine the main design plan, and then solve problems in each part in a targeted manner.

Just because he can't do it, he can't question whether others can do it, right?
Meng Zhilin had doubts, but knew he couldn't say them out loud. It was like if he couldn't solve a math problem, he couldn't just say that others couldn't solve it either, right?

The current situation is very similar.

Meng Zhilin believes that Zhang Shuo cannot solve it either. There is nothing wrong with Zhang Shuo's idea. He is also an extremely rare genius, a genius in mathematics, physics, and science.

However, the power system had nothing to do with his area of ​​expertise.

"Forget it, let's take a look."

"From now on, I can't control it. He can do whatever he wants. I'll see what he can do!"

Meng Zhilin sighed and could only choose to compromise temporarily.

He couldn't question it directly, nor did he want to conflict with Zhang Shuo.

It’s very simple, because the other party is Zhang Shuo.

He has a certain influence in the fields of high-end technology research and military defense confidentiality technology, and he also knows several top teachers, but when looking at the domestic and international scientific and technological fields, he is nothing at all.

Zhang Shuo is different. He is internationally recognized as one of the top mathematicians and physicists. His influence on new physics directions is unmatched by anyone else.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Shuo led the technological revolution that led mankind to realize new physics.

In terms of academic field and personal influence, he and Zhang Shuo are from two completely different worlds.

However, changing industries is like crossing a mountain.

In the field of electrical technology, Zhang Shuoke is far from being a professional, and it can even be said that he has never done any relevant research.

"Don't argue with young people."

"In his 30s, such a high achievement must be very high, even if it is a field he does not understand."

"Anyway, I let you do it. I didn't interfere. I just want to see what the result will be if I give you random orders!"

……

Meng Zhilin didn't care about anything anymore.

The work on the design and research of the power output of hydrogen bomb batteries was assigned to Zhang Shuo.

The research team's focus now lies here. Only after the power output problem is solved can other designs and tests be done based on it.

Meng Zhilin became very free. He wandered around the base every day, sometimes even skipped meetings and just looked around the laboratory, seemingly to understand the progress of the work.

The design and research work on the power output of the hydrogen bomb battery was exactly as he expected. After everything was overturned and redesigned, there was no significant progress.

Every day we were discussing various details. Some of the main designs needed to be modified, and some equipment and components needed to be specially customized, which resulted in a lot of delays.

It takes a long time to return some parts to the factory for remanufacturing or to customize new parts.

For more than a week, even the main design was not assembled.

After half a month, the design plan was finally finalized, and the engineers also did a lot of modification work around the hydrogen bomb battery according to the design. Meng Zhilin went to the laboratory more often, sometimes staying there for a whole morning, just to see how it was designed and installed.

He was not optimistic about the work led by Zhang Shuo at all.

The power output of the hydrogen bomb battery is a very complex system. It is necessary to compress the volume of the transformer and electronic control device, which has very high requirements, by more than ten times, and it is also necessary to ensure the stable output of electricity without affecting the leakage of electricity.

This requires very professional knowledge and rich experience.

Zhang Shuo finalized the design plan based on the designs submitted by other groups and some explanations.

What is the significance of this plan?

It's like a student searches for a lot of theoretical knowledge using a browser, and then writes an application design, which is bound to have all kinds of bugs.

If we do real research, that is, testing, we will encounter various problems.

"Zhao Kuo!"

"On paper, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel!"

"With a design like this, it would be strange if there were no problems during testing..."

This is what Meng Zhilin thought, but he didn't tell anyone else because both the leaders and other researchers had more confidence in Zhang Shuo, so what he thought was not important.

This situation is very sad, but can the other party listen to him without hitting a wall?
……

When it came to the manufacturing and installation phase, everyone in the research group, except Meng Zhilin, was very busy.

Zhang Shuo's research approach is obviously different from Meng Zhilin's.

Meng Zhilin first did the main design, and then discussed and solved the problems encountered during the main design, installation and debugging process with others.

Zhang Shuo finalized the entire design plan, in which both the main body and the details are connected together.

It’s like building a building. The design plans are there, and you just have to build it according to the design plans.

After everything is manufactured and installed, the overall test will be carried out later.

This greatly reduces the difficulty.

Others can just install it according to the design plan without having to solve any problems they encounter.

Of course there are advantages and disadvantages.

If problems are encountered during subsequent testing, it will be difficult to make adjustments because even the detailed installation has been done.

Especially when encountering big problems, all designs may be overturned, and all work and efforts will be wasted.

Others don't have to consider so many complicated issues.

They just followed the work schedule and installed one part at a time. Since there would be no problems in the middle, the installation speed was still very fast. It only took three days and all the parts were installed.

The next step is to debug the hydrogen bomb battery power output system.

……

“Although the installation was quick, it still delayed the progress.”

"We have already entered the mid-term according to the original plan. There will definitely be some problems, which can be solved by debugging slowly in the future."

"We have just started debugging. For an overall design like this, debugging may often take longer than design and manufacturing."

“If we encounter a problem that we can’t solve, we have to start over and redesign it…”

"Redesign, remanufacture and install, and then conduct new debugging. This cycle will repeat three or four times..."

“It’s a long way off!”

Meng Zhilin sighed and shook his head. He felt a little gloating and knew he shouldn't think like that, but he couldn't control himself.

Everyone is like this.

When Mr. Zhao came to the base again, Meng Zhilin couldn't help but explain his thoughts, "If we encounter a big problem, we have to redesign and manufacture it."

"Professor Zhang Shuo's idea is indeed correct, but I feel that..."

He shook his head as he spoke, clearly not optimistic.

Teacher Zhao, on the contrary, found it very interesting. It was very rare for someone to question Zhang Shuo's work.

He smiled and said nothing.

The first test was conducted that afternoon. Teacher Zhao and his team, as well as Meng Zhilin, all watched the test together.

They stood in front of a large screen in the control room, and a researcher was explaining the data on the screen. Each piece of data represented the detection value of an output port.

The design of the hydrogen bomb battery power output is to ensure that the data of each output port is within the plan and to continuously ensure the stability of the data.

Zhang Shicheng was next to Meng Zhilin. When debugging was about to begin, he whispered, "Look, now is the time to verify."

"You know how complicated power output is."

"Is there anything wrong with our research direction? Complete the main body first, and then solve the problems when they arise. The same goes for the others, including the more complicated ones."

"For example, how complex is the power system of a fighter jet? We also need to consider the requirements of the aircraft engine."

"Academician Zhang Shuo is indeed capable, but the field of scientific research is like a mountain between two different fields. We can't just give orders recklessly..."

"Ula Ula~~~"

He said a lot of things in succession, and his voice could be heard by Zhang Shicheng, and also by Teacher Zhao and others in front of him.

Some people turned their heads away in confusion, and it was impossible to tell what they were thinking.

However, no one directly refuted it, and they had to deal with the fact that they did not understand the situation. Meng Zhilin had led the research of several major projects and had a certain influence.

At this point, debugging has already begun.

After testing each part, Zhang Shuo directed the connection of the output port of the hydrogen bomb battery. Then data began to appear on the large screen. At first, the data was unstable, mainly due to problems with the detection device.

After a few seconds, the values ​​on the screen began to stabilize and the data were displayed one by one.

Some data are constantly jumping, while others are fixed at a certain value.

Everyone looked at it very carefully. They found that the data that fluctuated usually only changed the decimal point behind it, and the big data did not change much.

The inspectors at each output port also began to report, "Port A4, 210 to 212, data is stable,"

"Port A1, 1090 to 1100, stable."

"B3, 970, stable."

"D2, 210, stable."

"A2, 70 to 71, stable..."

There have been more than twenty consecutive reports of data, and every result has been stable.

Everyone in front of the big screen was watching attentively, and many people had their eyes wide open in surprise. They all knew about the content of the test, and some were researchers.

The same is certainly true for Meng Zhilin.

He knows the data about the requirements of each port by heart.

From top to bottom, from left to right, look at each data carefully. Even if some of the jumping data are looked at continuously, you will find that all the data are within the planned range.

He was a little surprised and lost his composure. He pushed the people in front of him and walked to the first row. He walked past Teacher Zhao and came to the screen. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "Impossible!"

"Every data is within the planned range, everything is stable..."

"How is it possible to debug it for the first time!"

"This result... can be considered completed, right? It's better than completed!"

"Even if the output system is completed, it won't be so stable..."

He looked at Zhang Shicheng and said, "Old Zhang, tell me, is this true? The entire design was debugged and everything was stable after the first test?"

“This is the input data!”

Meng Zhilin was so surprised that he couldn't believe the result. Even if he had led the team to complete the design of the power output, it would be impossible to have such a good value. There must be instability in one of the ports.

Those are all minor problems that can be solved slowly later.

The results on the screen in front of us can all be described as perfect. How is it possible to get perfect results on the first test?
(End of this chapter)