(There is another chapter, a little later)
After determining that the 096 project would be the key work in the short term, Chen Nian also began to fully participate in the project.
In fact, the research and development work on this truly strategic-class weapon has already begun, but until now, the hull design has not been completed.
This is of course not because of the laziness of the R&D personnel, but because, after entering into the specific systematic design, they consider more than just "conceptual" level deductions.
The slight angle change of an arc on the hull may correspond to the increase or decrease in the capacity of several internal missiles.
The new integrated power system also brings new challenges to the internal layout.
In addition, the comprehensive silencing solution designed by Chen Nian involves many technologies such as floating raft vibration reduction, silencing tiles, integrated electric + shaftless pump, propeller fairing, etc. Each technology has its own special difficulties.
The most typical floating raft vibration reduction technology, although it looks simple and is just a set of flexible connection technology, in fact, it only requires the use of rubber connectors, hydraulic and steel cable mechanical vibration isolators, and comprehensive Several key parts of the truss structure require extremely high mechanical and material foundation support.
In addition, the entire floating raft vibration reduction system must also cooperate with the internal equipment layout, and the damping treatment, stiffness, reasonable layout, and impact resistance must also be planned through complex model simulations.
Although these steps are not technically difficult, they do require a lot of time to trial and error one by one.
At the beginning, Chen Nian planned to let the 096 project team explore on their own. After all, the process of exploration was also a process of cultivating and training personnel capabilities.
But now, in the face of unknown threats, the importance and urgency of Project 096 have suddenly been heightened a lot, and Chen Nian can't wait for them to try it slowly.
So, he used the system again, conducted a second analysis on the original basis, spent 21 source points, sorted out all the technical parameters, and sent them to the project team at once.
At this point, the entire set of silencer system issues have been completed. Next, we will start to build the hull model and verify the hull structure.
The core content of this part is the same as the original 055 project, which is the layout of the vertical hair system.
However, compared with the "simple and direct" design of the 055, the 096 vertical launch system must also consider the issue of large pressure-resistant hulls.
According to the current design, the diameter of the 096 pressure-resistant shell needs to be at least 16 meters in order to solve the most difficult problem of large turtle backs.
But to achieve this, super-strength alloy production technology has become a top priority.
Therefore, a field that seems to have nothing to do with submarine manufacturing must be considered at a strategic level.
That is, rare earths.
Chen Nian can confirm this without the need for systematic information. After all, the Ti-6Al alloy currently used by China has made significant achievements in the manufacturing of deep submersibles. According to the progress he saw in the previous life, after adding rare earths, After adding elements, the tensile strength of Ti-6Al will be significantly improved, and there is no doubt that it will become the most suitable hull material.
As for the issue of cost.
Titanium alloys are indeed expensive, especially in equipment such as submarines, which often use thousands of tons of materials.
However, Chen Nian asked himself, after several years of leaps and bounds, and on the premise that a lot of money and resources have been saved on many military equipment and large-scale projects, it is not difficult to raise a few titanium alloy nuclear submarines.
Even old men can afford it, why can’t we?
Therefore, Chen Nian did not intend to continue the high-strength steel route from the beginning, but directly analyzed the industrial preparation method of Ti6Al4V-0.3Y, which is the improved TC4 titanium alloy.
In addition, he also provided a SiC fiber-reinforced titanium-based composite material plan for the project team to selectively use in specific manufacturing.
Of course, this fiber-reinforced composite material is more complex in terms of cost and manufacturing process. It must be prepared and molded using hot isostatic pressing equipment, and large-scale manufacturing is also difficult.
But as long as there is, there is one more choice.
As for which one to choose in the end, or how to use them together, it is a question of the specific implementation of the project.
After the hull design problem was basically solved, Chen Nian turned to the power source without stopping.
The thorium-based molten salt reactor project, which has been approved for a long time, is progressing rapidly under the leadership of Lu Qingzhou's team at the Nuclear Power Research Institute, thanks to their accumulated experience in the Type 216 reactor.
In fact, the weakest link of Project 216 is the RPS system design, but the requirements for the RPS system of the thorium-based lava reactor itself are relatively low. Coupled with the technical documents provided by Chen Nian, it can basically cover 80% of unfamiliar areas. Therefore, many key technical obstacles have been eliminated in the development path of fourth-generation reactors.
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Of course, the elimination of this technical obstacle specifically refers to the reactor design link, which includes corrosion control, circuit design, structural material processing, and other links directly related to the reactor equipment.
As for pre-technologies such as molten salt preparation, purification, spent fuel dry separation, and high-temperature electrolysis hydrogen production, they are basically blank in China.
Chen Nian couldn't take care of all aspects, so he chose the most complex nuclear pure thorium preparation technology as a breakthrough. Using it as a fulcrum, he planned to use the power of the Office of Civil Development to open up all upstream technology channels.
He couldn't accomplish this by himself, but needed Chen Guo to coordinate.
So, he found Chen Guo again and revealed all his technical plans.
Chen Guo was stunned when she heard this - you know, less than two days had passed since the last time they met.
And in just these two days, Chen Nian can almost be said to have done what many people can do in a lifetime.
"So you haven't slept at all in the past two days?"
Looking at Chen Nian's thick dark circles, Chen Guo asked.
Of course he knew that Chen Nian was a genius, and he also knew that he must have some secrets that were not easy to disclose for the time being, but even with the support of these factors, it was obvious that Chen Nian was already somewhat overdrawn.
After all, in such a short period of time, the upstream and downstream technologies of a brand-new piece of equipment have been sorted out, and most of the technical problems involved have been solved. Just thinking about it is incredible.
Don't even think about it, you can't copy it that fast even if the answer is in front of you, right?
Hearing Chen Guo's worried tone, Chen Nian quickly waved his hand and replied:
"I fell asleep. I didn't sleep for long."
"It's normal to have difficulty sleeping when you're stressed, so don't worry too much."
"You should first distribute all these technologies according to my requirements and arrange the follow-up project work."
"We have to move fast, or else."
"But the problem is that nuclear submarines are almost the last resort for nuclear counterattacks."
"If we can use it, the world is basically over - is this really possible?"
Chen Guo's tone was confused, Chen Nian frowned, shook his head, and replied:
"I'm not sure, I just know that the situation may develop in the worst direction, so I have to prepare for the worst."
"I understand, you need a sense of security."
"Absolutely. By the way, what is the superior's judgment?"
Chen Nian asked.
"It's still being discussed. Judging from the current macro situation, there are no obvious signs of crisis."
"On the one hand, the risk of a large-scale hot war is very low; on the other hand, we have an overall advantage in economic confrontation - although there is still a considerable gap in overall size, in terms of incremental growth, we have achieved overtake. "
"In addition, the overall domestic social environment tends to be stable, internal conflicts are weakening, and local governance capabilities are also constantly improving. To be honest, in this case, even if there are risks, it will not have a big impact on us. .”
"Because at this stage, our ability to withstand impact is very strong and our fault tolerance rate is also very high."
"So, you should not put too much pressure on yourself - of course our situation is not safe, but it should not be as dangerous as you think."
Chen Nian nodded slightly but said nothing.
Intellectually speaking, he also agreed with Chen Guo's judgment.
But intuitively, he couldn't really relax himself.
He sighed softly, and after thinking for a moment, he said:
"Let's not worry about it. No matter what, we always have to prepare in advance."
"But in terms of macroeconomics, there is one point where we need to make strategic adjustments."
"Which point?"
Chen Guo asked.
"Rare earths."
"After the technological environment changes, the importance of rare earths is no longer the same as in previous years."
"My suggestion is that starting from this year, our own rare earths can no longer be exported outside the country."
"This is no problem. We have implemented controls since 2006. If we tighten it in the short term, the pressure will not be too great."
"That's good."
Chen Nian nodded slightly.
He still remembers the "big rout" that China's rare earth industry suffered before 2006 in his previous life.
Although the defeat was saved through various means, and the initiative was even regained after a period of time, it has to be said that the damage that has been caused is irreparable.
Fortunately, in this life, due to changes in the economic environment, the economic benefits provided by rare earth exports have also weakened accordingly.
In a way, our actions are much more decisive than in our previous life.
The same problem was avoided even though he did not actively intervene. This is probably the so-called butterfly effect.
The only thing Chen Nian hopes is that there will be more of this positive butterfly effect.
On the other side, Li Xiang was sitting in front of the computer, carefully reading every piece of public opinion data that came out of the system.
After Chen Nian's judgment was reported, he, like all other relevant personnel, immediately took action and began to investigate all possible risks.
However, although he is affiliated with the intelligence department, he is actually more responsible for public opinion work, so when faced with a problem, the first thing he thinks of is to start from this aspect.
In the past two days, he compiled a directory and data of all agendas on the Internet in the past two years, including hot forum content, annual important news, internal core comments, and all key intelligence information that his authority could query. .
He then analyzed the information piece by piece, intending to eliminate the "absolutely irrelevant" parts first.
The first thing to be excluded is the news about the earthquake. Although this agenda did cause widespread discussion around the world, its nature determines that it can only be a completely independent random time from beginning to end, without anyone It can be used and will not be related to any macro situation.
Secondly excluded are a series of topics whose influence has ended, including topics caused by China's various new equipment.
Although these equipments are still spreading their influence and slowly changing the world, the "topics" themselves no longer have reference value.
Immediately afterwards, he relied on his own understanding to exclude some topics that theoretically had little impact on China.
Among them, "independent conflicts" between countries in the Middle East are excluded, as are situation changes within Africa without China's involvement.
After doing all this, he reclassified the remaining topics and finally summarized several of the most representative and hotly discussed agenda items.
After seeing the results, Li Xiang suddenly felt a complicated emotion in his heart.
No, it wasn't uneasiness, nor was it the "angry" emotion he often had when he first joined the intelligence service.
But pride mixed with a hint of doubt.
What makes him proud, of course, is what the topic list shows.
"The crisis in Khartoum is resolved, and China may play a major role."
"The sanctions have failed, and semiconductor and communications companies have collectively gone overseas."
"Two more islands are added to the sea, which can take off and land heavy transport aircraft and bombers."
"The U.S.-Japan alliance collapsed and Europe was captured by Chinese companies?"
"The aircraft carrier battle group withdraws, 055 is clear."
"With the massive influx of talents, will China become the popular aspiration?"
One message after another, each one tells the story of China's tremendous changes in recent years, and also shows the alternation, increase and decrease in strength between China and the United States.
Make no mistake, the news is good.
But what he doubts is, are we really that powerful?
He vaguely felt that from top to bottom, from the people to the officials, the feeling of confidence seemed a bit too strong.
In particular, after seeing a hot comment that had become extremely popular that day, he became more and more uneasy.
The headline of that news is:
"The best era, the best opportunity."
What it tells is self-evident.
This is not an official comment, but it is recognized as much as any official news.
What does this mean?
This means that among the people, the public outcry on this matter has reached the level of "popularity", and that his superiors, China's public opinion supervision department, have not deliberately guided and controlled this matter.
So do we really want to take action?
Li Xiang's brows furrowed tightly. After thinking for a moment, he picked up the phone and dialed Chen Nian's number.
After the call was connected, he said bluntly:
"Grandma Chen, I have an idea."
"Could the thing you're worried about have something to do with South Island?"
Chen Nian on the other end of the phone was silent for half a minute. Li Xiang thought the phone had been hung up before he finally heard his answer.
"I see."
"I probably know what's going on."
"Really South Island?"
Li Xiang asked in disbelief.
"Yes, it's not like we meet and chat."
"There are several key signals that need to be verified."
"If everything is confirmed, it will be great fun."
(End of chapter)
