Project 0311 is a group of super wind tunnels specially built in China for hypersonic weapons.
Super auxiliary that can test weapons with speeds exceeding ten times the speed of sound.
It has been more than two years since it started construction.
During this period, construction personnel worked day and night and finally completed the infrastructure construction of the wind tunnel group one month ahead of schedule.
As for the core shock wave wind tunnel device, the installation and commissioning work was completed three months later.
"Colonel Chu, thank you for your hard work."
Looking at the wind tunnel base that was almost completely different from before, Zhang Xingyang sighed with emotion.
In less than three years, several wind tunnels and supporting infrastructure were built on this desolate wasteland.
and a thermal power station with a power generation level of 1,000 megawatts.
It is conceivable that the 11th, 13th, and 15th Engineering Bureau responsible for the construction work must have paid a huge price.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to complete the construction in such a short period of time.
"It's not hard, this is what we should do."
Although he said this, only he knew the pain during the construction process.
At the beginning, the construction of the camp did not even have the most basic water supply guarantee.
Before wells were drilled, everyone could only get water from a lake hundreds of kilometers away.
However, the lake water is very alkaline and gives off a bitter taste.
When Chu Xuan thought about it now, he felt that his tongue was numb.
"When can the thermal power plant start normal operation?"
This time when he came to the wind tunnel base, Zhang Xingyang had business to attend to, and was not here to make things up.
The most important task is to be responsible for the first trial operation of the wind tunnel group.
Check it out, the most critical shock wave wind tunnel.
Let’s see if it can reach the 15 times the speed of sound in the design theory.
The prerequisite is that there is no problem with the power supply of the thermal power plant.
Otherwise, without sufficient power, the wind tunnel would not be able to operate at all.
"It is still running at low power, mainly doing some preliminary testing work."
Chu Xuan, who has been dealing with the wind tunnel base for several years, now talks about the progress of these projects very clearly.
"But it has been trial run for several weeks, and basically no problems can be seen."
"It will be running at full power tomorrow."
After receiving Chu Xuan's protection, Zhang Xingyang felt a little relieved at this time.
After all, the thermal power plant is an extremely important power supply in the base, which is related to the normal operation of the shock wave wind tunnel.
High-quality anthracite coal, formed from millions of years of geological activity beneath the plateau, is burning brightly in the boilers of thermal power stations.
It releases its accumulated chemical energy and then converts it into thermal energy, heating the water in the pipe to form a huge amount of steam, which drives the turbine to do work, thereby generating electricity.
The history of human energy utilization is a history of constantly heating hot water.
From ancient times, wood was used to heat hot water, to modern times, coal was used to heat hot water, now nuclear fission is used to heat hot water, and in the future, fusion energy is used to heat hot water.
Boil hot water, eternal God!
"YF-21 shock wave wind tunnel, the first trial operation has officially begun!"
Specially customized transformers allow the wind tunnel to receive a huge amount of energy in an instant.
A shock wave was instantly generated in the wind tunnel, simulating the effect of more than ten times the speed of sound.
This trial run does not have any scientific research tasks.
Just to check whether the wind tunnel can operate normally.
However, just such a trial operation that does not last even one minute requires tens of thousands of kilowatt-hours of electrical energy.
The time it takes to actually produce more than ten times the speed of sound even requires milliseconds to calculate!
"what's the result?"
After the trial run was completed, Zhang Xingyang couldn't help but check the various data from the wind tunnel operation.
The running time at ten times the speed of sound is 125 milliseconds!
Such speed and time, at this point in time, can be regarded as the best in the world!
Ten times the speed of sound, in this world, according to Zhang Xingyang's memory, only the Dragon Kingdom has achieved it.
It took decades for other countries to overcome the technical difficulties of detonation shock wave wind tunnels!
"Maximum speed experiment, start now!"
After completing the first trial run, Zhang Xingyang immediately started the maximum speed experiment.
Let’s see what speed it can achieve.
At the beginning of the design, its theoretical limit was fifteen times the speed of sound, but judging from Zhang Xingyang's current on-site results.
Maximum speed may be exceeded by some.
In the laboratory, the roar of the shock wave tunnel could not be heard.
Although the entire running time was only tens of seconds, many experimenters present felt that a century had passed.
Soon, the experimental data appeared on the computer in the laboratory.
Zhang Xingyang looked at all the data on the big ass computer attentively while constantly calculating it in his mind.
"The highest test in the shock wave wind tunnel has reached sixteen times the speed of sound!"
There were cheers in the laboratory.
Everyone has paid a lot for the shock wave tunnel, whether it is time, energy, or other things.
After all, everyone is a high-quality talent. If you go to work in some big cities at this time, earning more than 10,000 yuan a month will not be a problem.
However, the reason why everyone is staying in this quiet place is to see the development of domestic hypersonic wind tunnels.
Now this wish has truly come true!
The subsequent effects of this incident far exceed other seemingly high-end technologies.
With such a hypersonic wind tunnel, land-based, space-based, and ship-based hypersonic missiles for subsequent national defense projects can be regarded as having been established.
The foundation of national defense and security has been laid on a solid foundation.
All that's left is to build our missile business with peace of mind!
A week later, when the TV station broadcast the news, they mentioned it a little bit and said that our country's wind tunnel career had reached a higher level.
Most people, faced with such a brief news bulletin, would not notice the news.
Even people in the professional field would not think too much when they see such news.
After all, too little information has been revealed.
This is also intentional for propaganda, to reveal a little bit of information and mix it into the massive amount of information to paralyze the enemy's perception.
Only much later, when our hypersonics develop vigorously, will our enemies realize how much gold our once inconspicuous piece of news contained!
"Brother Xingyang, have you heard about the latest news released by Yingjiang?"
After reading a magazine, Qiao Yang asked Zhang Xingyang, who was sitting opposite him, curiously.
The two of them were on the train returning to the institute from the plateau.
They were the only two people in the entire train compartment.
Of course, outside the box, there were also secret staff members belonging to the National Security Bureau, ensuring Zhang Xingyang's personal safety.
But basically it won't appear in the sight of two people.
"Which message are you talking about?"
Recently, there has been a lot of news about Yingjiang. For a while, Zhang Xingyang didn't know which one the other party was talking about.
"About the Rod of God."
"Here, this is it!"
At this time, Qiao Yang turned the magazine in his hand and showed it to Zhang Xingyang.
The above is an article about the Yingjiang Project to study the Stick of God, such a space strike system.
The Rod of God is one of the bolder ideas of this era.
They plan to deploy two satellites in low orbit in space, one of which carries a metal rod called the "Rod of God."
This metal rod is made of high-density metals such as tungsten and titanium and can weigh several tons.
Because it is a space-based weapon, it can hit any area on the earth in a very short time.
And because it does not rely on any chemical explosives or nuclear charges, it does not cause any pollution and is considered a "clean nuclear bomb" in this era.
Of course, this is all an exaggeration by the media. The actual combat effectiveness of the Stick of God is not even as good as a giant ground-penetrating bomb.
Whether it is power or penetration ability, it is far inferior.
"It's just a fancy gimmick."
After Zhang Xingyang glanced at it, he didn't take it to heart.
After all, in later generations, special experiments have verified that such weapons are useless.
And relying purely on kinetic energy, the trajectory is really easy to predict.
Several countries in the world that have the ability to develop this thing basically have several ways to intercept it.
"Qiao Yang, if you do a mechanical simulation yourself, you can understand that the power of this thing is actually not as powerful as our rocket launcher salvo!"
As an expert in mechanics, he can understand what Zhang Xingyang said.
However, Qiao Yang still felt a little strange when he first saw the concept of such a weapon.
After all, these days, there are actually very few concepts about space-based weapons.
However, he was bored on the train, so Qiao Yang immediately made a simple calculation model using the data he had at hand.
Zhang Xingyang was still watching the questions about the configuration of hypersonic missiles.
Hypersonic missiles generally have three technical routes.
Before talking about the technical route, we still need to talk about the issue of missile ballistics.
Ballistic missiles generally have four trajectories at this time.
The first is the most common and oldest ordinary ballistic trajectory, which is actually a parabola.
The second type is the Qian Xuesen ballistic proposed by Mr. Qian. The trajectory of missiles in this ballistic trajectory is difficult to predict.
The third type is Sanger ballistics, and the fourth type is boost glide ballistics.
The first is to adopt a double-cone configuration. Missiles of this configuration generally use Sanger trajectories to glide.
It is first boosted by rockets to above the Karman Line at an altitude of 100 kilometers, and then glides and maneuvers near the Karman Line.
It can also use a boost-glide trajectory to take off at an altitude of about 60 to 80 kilometers and attack the target.
The bipyramidal configuration has been studied for a long time, and the technical difficulty is relatively the lowest among several.
The second is the waverider configuration, which is also the configuration that only we have developed. This is the configuration adopted by my country's Dongfeng-17 (it has not yet been released at this time).
Missiles using a waverider configuration can follow the Qian Xuesen trajectory.
And it has a very high lift-to-drag ratio, which means that it can greatly increase the range of missiles at the same level with its unique aerodynamic appearance.
Both in terms of range and maneuverability, it far exceeds the hypersonic missile with a double-cone configuration.
The third type is the scramjet engine configuration, which is what Maozi's "Zircon" missile uses.
It’s just that the current domestic scramjet engines don’t even have a little technical reserve.
Therefore, it is not within the scope of Zhang Xingyang's consideration for the time being.
While Zhang Xingyang was thinking about the missile development route, Qiao Yang on the side had already calculated the actual strike effect of the Rod of God.
"Is it just that much powerful?"
The calculation results surprised Qiao Yang.
This power is really not as powerful as the total nitrogen explosive they developed before.
A tungsten rod with a mass of 140 kilograms hitting the ground from space at a speed of Mach 13.6 can only create a crater with a depth of 3.2 meters and a radius of 4.7 meters.
Not to mention it is as powerful as a nuclear weapon, it is not even as powerful as a 140 kilogram total nitrogen explosive.
If it is a total nitrogen explosive, with an equivalent of 140 kilograms, it can create a deep pit with a diameter of about thirty meters at least!
"That's about it."
Zhang Xingyang glanced at Qiao Yang's calculation results and said:
"That's not how space weapons are used."
"Hang two missiles on it, they are more reliable than this!"
In the future, space armaments will also be an important part, but such unpowered kinetic energy weapons are useless.
What really works is the traditional kinetic energy weapons, as well as the more primitive-looking, but more effective rock-throwing weapons!
By capturing various meteorites near the earth, and after completing the acceleration, the meteorites weighing hundreds or thousands of tons are as powerful as the Tsarist nuclear bomb!
A kinetic weapon like the Staff of God is nothing more than an embroidery needle compared to the various meteorites in space!
Of course, this fighting method also lost its war effect after the Dragon Kingdom in the rear completed the construction of the asteroid defense system.
It can only be reduced to one fireworks after another in the sky.
"Brother Xingyang, are you planning to use the waverider configuration?"
At this time, Qiao Yang turned his head and looked at the various technical information in Zhang Xingyang's hand.
I found that most of the technical information here is about the configuration of the waverider.
"Yes, the advantages of the waverider configuration are very beneficial to us."
"Not to mention anything else, just in terms of ballistic selection, it has a lot of advantages."
Zhang Xingyang said after flipping through the information in front of him.
After all, no matter what, Mr. Qian can still work reluctantly at this time.
Regarding the issue of Qian Xuesen's ballistics, you can definitely get a lot of ideas from him.
"With the waverider configuration, the end can't rotate and maneuver, right?"
Although Qiao Yang is not an expert in missiles or rockets, he has seen and heard about them for so many years.
It also taught him a lot about missiles.
"That is indeed the case, but the mid-range maneuverability of the waverider configuration is very good, and it is worthwhile to have weaker terminal guidance."
The waverider configuration can perform continuous maneuvers like floating on water in the middle of the slide.
This can also be regarded as a unique means of anti-missile attack in the enemy's mid-range!
Especially in the field of mid-course anti-missile defense, Yingjiang has invested a lot of money and technical strength in recent years.
Faced with this move we launched, with the waverider configuration and Qian Xuesen's trajectory, he couldn't catch it at all!
(End of chapter)
