Chapter 473 Advancement
However, it is not an easy task to make the two elements collide and merge with each other.
In nature, there is a repulsive force between elements. The only way to overcome this repulsive force is to increase the temperature and pressure of the elements, accelerate the speed and frequency of the elements' movement, and make it easier for the elements to collide and fuse...
To achieve such high temperature and high pressure conditions, we must rely on two methods: one is the inertial confinement method, and the other is the magnetic confinement method.
In the inertial confinement method, the most common method is to heat and compress hydrogen through lasers and particle beams to mix hydrogen and helium. If they are placed under high temperature and pressure for a long enough time, they will undergo nuclear fusion.
The core issue of this method is how to control the heating and compression process under high temperature and high pressure, and how to improve the energy conversion efficiency under high temperature and high pressure.
The magnetic confinement method uses a strong magnetic field to trap fusible gases such as hydrogen and helium in a certain space, and then excites them into plasma through electric current or radio frequency, so that fusion occurs. This method also has some problems, such as how to establish a stable magnetic field and how to reduce the loss of plasma.
The Jinwu demonstration reactor proved that they had succeeded in achieving magnetic confinement.
On the road of experimentation, although they are crossing the river by feeling the stones, success is success, and they have broken through the foundation of zero. Although they dare not say that they have tried everything, they believe that they still have some good experience foundation in controlled nuclear fusion.
The management structure of the institute has never been Wu Tong's focus. Wu Tong just made a brief tour to make sure that the institute was operating normally and that the incoming researchers were properly arranged. In order to live up to the enthusiasm of several colleagues, he went straight into the next topic, a preliminary discussion on the analysis of the launch plan of the Earth-Moon project.
Of course, putting management in a secondary position is just because she is the core of all projects and will never allow her research institute to mess up management. Therefore, instead of adding areas that she is not so good at, Wu Tong is more willing to further maintain her advantages in her professional research field!
One force can defeat ten skills. At this moment, Wu Tong felt that she was quite suitable for this ancient saying.
"Teacher, Brother Lu, Academician He..." Wu Tong greeted the participants one by one. They would work together for a long time in the future. Most of them had been working together for a long time, so there was no need for many polite words. Wu Tong went straight to the point: "I have already synchronized with the higher-ups. The research direction of the 686 Institute of Advanced Technology in the future will be aerospace, energy, and strategic information technology. We will focus on the research and development of technologies in these three fields!"
"This is a major theme and goal direction. Around this major direction, everyone can develop excellent projects and extend it. After considering for a while, my recent focus will be on the miniaturization of controlled nuclear fusion and the research of aerospace propulsion systems!" Research and development without a goal is like a headless fly flying around aimlessly, a mess without any context.
Wu Tong has always had a precise positioning of his research and development direction and goals. After determining the general direction of the research field, Wu Tong selected these two established directions from the three fields as the research and development focus.
After the R&D process is completely clear, Wu Tong needs the research team to cooperate with her in experiments and real applications. However, before that, Wu Tong does not need to take up too much of their time, over-concentrate resources, and cause unnecessary waste. Therefore, Wu Tong is willing to let these core R&D workers carry out the projects they are good at, and maybe there will be unexpected gains.
After all, no matter how capable she is, she is just one person, and what she sees is only from her own perspective. With collective efforts, everyone's perspective will be more comprehensive and clear.
"Controlled nuclear fusion miniaturization and aerospace propulsion?" As soon as these two R&D goals came out, all the participants in the conference room could not help but be interested. The controlled nuclear fusion demonstration reactor project, a real breakthrough and success, has proved to everyone in the world the super R&D capabilities of Mr. Wu Tong.
No one thought that Mr. Wu's R&D goal was unrealistic. Instead, they immediately thought about how to achieve these two goals and what technology to use to achieve them!
Although it is more free to do the project by yourself, working on the project with Mr. Wu is the real big project and big progress. They have already understood Mr. Wu's R&D speed. Therefore, everyone has basically unified their ideas. Do you start your own project? Of course you do. But this is only to supplement the initial free time under Mr. Wu's project, as a secondary arrangement.
Their main task is to fully cooperate with Mr. Wu and create new miracles again! No one, especially any R&D staff, can refuse the opportunity to create or witness miracles!
"Currently, space launches are still mainly based on rockets.
Rockets apply the law of conservation of momentum. It should be noted that the internal energy of the system is different before and after launch. The additional internal energy comes from the combustion of rocket fuel. The internal energy of the system has increased, and the mass of the ejected matter per unit time is relatively low, but the speed is fast. Therefore, under the action of the law of conservation of momentum, the rocket can accelerate its flight!
The current heavy rocket thrusters are very similar to engines and are designed to serve many purposes. Similar to the design principle of the engine, the rocket thruster's pipes exhaust gas to propel the spacecraft to complete various stages of the journey! "After years of immersion in the aviation field, whether it is Lu Xiao or several aviation experts who have worked with Wu Tong, they are naturally familiar with aerospace, which is half of the same field attribute.
Everyone can understand space rocket launches. Even if they can’t tell you everything about it, at least they understand the basics.
"In the initial phase of a rocket launch, external booster rockets provide fuel to the rocket thrusters until the fuel is exhausted and then jettisoned. After that, powerful electromagnets enter the rocket thrusters to accelerate the violent reaction of ions to nearly the speed of light, which provides most of the spacecraft's thrust.
Finally, in the final stage of the journey, the thrusters are responsible for adjusting the spacecraft to enter the planet's gravity, providing reverse propulsion to slow down the speed so that the spacecraft can safely enter an orbit synchronized with the planet.
In order to achieve all of these functions, the current aerospace thruster group must have a high degree of sensitivity for high-energy ion acceleration and be able to handle the hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust generated by solid fuel thrusters.
We are going to start the research and development of aerospace propulsion, and the first thing we must consider is that it must be able to complete the functions required by the mass of the spacecraft and the principle of gravitational acceleration!"
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