Chapter 296: Professor Xu, have you designed it?
Next, Xu You started the next simulation.
This time, Xu You needs to research the materials of the nuclear safety protection box.
According to the idea of computer simulation modeling, Xu You will experiment with a large number of types of materials and observe the reactions of various materials through simulation to determine which material is more suitable for use in nuclear safety protection boxes.
But soon, Xu You realized that this method was not applicable to brain simulation.
Compared with normal computer software simulation, brain simulation saves the work of programming modeling and only requires imagination in the brain.
In terms of simulation accuracy, it is also more precise than software simulation.
However, in terms of computing speed, it is indeed much slower.
Not only can it not be compared with supercomputers, it is even worse than ordinary home computers.
Each simulation takes a long time.
This made it impossible for Xu You to simulate many materials and then screen the most suitable ones.
Xu You had to narrow the range to a very small size and then simulate the materials within this range.
Through the requirements for the material properties of nuclear reaction protection boxes and the analysis of a large number of material properties.
Xu You screened out some new materials that might be used as protective boxes.
Over the course of several days, Xu You kept changing materials and repeating the simulation process.
Finally, in a simulation, Xu You discovered it.
When a portion of the "gadolinium" element is added to the original material.
The new composite material system has an excellent absorption effect on radiation sources such as neutrons and gamma rays.
The overall shielding performance against nuclear radiation is significantly higher than previous materials.
Xu You further optimized the proportions of various elements in the material and finally obtained the material form with the best radiation protection effect.
At this moment, Xu You was very excited.
According to Xu You's simulation, this new type of material can simultaneously meet multiple conditions such as pressure, temperature, and radiation protection required during nuclear fission.
It is estimated that this material can withstand a nuclear reactor with a single-core power of 800MW.
If it were possible to install two nuclear reactors in a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
It is fully capable of supporting a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
As for the nuclear reactor type, the pressurized water reactor used by Xu You has a theoretical single-pile power limit of about 800MW.
This means that according to current experimental data, the nuclear power device designed by Xu You can already be used on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
Of course, before formal application, it is still necessary to conduct experiments in a land-based model reactor.
At this time, Xu You thought of another problem.
How do I explain my design for this new material?
You can't say that you designed a new type of material by simulating it in your brain for a few days.
Such a reason is indeed too unbelievable.
After thinking about it, Xu You decided that it would be better to explain it from the perspective of software simulation.
Of course, Xu You didn't want to just come up with a meaningless simulation system just to explain this material.
These data simulated by the brain can be used to help Xu You improve the software simulation.
These two different simulation methods have their own advantages.
Software simulation also needs to be further studied.
After several more days of research, Xu You finally solved some problems that had not been solved before, making his material simulation system more accurate.
The results of software simulation are very close to those of brain simulation.
After completing these tasks, Xu You contacted Fan Haisheng and explained his latest research results.
"Professor Xu, have you designed a new type of nuclear reactor protection box material?"
"Yes, it has been designed. In simulations, the performance of this material is better than previous materials. Of course, it still needs to be verified in a land-based model reactor in the end."
"Okay, Professor Xu, let's have a meeting right away to plan our future work."
This news is undoubtedly very explosive news.
This made Fan Haisheng willing to put aside other work at hand and take a look at Xu You's latest research results immediately.
After the core members of the project team arrived at the conference room.
Fan Haisheng didn't say anything extra and immediately asked Xu You to explain his latest research results.
Xu You connected the computer to the big screen to show his optimized simulation system.
After completely copying the results of the brain simulation into the software.
There is no doubt about the design of this new material.
"The current PWR has a single-pile maximum power of about 800MW. If two PWRs are installed on the Code Five, it can support the power requirements of a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. This new type of material can also withstand such a degree of nuclear reaction under various conditions without causing nuclear leakage."
Listening to Xu You's explanation, Fan Haisheng felt that they had finally taken an important step towards building a real nuclear aircraft carrier.
"Professor Xu, regarding this new type of material, do you expect it to be difficult to prepare?"
"It's not that high, because this is a composite material. We just add some gadolinium to the original material and adjust the proportion of the elements. If all goes well, we can start new land-based model reactor experiments soon."
After learning that the preparation of this new material was not too difficult, Fan Haisheng excitedly slammed the table with his fist.
"Okay! We will start researching this new type of composite material right away! Professor Xu, please take charge of this work."
"Of course, this is what I should do." Xu You agreed.
Since Xu You is in charge of the research work of the entire nuclear power plant, he will definitely not stand idly by when it comes to the preparation of new nuclear safety protection box materials.
With Xu You's current abilities, he can be considered an expert in materials science.
Next, Xu You led the team to conduct research on material preparation.
In the actual material preparation and molding process, some unexpected difficulties were encountered.
Of course, everyone was mentally prepared for these difficulties, and through continuous research, we overcame these difficulties and completed the preparation of materials.
Generally speaking, the preparation of this composite material is easier than that of superconducting materials.
They also quickly figured out the material forming technology.
After completing the production of the new generation of nuclear reactor protection box, the new phase of land-based model reactor experiments can finally be prepared to begin.
This time, everyone is paying close attention to the experimental performance of the land-based model reactor.
Because, if everything goes well, it means that we have the conditions to build our nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
