Chapter 1323 Defects
A week later, a strange-looking vehicle slowly drove into the test explosion site.
It is the first crawler-type tractor manufactured and assembled by the Industrial Department of Neverwinter based on a complete set of drawings and technical guidance provided by the Ash Pot Design Bureau. But except for the same chassis, its appearance is completely different from the test product. The vehicle is surrounded by thick armor plates and looks like a moving square box at first glance.
After it drove into the center of the explosion, it stayed in front of the melted iron tower for about half an hour, then turned around and drove south along the original road.
After driving about five kilometers, a wheeled truck approached and picked up all the people on board, while the square box tractor was abandoned directly in the snow.
This group of people traveled all the way and returned to Neverwinter City from the Snowy Mountains the next day.
After getting the news, Roland immediately summoned them into the castle.
"How's it going? Did you encounter any accident?"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, everything went very smoothly." Phyllis smiled and presented a talisman to him. "Axia quickly located the scene at that time. Our stay was shorter than expected."
"Because, because there is a specific time point, it's not too difficult," Axia said rather shyly, "Compared to other sisters, my control over abilities is relatively poor..."
"Okay, stop being modest."
"Yes, it's true..."
Roland took the talisman, but his expression remained serious. He turned his head and looked at Momo beside him, "Sorry to trouble you."
"No, you are serious, Your Majesty." Momo reached out to cover one eye so as not to see His Majesty the King while displaying his abilities. After a moment, she put down her hand and bowed to Roland, "No one's numbers and colors have changed significantly, they are basically the same as when they set off."
Only then did Roland breathe a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."
"You too," the witches replied in unison.
"Meals have been prepared in the living room. Chaos drinks are available in unlimited quantities. Let's fill our stomachs first." Looking at the happy faces of everyone, he shook his head with a smile. As for the Tachira witches who participated in the operation, they were basically regular visitors to the dream world, and there was no need to give any additional rewards.
Using Axia's retrospective ability to closely observe the instantaneous changes when the weapon takes effect has always been the improvement method that the Engineering Department relies on most. By adjusting the traceback speed, you can clearly understand the state change trend of the target object at every moment, and most of the problems and errors can be seen at a glance.
But as mentioned before, Sun Glory is different from other weapons, especially dirty bombs that have incomplete reactions. There will be a lot of materials emitting lethal radiation left at the site. If you enter rashly, you will undoubtedly suffer a huge amount of radiation damage.
For this reason, Roland did not hesitate to put the first crawler tractor prototype into it and modified it into a radiation-proof vehicle. Its left and right rear sides and bottom plate were wrapped with multiple layers of lead plates, with gold foil and beryllium sheets sandwiched in the middle. With a thickness of up to ten centimeters, it has a high shielding effect on photons, electrons and neutron jets. The structural weight brought by comprehensive protection can only be carried by the steam engine driven by the Rubik's Cube power.
In addition, the vehicle has its own oxygen inside and is almost completely isolated from the outside world, avoiding the risk of radiation dust entering the vehicle through the ventilation channels. In order to observe the scene of the explosion, a huge piece of leaded glass was installed in front of the car body, with a thickness of an astonishing thirty centimeters.
Considering that entering and exiting the test explosion site may cause contaminants to attach to the tracks and armor, he also specifically requested that once the personnel were sent out of the most dangerous core area, the vehicle should be replaced immediately and the former abandoned directly in the snow.
It could be said that Roland had taken all the safety measures he could think of, but even so, he still couldn't relax.
Fortunately, the final results showed that this observation operation was finally a complete success.
After obtaining first-hand information from the scene, Roland immediately started research with Anna and Celine.
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By using the time sigil to repeatedly play back the rewind scene that was slowed down hundreds of times, the flaws of the No. 1 Principle Device gradually surfaced.
"The performance of our explosives is too poor." Anna whispered.
"I can also see that the impact of the explosion does not seem to be transmitted to the 'gun chamber' smoothly," Celine nodded. "Can we use batch detonation to improve this problem?"
"I'm afraid there won't be much hope in the short term." Roland rubbed his sore eyes. After watching the live explosion records for two days in a row, he felt that the whole world was only blue and white.
Although he had anticipated the problem with explosives, he did not expect it to be so obvious.
Neverwinter City has been mass-producing double-based smokeless gunpowder. Although it is not as violent as high explosives such as RDX in terms of energy and explosive speed, it is enough for the army. Even if it lacks power, it can make up for it with quantity. But when it comes to the principle device, trouble becomes apparent.
More than a thousand kilograms of explosives are by no means a point on the design diagram. When stacked, they are as big as a safe. In order to conduct the explosion energy to the uranium block, Roland also specially made a lens similar to a funnel, hoping to transfer the explosive energy to the uranium block. The impact is concentrated as much as possible.
There is nothing wrong with this idea, but something has already happened before the detonation has reached this stage. Because the total volume of the explosive package is too large, and each point is detonated at the same time, the shock waves generated by the front and rear explosives cancel each other out a lot—— This can be clearly seen from the slow playback. The shock waves that collide with each other cause the entire steel lens and even the outer casing to undergo violent deformation. This means that a large amount of energy acts outside the 'gun bore', and the push The energy of the uranium block is naturally much less.
What follows is a chain reaction.
Insufficient pressure in the chamber causes fission to stop quickly, and most of the uranium is vaporized at high temperature, which also weakens the effect of the neutron source in disguise.
"We can only find a solution through other means." Roland spread his hands and said. Without electronic explosion control technology, it would be almost impossible to activate all the explosives in sequence within a thousandth of a second, making the front and rear shock waves overlap. Even if it is replaced with high explosives, this problem will only be improved but not eradicated.
He can ask the Ministry of Chemical Industry to try to study low-speed explosives and place them in front of the lens to minimize the interaction between the explosives. However, this process will probably require a lot of experiments to prepare, and it is unclear whether it will be successful. The most reliable approach today is obviously to make up for the deficiencies in detonation technology through structural design.
"It seems that I have to work overtime again tonight." He stretched and said weakly.
"I will accompany you." Anna smiled, "How about a black fire massage as a reward?"
"Suddenly I felt full of energy," Roland cheered up. "Are there any other rewards?"
"Like what kind?"
"Let me think about it... By the way, how about the one I mentioned last time..."
Is this also knowledge learned from the dream world...
Celine covered her slightly hot face with her beard and quietly left the Beipo Laboratory.
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