Chapter 189 Steel Materials that Can Be Used in Fighter Planes

But Ning Chen also has full confidence in himself. In terms of ability, he is no worse than these academicians and professors. In fact, he has many unique advantages.

This also made Ning Chen accept Cheng Zhong's proposal by default, hoping that he would not let down the academician's trust.

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In the following days, the project team once again optimized the smelting and processing technology of this steel according to the problem solutions proposed by Ning Chen and others.

What makes everyone very happy is that several process improvement plans proposed by Ning Chen have achieved very good results.

Although the various conditions proposed by Ning Chen are not exactly precise, they still fall within a very close range.

After another stage of experiments, the structure of the steel samples processed by the project team is closer to Ning Chen's ideal design structure than the steel samples of the previous stage.

"Ning Chen, our improvement plan this time is very successful. Compared with the first batch of steel samples, we have solved most of the existing problems."

Ning Chen is also very satisfied with the results achieved by the project team at this stage. Steel of this level already has certain application potential.

After completing the testing of the microstructure of this batch of materials, we continued to conduct comprehensive tests on the performance of this steel material.

In order to better reflect the performance level of this new steel material, the project team specially selected steel materials used in current aerospace and aviation equipment.

Such an intuitive comparison can make a very clear comparison of the differences and gaps between the two.

Ning Chen is very much looking forward to the next experimental test, because this can basically determine whether the steel material he designed has great application value.

After formulating the plan for the test experiment, Cheng Zhong called the project team members together to explain the arrangement of various test tasks and assign tasks.

"The steel on my left is the special steel used in our current fighter aircraft, and the steel on my right is the new high-strength steel material we created in the previous stage of experiments."

The steel materials used in these active fighters are all national top-secret materials, and Ning Chen had not been able to obtain detailed information about these materials from the Internet before.

Cheng Zhong first arranged for two people to conduct a corrosion resistance experiment on two steel materials. Because this experiment would take a long time and no obvious comparison results could be obtained in a short time, the experiment should be started as soon as possible.

As for the remaining properties such as strength, microstructural characteristics, wear resistance, fatigue resistance, toughness, etc., the measurement speed will be much faster.

Cheng Zhong did not arrange any testing and experiment tasks for Ning Chen, but took Ning Chen with him to check other people's testing work.

This is also a special treatment given by Cheng Zhong to Ning Chen. After all, the establishment of the entire project team came from Ning Chen's design plan. At this time, it is time for Ning Chen to enjoy the joy of success.

Ning Chen really wanted to do some measurements by himself, but it would be nice to be able to witness various measurement results earlier.

As the experiment progressed, the strength data of the two steel materials came out soon.

"Academician Cheng, after testing, the yield strength of the steel used for current fighter aircraft is 1506MPa, while the yield strength of our new steel material is 1610MPa!"

Hearing this data, Cheng Zhong and Ning Chen felt very excited.

Although the yield strength of the new steel is only 100MPa higher than that of the steel used in current fighter aircraft, this improvement is enough to be considered a significant breakthrough in the field of aerospace equipment.

What's more, this new type of steel material has only just gone through the second stage of experimentation, and there is still some room for progress.

Ning Chen is confident that if one or two more stages of research are carried out, the yield strength of this steel material can be continued to be increased by about 100MPa on this basis.

After that, other test data of these two steel materials were also released one after another.

In many tests including ultimate tensile strength, elongation, area reduction, hardness, fracture toughness, etc., the new steel materials processed by the project team have achieved varying degrees of leadership.

With such a result, even Cheng Zhong couldn't help but smile all over his face.

"That's great. Based on the current test performance of this new steel material, there is a high probability that it will be used in next-generation fighters and other aerospace, aviation and other fields. It depends on the results of the final corrosion resistance test."

Amid everyone's expectations, the corrosion resistance test results have finally been released.

"Academician Cheng, after detailed comparison, the new steel material performed better than the steel material of the current fighter in the first stage of corrosion resistance test. After that, we will further test the corrosion resistance of the two materials in order to Get more rigorous results.”

Because the corrosion resistance of steel materials requires long-term testing, the data obtained now is only a preliminary data comparison.

Despite this, at least judging from the data obtained at the current stage, the new steel materials processed and produced by the project team are undoubtedly very successful!

After confirming these results, the members of the project team also briefly celebrated together, feeling happy for everyone's achievements.

As a researcher, in fact, every day's research life is relatively monotonous, and you also have to face various pressures such as failed experiments.

But the success of every experiment can greatly boost the mood of researchers and make them feel that their efforts these days are valuable.

After a short celebration, the project team did not stop their research, but continued to analyze the experimental data on this basis, summarize the problems that emerged, and propose improvement plans.

Ning Chen was once again the last person to conclude, and proposed some new improvement methods that might improve the properties of this new type of steel material.

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To the delight of the members of the project team, after the third stage of experimental improvements and testing, the performance of this new steel material has indeed met everyone's expectations.

Compared with the test results of the second stage, the steel materials after the optimized process plan showed better data in various performance tests.

At this time, Ning Chen could no longer think of any room for further improvement.

The next work that needs to be done is to study the batch processing technology of this new steel material, and such work can only be carried out in steel plants.

Ning Chen knew that at this stage of the research, he had completed all the work he could.

During the break, Cheng Zhong and Tian Shihao found Ning Chen and discussed with Ning Chen the future applications of this new type of steel.

"Ning Chen, through our three stages of research, we have basically determined that this new type of steel can be used in aerospace, aviation and other fields. However, our current work is not enough. Next, we will continue to enter the steel industry. Factory, and working with the scientific researchers of the steel factory to study batch processing technology, I wonder if you will continue to participate in the project with us?"

"Academician Cheng, Professor Tian, ​​I will not participate in the subsequent research work. My area of ​​expertise is still mainly in the design of materials and batch processing technology. I do not know much about the process of batch processing, and it is difficult to contribute to the research of the project. Any help."

In fact, if Ning Chen had been allowed to stay in the steel factory for a few months, he would have figured out all these things sooner or later.

It's just that Ning Chen still has other topics to study, and he can't devote too much energy to the field of steel materials.

This time, Ning Chen's goal was just to move the system reward information into the real world, and what Ning Chen has done now has already achieved his goal.

"Well, this research project does last for a long time. Whether you continue to participate in the project is completely up to your own wishes."

After Ning Chen tactfully expressed that he would no longer participate in the subsequent research work of the project, both Cheng Zhong and Tian Shihao expressed their understanding of Ning Chen's decision and did not interfere with Ning Chen's choice.

"Academician Cheng, Professor Tian, ​​if there is any need for me in subsequent research work, I will go to the research site immediately."

"Well, Ning Chen, it's great that you have this thought. Of course, unless there are special circumstances, we still won't bother you. We old guys still have some value."