Chapter 742 A New Discipline

After a cordial and friendly exchange, Tang Lintian finally agreed to adjust the number of hours and assessment methods of basic courses as soon as possible, and Chang Haonan also promised to allow two senior students to participate in public practical projects through his research group every year.

Students who are included in this training method will receive a certificate of participation in the "Excellent Engineer Training Program" in addition to the normal degree certificate and graduation certificate when they graduate.

Both parties have achieved a satisfactory result.

"Since the matter is over, I will not bother you any more."

After getting Chang Haonan's guarantee, Tang Lintian put down the empty cup and stood up to leave.

As the host, the former naturally could not let the other party go alone, and quickly stood up to see him off.

When they were taking the elevator downstairs, perhaps to avoid a dull moment, Tang Lintian asked casually:

"Professor Chang, I wonder what research direction you plan to choose first after the Torch Laboratory is established?"

"Well... two levels."

Chang Haonan thought seriously for a moment, until the elevator reached the first floor and the two walked out before answering:

"After all, the laboratory as a whole has just been established, and I'm afraid it can't do any particularly difficult projects, so I plan to find a few less difficult projects from the aviation system to practice, and also to enhance the understanding between the members of the research team."

"As for me, the next step is to focus on materials science; of course, there is also what I said during the defense this morning, studying the application of inertial manifolds in dissipative partial differential equations, which naturally includes the N-S equation, but the latter is a mathematical theory research, which relies more on inspiration, so it is difficult to have a definite timetable."

"Materials science? Our school doesn't have much research foundation in this area..."

Tang Lintian is not a science major, and doesn't know much about cutting-edge mathematical theories, so he decisively gave up the latter half of the sentence.

"Well, of course I know that."

Chang Haonan nodded:

"So, I am going to enter a new direction, combining numerical methods with materials research."

Looking at Tang Lintian's slightly puzzled eyes, he had to give further explanation:

"In short, it is to use physical modeling and numerical calculation methods to conduct directional analysis and calculation of the characteristics, structure, components and processing technology of materials."

"Compared with the traditional research method of materials science that is close to alchemy, once my idea is realized, it will have obvious advantages in predictability and regularity."

"Doesn't that mean that in the future, the field of materials science may also be like our aircraft design, where users give a series of performance parameters, then carry out targeted design, and finally provide customized processes and processing solutions?"

In engineering, Tang Lintian's ability to draw inferences from one example is still quite strong.

Besides, he originally came from computational fluid dynamics, so it is natural that he can easily draw analogies to his own research field.

"That's right, but the objects of simulation are different."

Chang Haonan smiled:

"Well, materials science mainly focuses on the particle relationship at the microscopic level or the multi-field complex relationship at the macroscopic level. The requirements for computing power and algorithm design are not exactly the same as computational fluid dynamics."

Tang Lintian also knew that he had basically reached the top in scientific research, otherwise he would not have turned to the path of full-time administration. Therefore, he was very self-aware and did not discuss the technical details in depth, but changed the subject:

"This...should be considered a new discipline? At least I have never heard of it in the past."

"In fact, this research direction has existed for a long time. Not to mention others, I myself completed a special steel-related development project the year before last, using the method just mentioned."

What Chang Haonan said was the time when he designed the bearing steel formula and process for the three major bearing groups.

To a certain extent, it also indirectly led to a large number of Japanese brands represented by NSK and NTN Group in the European market.

A large number of whales (sharks) fell (dropped) and also revitalized many companies from China, South Korea, Eastern Europe and even Southeast Asia.

Looking at Tang Lintian who was a little stunned beside him, Chang Haonan paused for a moment, letting him slow down a little before continuing:

"Including the recent production acceptance of heavy die forging presses, I also tried to use numerical methods to guide the research and development of titanium aluminum alloy forging technology. From the results, the overall efficiency was improved by about 40%."

"However, up to now, the research in this area is indeed still relatively scattered and has not formed a complete discipline. If you ask me, it may be called 'computational materials science'."

Unlike the situation that everyone went to materials science journals to fill water more than 20 years later, in the late 1990s, materials science could not be regarded as a prominent subject, and it was still a relatively weak part in China.

But it is precisely because of this that the input-output ratio will be more attractive-

In order to make up for the shortcomings in the field of materials, technicians are often forced to perform at a higher level in other parts such as design optimization.

In this case, when materials science fills the gaps, it often achieves a ripple effect.

Just as it was achieved in the field of bearing gear steel before.

"Then, I wish Professor Chang success in the new research direction!"

For Tang Lintian, after successfully making his school enter the top C10 alliance in China, he did feel a little bit lost in his life goals.

But now, it seems that another golden opportunity has appeared in front of him.

Create a new discipline.

Admittedly, this kind of thing cannot be done by one person alone.

But there must be a person who can be the core.

"If there are any problems, the school will try its best to help you solve them!"

Before getting in the car, Tang Lintian shook hands with Chang Haonan again.

In fact, considering that the latter is currently considered a "half-step academician" and is about to take office as the chief planner of the Aviation Power Group, if you really count, the resources he can mobilize are actually no less than Tang Lintian, the president of Beijing Aviation.

But no matter what, the attitude must be put here first.

Besides, no one would complain about too much support, right?

…

After the doctoral defense was settled, Chang Haonan did not immediately start his new job, but planned to rest for a while at home in Beijing.

After all, the flight test progress of the WS-10 is going smoothly. As for the establishment of the laboratory…

The candidates for several lecturers have been basically determined, but the next batch of students will not be able to start contact until August or September at the earliest.

It’s okay for recommended students, but if they are students preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, it is impossible to ask them to come to work at least before the preliminary examination.

There is no rush.

Moreover, from the Spring Festival holiday in February to now, for nearly five months, he has been running non-stop between Jiangcheng and Beijing, and occasionally he has to take time out to listen to the feedback from the Taihang project.

It really needs to relax a little.

However, the idea is beautiful.

At Chang Haonan’s current position, his time is no longer completely his own.

Before he could enjoy a few days of relaxation, he received a call from Ding Gaoheng.

A lot of things happened in the half month before and after his defense.

The most important thing was that the fragment of the B2 bomber was brought back by Old Wu among a pile of sample materials from the Azov Steel Plant.