Chapter 215 Three Design Ideas for Aero Engines

The technicians in the workshop nervously looked at the equipment in front of them, staring at the real-time data that appeared. Five minutes later, as the power of the unit increased to 30% of the design power, a burst of cheers sounded in the workshop, and Zhou Yuanhang, who was beside him, explained to Ling Shizhe that this meant that the first ignition operation of the TN-30 turbofan engine was successful.

Then Wang Yuanzhuo stood on the half-height platform and announced loudly: "I announce that the first imitation TN-30 turbofan high-power engine!" The first ignition run was successful! ”

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable...... The whole test workshop resounded with applause, everyone hugged each other and shook hands, their faces were filled with joy after success, and their mouths congratulated each other.

The next thing is to hold a celebration banquet, leaving five monitoring personnel on duty, and the rest of the R&D team of nearly 1,000 people, including Ling Shizhe, will fight towards the "Oriental Culture Hotel" on Chater Road on Hong Kong Island.

"Oops, why are you so drunk?" In the villa area on the top of the hill in Kowloon, Yan Xiaoyun helped Ling Shizhe to walk into the house, complaining in her mouth.

"Celebrate the successful ignition of TN-30 and drink a few more glasses." Ling Shizhe held Yan Xiaoyun's shoulders and said drunkenly.

As the chairman of Ambrera Company, it is inevitable that others will come up to toast, although Ling Shizhe takes a sip every time, but he can't stand the crowd, before the banquet is over, Ling Shizhe is too drunk, Wang Yuanzhuo saw this and hurriedly arranged for someone to send Ling Shizhe to Yan Xiaoyun.

Yan Xiaoyun was originally Ling Zhigao's secretary, and after the outbreak of the Hong Kong economic crisis in 73, he handed over all the Ling Group to his eldest son Ling Shikai, and he completely retired to enjoy his old age.

Choosing this time period to retire, Ling Zhigao's purpose is self-evident, he wants to use the financial crisis to establish prestige for his eldest son.

The first thing he did when he took office was to sell 60% of the shares of Hong Kong Lvsheng Bank to Ambrera at a price of 90 million Hong Kong dollars, so as to concentrate funds to deal with the financial crisis, and Lvsheng Bank also became the link between Ambrera and Ling's Group.

After Ling Zhigao retired, Yan Xiaoyun also resigned and withdrew from the Ling Group, and Ling Shizhe saw that she had nothing to do after returning home, so she became the director of the jet and propulsion laboratory, responsible for administrative work.

Although Wang Yuanzhuo is the person in charge of the Jet and Propulsion Laboratory, and it is a good hand to lead a group of scientists to engage in scientific research, but the administration is a mess, so after Yan Xiaoyun resigned, Ling Shizhe asked her to be in charge of the administrative work of the Jet and Propulsion Laboratory and work as a nanny for Wang Yuanzhuo's R&D team.

TM-30 ignition test run, Yan Xiaoyun was originally going to be there, but today she had something to delay, and finally finished handling the matter, and hurried to the laboratory, Ling Shizhe and they had already left again, and when they learned that they were going to hold a celebration banquet, they did not follow, but took the car home directly.

Wang Yuanzhuo and Yan Xiaoyun often deal with each other, and Ling Shizhe will naturally be sent to Yan Xiaoyun when he is drunk, so the scene just now happened.

Helped to the living room, Yan Xiaoyun put Ling Shizhe on the sofa, went to the kitchen to boil a bowl of decanting soup, after Ling Shizhe drank the decanting soup, his stomach felt a lot more comfortable, and he felt less drunk, turned on the TV, and leaned on the sofa to watch TV.

The TV is a martial arts TV series filmed by TVB, the script is blunt, the storyline is unreasonable, and the production is too rough, compared with the TV series filmed by DreamWorks, it is a heaven and an underground, and after a while, Ling Shizhe really can't stand it, change the channel! It turned out that there were only 2 TV channels in this era, one was Li's limited pay channel, and the other was TVB.

These two channels are no strangers to anyone who knows anything about Hong Kong, and Li is the predecessor of Asia Television; TVB is the backyard of Shaw Brothers, and it has been the overlord of Hong Kong's TV dramas since the day it was founded.

How about I bought Leigh's and put the TV series on DreamWorks? Suddenly, Ling Shizhe wanted Hong Kong people to see the high-quality TV series filmed by DreamWorks, what would be his reaction, whether he was shocked or dismissive, and his heart was full of interest.

"Husband, the water is ready, go wash it!" Yan Xiaoyun's shout called Ling Shizhe, who was thinking wildly, back, and looked at Yan Xiaoyun's delicate face, so he stood up and walked upstairs with his arms around her waist......

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The TN-30 engine ran continuously for a week, and all the data reached the design indicators of the original factory, so Wang Yuanzhuo came to Ling Shizhe's office to report.

"Judging from the data, the engine is running well, what are the plans of your laboratory next?"

Wang Yuanzhuo replied: "The next thing is the final summary, to thoroughly understand the Americans' design ideas for aero engines, we have almost touched it before, and now only the summary remains." ”

"What are your plans to do after you find out?"

"After all, the chairman TN-30 turbofan engine is only an experimental product of the Americans, so no matter how we modify it, it will not meet the requirements of use, so I think we should design a new turbofan engine with the ideas of the Americans."

Wang Yuanzhuo's answer reminded Ling Shizhe of the story of the Japanese in his previous life about the Japanese engaging in technology, the first one was introduced, the second one was copied, and the third one was exported. Wang Yuanzhuo's team was originally an excellent expert in the field of aviation engine, but due to the discriminatory ceiling policies of Europe and the United States, they have only been engaged in basic theoretical research and have not participated in practical application research and development.

The TN-30 imitation not only allowed them to figure out the Americans' design ideas for aero engines, but also made up for the biggest shortcomings of their previous inability to participate in the actual research and development work, which is not a star and a half for the improvement of the scientific research team, so Wang Yuanzhuo extremely hopes to develop a new aviation turbofan engine with the excellent experience of TN-30.

This is exactly what Ling Shizhe needs, so he smiled and said, "Okay, do you have an idea?" ”

Wang Yuanzhuo shook his head and said, "I don't have a clue yet, I want to talk about it after I finish summing it up." ”

"It doesn't take much time to summarize." Seeing that Wang Yuanzhuo was a little confused, Ling Shizhe decided to give him some pointers, "Mr. Wang, what do you think of the aero engines of Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union?" ”

"Well, they each have their own advantages and disadvantages, the Soviet engine was reliable and powerful, but the workmanship was rough and did not last long......"

Ling Shizhe waved his hand and interrupted: "You didn't get to the point, I said their train of thought." ”

Wang Yuanzhuo......

"Looks like I'm a layman who has to give you a good talk, come and sit down."

After Wang Yuanzhuo sat on the sofa, Ling Shizhe thought about a report article on the design ideas of aero engines in Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union that he saw in his previous life.

After sorting out his thoughts, Ling Shizhe said: "Germany is the first country in the world to put the turbojet engine into practical use, since the end of World War II, the aircraft quickly entered the jet age, in the design of aero engines, there are currently three design schools. The first is the most familiar American and British design school, which inherits the rigor of the German engine, and the American and British aero engines are typically tall, so it is characterized by great technical difficulty.

Due to the extremely complex aero engine technology and the extremely high cost of development, although Europe follows the American and British schools, because its own strength is not as strong as the United States, they all take the road of joint design (like the EJ200 in later generations). In addition, their land area is not large, and they do not need high-thrust engines like the United States and the Soviet Union, although they take the path of the United States and Britain, but as long as they reach the medium thrust power, they fully meet their requirements, and the Spey engine is a good example.

The second is the Soviet school, like the United States, they use high-thrust engines, adhering to the Soviet Union's consistent stupidity and coarseness, but it is characterized by reliable performance and strong explosive power, and the disadvantage is that the service life is not long.

The third is the French school, in the early days, France, like the United Kingdom, took the road of joint research and development, but because France's defense did not want to be completely dependent on the United States, and France had its own interests in the world, so they embarked on the road of complete self-research and development, but their funds and technology were limited, so in the design of aero engines, they absorbed the strengths of the United States and the Soviet Union.

The greatest characteristic of the Soviet Union is that it uses the simplest methods to solve the most complex problems, while the United States and Britain are characterized by rigor and precision. Due to the limited economic and technical level in France, the engine designed by France is simple and reliable in structure and stable in performance, although its engine is not as advanced as Europe, America and the Soviet Union, and the thrust is also very small, but high reliability, high practicability, and high cost performance as its basic design concept, and not like the United States and the Soviet Union to pursue ultra-high technical performance. ”

The most obvious example is the M53 engine used in the French Mirage 2000, the performance level of this engine is not particularly high, his thrust-to-weight ratio is not to say that it is compared with the F-110, even if it is a whole level worse than the F-100, but Dassault uses innovative methods to make up for the technical shortcomings, so that the M53 engine meets the basic requirements in terms of overall performance, and the M53 engine is also simple in structure, high reliability and convenient maintenance. The price is also lower (much lower than the European EJ200 and the Russian R-73 engine) has become one of the main features of attracting users from third world countries.

"Chairman, do you mean that we follow the path of French engine design?"

Ling Shizhe snapped his fingers and said: "That's right, it's the French way, which is why I asked you to figure out the design ideas of the American and British engines." In fact, at the beginning, the French engine also took the design route of the United States and Britain, but the limited economic and technological level of France forced France to find another shortcut and embarked on a completely different aviation power road from the mainstream of the world today.

Aero engines, especially turbofan engines, can only be produced by a few countries and companies in the world, it is the crown of industry, compared to them, we do not have any technical basis for turbofan engines, so we must find a development path that is most suitable for us, although it is not the most advanced, but it is the most suitable for us. My guiding principle is: pay attention to the most cutting-edge technology of aero engines, win the advantages of others, do not follow the trend, and follow your own path according to your own actual situation. ”

After speaking, Ling Shizhe took out a drawing paper, and Wang Yuanzhuo looked at it, a sketch of the basic structure of the engine - the core machine of the EJ200 G-39.

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