Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 851: Chapter 447: Is There Still a Need for Group One?_2

Upon hearing Zhao Yi’s statement, the others barely reacted, but Zhang Gangchuan burst out laughing instead.

Zhang Gangchuan was the head of the Kunlun engine team and he thought it was impossible for Group Two to have completed the design so quickly, especially when Zhao Yi mentioned they had done "a lot of revisions and some new designs". Group Two finishing many revisions and coming up with some new designs in such a short time was tantamount to saying that the Kunlun engine team’s research and development progress was slow, wasn’t it?

Compared to that, the damage was severe!

Zhang Gangchuan nodded as he harshly questioned, "So, Academician Zhao, why don’t you elaborate on what new designs Group Two has done? What kind of revisions did they make to the Kunlun?" freēwēbnovel.com

"Here?"

Zhao Yi didn’t mind sharing, but the surrounding environment wasn’t conducive, with dozens of people around, and the designs definitely involved confidentiality.

"Ahem."

Liu Zecheng cleared his throat softly and said, "Let’s go to the meeting room."

...

A group of people left the operation room of the Power Engineering Laboratory and entered a small meeting room in the mechanical building. Half of the people stayed outside, and those who entered were the leadership and elite experts from relevant fields.

The people from Group Two of Kunlun also came over.

Once everyone was seated in the meeting room, Liu Zecheng addressed Zhao Yi, "Here, I am a layman. There are others who, like me, don’t understand very specialized things. Academician Zhao, please don’t go too deep, just give us an overview of any innovations or improvements. Let’s hear it, as a preliminary understanding before accepting the design."

Zhao Yi nodded and replied, "I’ll just give a simple overview."

The two conversed.

Yuan Haitao had brought over the documents of the completed design from their team, placing a huge stack in front of Zhao Yi. Zhao Yi casually flipped through them and suddenly didn’t know where to begin.

The changes and new designs were too numerous!

They had practically overhauled the Kunlun engine from the inside out. The designs from Group Two were nearly unrecognizable as based on the Kunlun engine when compared side by side.

Where to start?

Zhang Gangchuan seemed to detect Zhao Yi’s hesitation and reminded him, "Just talk about the changes and new designs."

Zhao Yi pursed his lips and said nothing. After pondering for a moment, he continued, "Let’s start with the main shaft then."

He looked up.

All eyes in the meeting room turned towards him.

If there was anything in Group Two’s design that most resembled the original design of the Kunlun engine team, it was the main shaft turbine blade profile, the compressor booster blade profile, and the design of the main shaft itself.

The main shaft itself had not been changed.

This was the only aspect that remained completely consistent, whereas the turbine blade profile and compressor booster blade were modifications based on the original design of the Kunlun engine, basically technical corrections, with the addition of hollow channels in the design, allowing the blades to achieve higher performance.

However, whether the new designs could perform better than the originals wasn’t something that could be understood by listening; it required very specialized calculations.

Zhao Yi presented this part, "We made certain changes to the turbine blades and the booster blades. The turbine blades were originally hollow cored, a very good design, but there were still some minor issues..."

"With the modifications to the turbine blades, the weight is comparable to that of the original design with the same material properties, yet the performance can be increased by thirteen to fifteen percent."

"The booster blades, changed to a multi-arc and hole-linking design, can enhance the boosting effect under strong wind conditions, working in conjunction with the stator..."

"With the modifications to the booster blades, the efficiency of boosting ranges between nine to eleven percent."

"These two conclusions are the result of our repeated calculations."

Zhao Yi finished speaking and looked at the audience.

Several people turned to Zhang Gangchuan. Zhang Gangchuan must have had knowledge about the main shaft blade profiles and likely conducted in-depth research on it.

Zhang Gangchuan was frowning and carefully contemplating. Zhao Yi’s explanation had not been detailed; he only discussed how to make improvements. But he did present the overall ideas and directions. Zhang Gangchuan thought for quite some time but still couldn’t ascertain whether Zhao Yi’s methods would indeed increase performance; it really needed very specialized calculations to know.

Some had a different focus.

For instance, Liu Zecheng and Liu Jiankun noticed Zhang Gangchuan’s silence and exchanged a glance, confirming something between themselves.

The current design by Group Two for the main shaft blade profiles might not promise a hundred percent performance improvement, but they certainly possessed reference value, otherwise Zhang Gangchuan would have immediately noticed any issues. And considering Zhao Yi’s own level of mathematics, increasing performance should not be a problem.

Calculation discussions?

Who could surpass Zhao Yi!

Yuan Haitao, Sun Lei, Wang Zhiguo, and others were sitting on the side, each with different points of interest.

Sun Lei looked around and asked, "This was all designed by Academician Zhao himself, right? When did we calculate and validate this?"

Wang Zhiguo grinned and said, "I had no clue. We had already completed improvements to the turbine blades and booster blades..."

Yuan Haitao interjected, "It was all done by Academician Zhao. Of course, you wouldn’t know. And he didn’t need anyone else. After all, Academician Zhao is a top-level mathematician; does he need to ask others in this regard?"

"That’s true."

"However, blade design isn’t just about mathematics, is it..."

While they were discussing, Zhao Yi began to talk about the latest design, which was the compressor stability solution. He flipped open the design document, feeling a bit thirsty, and then turned to their direction and said, "Sun Lei, you’re in charge of this part. Could you explain it?"