The Technology Tree of Xueba

The Marine Materials Laboratory is the most important laboratory of the Blue Ocean Project.

Feng Yunde has been developing materials used in the Blue Ocean project with researchers in this laboratory.

If the bionic fish gills are the cornerstone of the Blue Ocean project, the materials developed by the Marine Materials Laboratory are the backbone of the Blue Ocean project.

Zhou Yu found Feng Yunde beside a pool of more than ten square meters.

He is putting a palm-sized city model in a pool.

They nodded to each other, and no noise interfered with the progress of the experiment.

The undercurrent in the pool is surging, the water surface is constantly rippled, and the waves are beating on the edge of the pool, splashing water.

Zhou Yu understands some aspects of the Blue Ocean project. When he saw this pool experiment, he knew that the pool represented the ocean occupying 70% of the surface area. This big city model represents the most important water city in the Blue Ocean project.

The most important goal of the Blue Ocean project is to develop the ocean, which cannot always be taken by boat every day.

Really want to develop the ocean, the staff must stay in the development area for a long time.

People stay on board for a short period of time without any problems. If you live in a small cabin for several years in a row, normal people will have psychological problems.

Only water cities can solve most of the problems encountered in ocean development.

After reading the experimental data, Feng Shude said with a sigh of relief: "The pedestal of the water city has been able to withstand the super typhoon. As long as the houses above the water city are specially constructed and reinforced, no more than three floors of houses will be built, and super strength Typhoons are also capable of protecting themselves. "

Zhou Yu stepped forward and asked, "Is the water city ready for use?"

Feng Yunde nodded and said, "General Manager Zhou, we have verified the model and used quantum computer simulation to design a water city that can already compete with super typhoons.

Even in the event of a super typhoon, a water city can provide a safe haven for the citizens to avoid the disturbance caused by the super typhoon. "

"The design of the water city has already taken shape. How does he fix it on the water surface and will it drift with the ocean current?" Zhou Yu asked with concern.

"The water city we designed, he can drive in the specified direction by the propeller, but it has a very strong anchoring system.

Even if it encounters a super typhoon, it can be firmly fixed on the sea surface instead of floating in the wind. "Feng Yunde said proudly.

He then explained to Zhou Yu why the water city can achieve this effect.

The water city base uses super buoyancy material to ensure the maximum volume of water is discharged and the strong buoyancy to maintain the survival of the water city.

Due to the difference in size and load of water cities, super buoyancy materials will penetrate 10 ~ 50 meters underwater.

Archimedes discovered early on that the buoyancy provided by water is equal to the gravity of the object that displaces it.

An object is completely immersed in water. According to the density of the material, the material presents three states in the water.

The density of the material is less than that of water. It is floating in water. The density of the material is equal to the density of water. It is suspended in water. The density of the material is greater than the density of water, and it is sinking in water.

The density of a super-buoyant material is much smaller than the density of water, and the volume of water it can discharge is also considerable.

The most important thing is the toughness, hardness and abrasion resistance of this material, which are not inferior to metal alloys. It also has very good corrosion resistance and can exist in seawater for a long time.

After listening to Feng Yunde's narration, Zhou Yu asked in confusion: "The properties of this super-buoyant material are very good, but only this material is not good for building a water city.

It was as if he had placed a wooden block with a high center of gravity in the water, and a small wave of the water in the water would capsize.

If the mass of the wooden block suddenly decreases, it will also rise quickly, causing the entire wooden block to capsize.

The overturning of a wooden block will not have serious consequences, but the overturning of a floating city will cause tens or even hundreds of thousands of people to be buried on the ocean floor. "

Feng Yunde said with confidence: "Zhou, if there is only super-buoyant material, which constitutes a water city, then he must be the most garbage water city.

In addition to providing sufficient buoyancy with super-buoyant materials, we also have very advanced anchoring systems.

Water cities are sometimes in the deep ocean and cannot be anchored by piling.

Conventional anchoring schemes are very much like ship anchors, using large mass objects to anchor the water city.

But this kind of scheme is very bad scheme, the anchor of large quality consumes the vital buoyancy of the water city. Make the layout of water city related facilities simple.

Especially under the influence of ocean currents and undercurrents, the anchors in suspension will also drift with the currents, directly affecting the water city, which is not the best fixed solution.

We found a water-curable material that, when fused with water, can change the properties of the water and turn the water into a jelly-like colloid.

At the same time, the density of the water is not changed, leaving the hydrogel in its place.

In this way, as long as a mesh rope is used, a large area of ​​hydrogel can be manufactured at a certain water depth.

Once such a large-area hydrogel is formed, it is subject to water resistance and cannot move in the water.

Compared to large-scale anchors, this hydrogel does not affect the buoyancy of the water city, but it can fix the water city in a relative position.

The anchoring system composed of this hydrogel is very stable, even if it encounters a super typhoon, it can hold the water city tightly and let it stabilize in the super strong wind and wave. "

Zhou Yu heard Feng Yunde's introduction and he understood the powerful role of this hydrogel material.

"How safe is this hydrogel material and whether it has an impact on marine ecosystems," Zhou Yu asked.

"General Zhou, the hydrogel material is similar to the jelly material. Marine life ca n’t enter it. UU reading www.uukanshu.com It does not have any toxic and side effects, even if it is eaten by the organism, there is no problem with it Does not affect marine ecosystems.

A material that forms a hydrogel when fused with water, it will slowly degrade in the marine environment.

Degradation to a certain degree, the seawater will become sticky, and then slowly return to the normal seawater state.

Its critical point is one year, and the hydrogel must be continuously replenished with the materials that make up the hydrogel every year.

If we abandon the original location of the water city, it only takes one year for nature to break down these hydrogels and turn them into flowing sea water again.

This is a very safe and reliable anchoring system that will not affect the marine ecological environment. It can also firmly pull the water city and keep it in a relative position. "

Zhou Yu gave a thumbs up and praised the performance of this material. He knew that he had developed a hydrogel material that is extremely suitable for aquatic cities. Feng Yunde must have worked hard.

After learning about the characteristics of the water city, Zhou Yu and Feng Yunde stepped out of the laboratory, and they discussed the planning of the water city together with relevant experts.