The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 220 The Power of Computational Materials Science
In the following three days, many experts and professors from all over the country joined in the research and design of computer simulation platforms and material calculation software.

The addition of a large number of personnel directly solved the problem of staff shortage in the two project development teams.

There was no way to solve the accommodation problem, so they simply brought in a few military tents and set them up in the small playground of the station for everyone to stay temporarily.

The conditions were indeed difficult, but no one complained.

And with the coal stove, it isn't that cold at night even in winter.

The large dormitory environment actually facilitated their communication and discussion. After finishing their research, they would often continue talking about two or three points before taking a break.

It was so late that Wu Youxiang had to go to "comfort" them every night to prevent them from staying up too late and having any health problems.

However, the results of this high-intensity research are quite gratifying.

As long as there are no problems with the big framework, filling in the code is not too difficult, and small problems will be solved quickly with everyone's joint efforts.

As for those more difficult problems, they usually don’t take too long to solve as Li Mu occasionally points out the key points.

The computer simulation platform and material calculation software were built at an extremely fast speed!

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Institute of Semiconductor Research, Materials Computational Software R&D Group.

Inside the computer room, a large number of researchers were nervously staring at the running code on the screen, and everyone's eyes were filled with anxiety.

It was not until the words "Run Completed" appeared on the screen that a loud cheer broke out in the computer room:
"Great, no problem!"

"I knew I would be right to trust Consultant Li!"

"With it, the development of materials science in our country will usher in a major revolution!"

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Listening to the joyful voices of his colleagues around him, Li Mu couldn't help but smile and breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Shoujue at the side smiled and said, "We finally succeeded. Let's go to the cafeteria and have a good meal to celebrate!"

This sentence made everyone cheer again.

He looked at Li Mu, who was still a little nervous, and said, "Don't be so nervous. Although the current material calculation software can only solve problems related to magnetic fluids, it is still a great improvement."

"With so many researchers here, I believe it won't be long before we can develop the material calculation software you mentioned that is applicable to all materials and plays an important role in many fields."

"I know, I was just thinking about whether we should put more manpower into the computer simulation platform R&D team." Li Mu nodded and said.

Of course he knew this.

Even if there are enough people, it is still a fantasy to develop a complete material calculation software in less than ten days.

Making computational designs that can complete magnetic fluid materials is currently the limit.

Wang Shoujue listened and said nothing, but looked at Huang Kun who was standing beside him. Huang Kun immediately smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem, Consultant Li. For the subsequent optimization and research and development, it will be enough to keep one-third of the people!"

"The task on the computer simulation platform has now entered the critical period. We will first solve the problem of whether there is a problem or not, and then solve the problem of whether it is good or not!"

"Okay, that's settled!" Li Mu and Wang Shoujue looked at each other and nodded.

We boasted at the beginning that we could develop the computer simulation platform in half a month at the latest. Now there are only four days left, and we can't wait any longer.

Immediately after a small celebration banquet, he quickly continued to lead his people in building a computer simulation platform.

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On this side, Wu Youxiang hurried to the Chinese Academy of Sciences with the news of the successful research and development.

Hearing that the material calculation software had been successful, Guo Mo stood up from his chair with shock in his eyes.

Although it can only complete calculations for magnetic fluids now, according to Li Mu, it will be able to complete calculations applicable to more materials in the future.

This is extremely crucial for the development of Xia Country's materials field.

Materials are the foundation of industry. Their strength represents the progress of a country's industrial strength and the advancement of the industrialization process, and is of vital importance.

Why can't Xia Kingdom produce many good weapons and equipment that Emperor M and Big Brother have? Apart from technical reasons, the most important thing is actually materials.

Once this problem is solved, they may even be able to catch up in terms of weapons and equipment in the short term!

Guo Mo took a deep breath, calmed down, and then said: "Director Wu, I will notify Director Peng of the Institute of Atomic Energy Computing to bring the information over and complete the preparation of the magnetic fluid as soon as possible!"

After saying this, he could no longer contain his excitement, and when Wu Youhao was leaving, he called the construction department, urging them to complete the construction of the Semiconductor Research Institute as soon as possible with guaranteed quality and quantity.

He couldn't get involved in the research, and he couldn't get involved, so as not to affect Li Mu.

But in these places, he can still do something.

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At the Institute of Atomic Power, as soon as Peng Shilu received the news that the material software design was successful, he immediately took Jiang Nanying and others who were still conducting experiments in the laboratory and went to the Semiconductor Institute with the information.

When we arrived at the gate, Wu Youxiang was already there to greet us.

After meeting, the two exchanged a few simple greetings without any nonsense, and soon came to the computer room to start calculating the magnetic fluid materials.

The principle of material calculation software is mainly based on first-principles calculation and molecular dynamics simulation.

At present, Li Mu has completed the latter.

The structure and properties of materials are studied by simulating the movement of molecular systems. Using Newton's laws of motion, the equations of molecular motion are solved numerically to obtain the macroscopic properties of the materials.

Peng Shilu first followed the instructions of Huang Kun who had hurried over and input data such as the material's electrical conductivity, relative dielectric constant and relative magnetic permeability, density and dynamic viscosity into the supercomputer.

Subsequently, the three modules of numerical simulation, finite element method and multi-physics field simulation in the material calculation software began to run quickly, completing the simulation and analysis of the flow, heat transfer and interaction of magnetic fluid with other house fields under the action of external magnetic field.

The whole process was completed in less than 1 minute.

Looking at the many values ​​displayed on the screen, everyone at the Institute of Atomic Power had shock written all over their faces.

They had heard from Li Mu that the material calculation software would be very fast, but they didn't expect it to be so fast.

In the past, their experiments in preparing magnetic fluids took at least an hour, and the data obtained might not be useful.

Now, the calculation is completed in less than a minute, and the improvement is terrifying.

Peng Shilu swallowed his saliva and came back to his senses. He immediately said to Jiang Nanying, "Take this data and return to the institute as soon as possible to conduct experiments!"

It is very fast, but whether it is correct or not still needs to be verified.

Upon hearing the order, Jiang Nanying said nothing and hurriedly led his men back to the Institute of Atomic Power.

Peng Shilu went to find Wu Youxiang again, and waited beside the telephone with a program-controlled digital exchange, waiting for news from the other side.

...About an hour and a half later, when everyone was getting a little anxious, the sound of a telephone ringing rang out in the office.

Peng Shilu took a quick step and picked up the phone with an agility that was totally inconsistent with his age of about 60 years old: "Hello?"

"It's me, Director." Jiang Nanying's suppressed excited voice came over the phone, "After using the new data, the prepared magnetic fluid has reached the standards we required!"

"We succeeded!"

Upon hearing the news, Peng Shilu's eyes suddenly widened and his whole body began to tremble with excitement.

"Director Peng, what happened?" The experts and professors from the Institute of Atomic Power who were waiting nearby were anxious and couldn't help but ask.

Even Wu Youxiang, Huang Kun and others were a little nervous. After all, successful software design does not mean that it can be used directly for calculations.

In case of failure...

"Success!" Peng Shilu licked his dry lips and slowly uttered three words.

These words seemed to have some kind of magic, causing everyone to smile excitedly.

Several professors from the Institute of Atomic Power could not help but jump up and wave their fists vigorously, their faces full of excitement and joy!

Only they themselves know how difficult it is to prepare magnetic fluid.

Even though they had the formula that Li Mu provided last time, which was already quite close to success, they still could not complete the preparation of the magnetic fluid in a short period of time.

However, material calculation software solved this problem in less than 1 minute.

Even though this is because their experiments have shown that the data is very close to success, its power is still unquestionable.

With it, whether it is the conductive modification material on the surface of titanium or liquid helium and liquid nitrogen, they can be promoted simultaneously, and it is expected to be completed directly in a relatively short time.

As a result, the development of magnetohydrodynamic thrusters may not even take half a year.

Peng Shilu excitedly talked to Wu Youxiang about the subsequent research using material calculation software.

But after listening to him, Wu Youxiang smiled bitterly and said, "Director Peng, don't be too happy. The material calculation software is not yet completed."

"It's not completed. Why?" Peng Shilu was stunned and asked puzzled.

Wu Youxiang said:

"The researchers at our Semiconductor Research Institute and the experts and professors who came from all over the country worked overtime to complete the part of the software design that Li Mu mentioned."

"Even if this situation continues, it will probably take at least one or two months to complete everything."

"If you want to advance the research of three materials at the same time, I'm afraid it's not realistic."

Although this was a bit of a cold shoulder, he had to say it.

"You're right, we can't be impatient, we can't be impatient." When Peng Shilu heard this, he came to his senses and said quickly.

As the director, he is well aware of the principle of gradual progress.

It is not worthwhile to waste valuable talents just for the sake of short-term progress.

Smiling, Peng Shilu said, "By the way, where is Consultant Li? I haven't seen him. Has he heard about this good news?"

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Li Mu naturally heard the news from Huang Kun who had rushed back, but he just nodded slightly, then said something to everyone with a smile, and quickly continued to devote himself to the design of the computer simulation platform.

He was busy until 11 o'clock in the evening, and only when he had completed 74 of the 65 modules did he breathe a sigh of relief, clapped his hands, and asked everyone to go back and rest.

Rubbing his slightly swollen brows, he was the last one to walk out of the laboratory.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw Wu Youxiang and Peng Shilu standing at the door waiting, as well as some experts and professors from the Institute of Atomic Power.

Facing Li Mu's puzzled look, Wu Youxiang smiled and explained, "I originally told them to leave directly, but they insisted on waiting for you here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Peng Shilu stepped forward, held Li Mu's hand tightly, and said:

"Advisor Li, we have unanimously decided that you will decide the next research plan."

"The emergence of material calculation software has accelerated our research speed almost like riding a rocket."

"You are the one who knows it best. The original plan is no longer applicable, so we would like to ask you to design a new plan."

The magnetic fluid was successfully prepared. Was he eager to return to the institute? Of course he was.

However urgent it is, it is not as urgent as re-formulating the research plan.

The original plan was basically made according to their previous research experience. Although it referred to the plan given by Li Mu, there were not many changes.

For example, they estimated that the development of conductive modification materials for the surface of titanium would take at least three months and at most half a year, while Li Mu estimated that it would take between one month and two months.

Don’t underestimate these two months. The difference between them is at least several thousand times of experiments.

Originally, they thought that Li Mu's plan was too radical. How could it be developed in one to two months?

But now, they think Li Mu is still too conservative. Even if there is material calculation software, as long as it is successfully improved in the future, it may not even take half a month to use!
"Well, let's have a meeting tomorrow and discuss it together. I can't have the final say alone." Li Mu thought for a while after listening.

He could certainly write a suitable plan by himself, but it would be better for everyone to discuss it.

Research is research, but you still have to have some knowledge of the humanities and social skills, otherwise people will easily think you are a little arrogant.

That period is getting closer and closer, and even though he is now valued by leaders from many parties, it is better for him to be as careful as possible.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you!" Peng Shilu was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and agreed with a smile.

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The news of the initial success in the development of material calculation software and the solution to the problem of magnetic fluid preparation soon spread to a small courtyard.

Although it was already late at night, Secretary Song knew that his superiors might still not have gone to bed.

When I arrived at the study, as expected, the lights inside were on.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door twice.

"Please come in."

Hearing the response, Secretary Song pushed open the door with a "squeak". Looking at his superior sitting at the desk in his clothes, he couldn't help but grumble:
"It's late, you should go to bed!"

"It's still early, still early." The superior waved his hand, but his eyes never left the documents on the table.

Above is the latest developments on Asan's side.

(End of this chapter)