Chapter 456: Breaking the Inflexible Mindset
Xu You's sudden idea broke his inherent thinking.
The industry has always used ultrasonic technology to measure the depth of the seabed.
The reason is that the frequency of ultrasound is relatively high. When it propagates in a direction, it can cause transmission, reflection and refraction phenomena similar to light at the interface between two different media.
Therefore, when ultrasonic waves hit hard objects on the seabed, they are reflected, thereby enabling distance measurement.
But in actual situations, because the properties of seabed materials are different, there will be more or less errors when measuring seabed depth using this method.
At the same time, this method can only measure depth and cannot measure more other data.
What Xu You suddenly thought of was to use electromagnetic waves instead of ultrasonic waves to survey the seabed.
In fact, Xu You’s ability to come up with such inspiration is also closely related to the matter of “Mr. SPY”.
Although "Mr. SPY" put Xu You in danger, he also allowed Xu You to learn more secrets of electromagnetic waves.
The properties of many specific types and frequency bands of electromagnetic waves are not recorded in existing data and literature.
By utilizing some special electromagnetic waves, it is not only possible to accurately measure distances, but it is also possible to directly analyze the specific geological structures of various locations without excavation.
"Unfortunately, the quantum computer is not with me now, so I can't use its powerful computing power to help me with calculations."
At this time, if I go back specially just to use the computing power of the Sutra, it would be too much trouble.
Xu You unfortunately believes that today's quantum computers are too large to be carried around.
Thinking of this, Xu You first estimated the approximate computing amount of this mission in his mind .
"We only need to analyze the properties of electromagnetic waves in various frequency bands, and we don't need to use the computing power of quantum computers."
Xu You decided to use his own personal computer first to see if the computing power was sufficient.
If it's not enough, think of other ways.
"It's time for us at Fulon Technology to move towards computer research and development." Xu You thought.
The previous generation of Fulong mobile phones has become the mobile phones with the strongest comprehensive performance in the world. After the successful development of domestic EUV lithography machines, the chip problem has also been solved to a large extent.
Now is a good time to enter the computer industry.
However, before that, Xu You could only use the computer at hand.
Fortunately, after mastering the "wireless brain-computer" skill, Xu You has replaced his personal computer with a more powerful one.
As long as the calculation problem is not particularly complex, it should be possible to solve it using this computer.
"Turn on wireless brain-computer mode!"
After connecting to this personal computer, Xu You also started the brain simulation state.
Compared with powerful quantum computers, ordinary personal computers are indeed much weaker in computing power.
But the computing speed of computers is still much faster than that of the human brain.
Soon, Xu You successfully simulated the properties of one electromagnetic wave frequency band after another in his brain.
"Sure enough, it is actually possible to measure the depth of the ocean using electromagnetic waves!"
Normally, electromagnetic waves are not suitable for measuring the depth of the ocean.
Because compared to sound waves, the energy of electromagnetic waves decays very quickly when propagating in water.
The energy of the electromagnetic waves may be exhausted before reaching the deep sea, let alone propagating back.
But after many simulations, Xu You found a special electromagnetic wave frequency band.
This type of electromagnetic wave loses energy slowly in water, so there is no problem unless measuring extremely deep sea areas.
The measurement target this time, the Baodao Strait between Fujian Province and Baodao, has a depth of less than 100 meters, which fully meets this condition.
In addition, another advantage of these electromagnetic waves over ultrasound is that they can detect geological types after adjusting the frequency band.
If the detection of geological types is highly accurate, it will not only save a lot of field marine survey work, but also ensure the safety of cross-sea bridges to the greatest extent.
After all, the underwater geology is complex and is likely to change to some extent over time.
With a complete electromagnetic wave detection system, geological conditions can be detected in real time to prevent problems before they occur.
After completing the entire simulation process, Xu You, with the help of several engineers, produced the corresponding experimental equipment.
Just when Xu You wanted to experiment with the effect of the equipment, he met Tang Zhen from the project team.
Tang Zhen is a famous bridge expert and exploration expert, and one of the core members of the project team.
After seeing Xu You, Tang Zhen also greeted him warmly.
"Professor Xu, where are you going? Why haven't I seen you these past few days? What have you been busy with?"
Tang Zhen respected Xu You very much, but he did not expect that Xu You would really be of much help to this project.
After all, everyone has their own specialties. It is difficult for a physics professor whose main research area is condensed matter physics to make any contributions to architecture and exploration.
"Professor Tang, I have been researching a new detection device these days, and I am about to test it to see its effect."
Hearing Xu You's words, Tang Zhen suddenly became energetic.
"New detection equipment? Professor Xu, is he going to help us with seabed surveys?"
"Not yet. Just a simple test first. If the effect is good, we can consider optimization and promotion later ."
Tang Zhen knew that although Xu You was not doing relevant research, he was no ordinary person after all.
Since Xu You is determined to achieve some results in this field, Tang Zhen naturally believes in Xu You's ability.
"Professor Xu, can I go with you?"
"Of course, with an expert like Professor Tang here, it will definitely be of more help to us. Let's go together."
As they spoke, Xu You, Tang Zhen and others came to the seaside in Fujian Province.
This area is the closest to Treasure Island in a straight line. If nothing unexpected happens, the future cross-sea bridge will be built here.
"Master, tie the device to the side of the boat and it will automatically measure."
In order to prove the accuracy of the measurement data, Xu You specially selected the area that had been measured by the project team before.
After the ship sailed back and forth on the sea, the seabed survey data of a small sea area was measured.
After bringing the equipment back, Xu You transferred the data to his computer and analyzed the data.
Tang Zhenze was carefully checking the data in the computer, his brows slightly furrowed, and his mouth gradually opened wider without him noticing.
