Does the mainland want to build a fourth aircraft carrier? Officials have said that three aircraft carriers are not enough, so will the information on the new aircraft carrier be made public after the official sea trials of the Fujian?
Previously, the official officially stated that the mainland did not have any technical bottlenecks in building aircraft carriers, which made the Chinese people extremely excited and encouraged, because this statement shows that China's level of building aircraft carriers is very advanced, has reached the world's leading level, and can be in terms of aircraft carrier types, without restrictions. This means that the mainland will soon usher in the construction plan of a new type of aircraft carrier, build a new type of aircraft carrier, and also provide a strong help for the mainland navy to rapidly increase its combat strength.
After careful analysis, many people believe that it is very likely that the mainland's fourth aircraft carrier will still use conventional power, because this is in line with the mainland's law of building aircraft carriers, and from the first aircraft carrier to the Shandong and then to the Fujian aircraft carrier, it can be seen that the mainland's aircraft carriers have achieved a greater technological leap on the basis of the previous model.
According to the law of building aircraft carriers on the mainland, there should be an upgraded version of the Fujian aircraft carrier, so as to successfully complete the exploration and building of an aircraft carrier type.
If the mainland builds the 004 aircraft carrier and the 005 aircraft carrier at the same time, then it is very likely that the 004 aircraft carrier, that is, the fourth aircraft carrier, will continue to use the conventional power system, while the 005 aircraft carrier will boldly adopt the nuclear power system to open up the territory for the development of the new type of nuclear power system and try the application of new technologies.
The tonnage of the fourth aircraft carrier has also aroused everyone's attention and curiosity, the displacement should be about 100,000 tons, and it can become the mainland's first 100,000-ton giant ship carrier, and in terms of volume, it should not be larger than the USS Ford aircraft carrier, after all, there is no need to simply pursue the size of the aircraft carrier is huge, the important thing is the comprehensive combat capability of the aircraft carrier and the combat effect embodied, which is the core of the aircraft carrier should concentrate on research and development.
The fourth aircraft carrier of the mainland should also be close to the specifications of the Ford in terms of appearance and volume. Referring to the volume of the USS Ford, the length of the ship has reached 337 meters, the flight altitude is 333 meters, the height is 76 meters from the keel to the mast, and the overall hull width is 41 meters, which can support more carrier-based fighters and helicopters to take off and land.
The displacement of the Ford is about 100,000 tons, and it is also said that the displacement has reached 120,000 tons, but at present, the toughness limit of the special steel frame of the aircraft carrier is 400 meters.
This is a special steel with a strength of more than 500M Pa, which can create the frame and special reinforcement parts of the aircraft carrier, realize the effect of high temperature and cold resistance, sea water erosion and erosion, and can also resist pressure and load and is not easy to deform.
With these comprehensive requirements, such special steel needs to meet very significant standards, and there are not many countries that can achieve stable production of special steel.
This special strength of steel, the length of the ship built, there is an upper limit of endurance, that is, the length can not exceed 400 meters, according to the current human construction technology, more than this upper limit of the ship, can not guarantee the stability of the steel. Huge winds and waves, as well as any other factors, can cause the ship's steel weld to crack, which can bring danger to the aircraft carrier.
Because of the perennial sailing on the ocean, to a certain extent, the aircraft carrier is always in motion, so the stability requirements for steel and structure are very strict, and this stable guarantee coefficient has the upper limit of 400 meters in length, and the stable structure that can be supported by temporary technology can only be within this value range. The extra-long hull has greater wind resistance on the sea surface, the wind and waves are also greater, the tests encountered are more, and the turbulence at sea is very steep.
Therefore, the United States did not challenge this limit material value, but in terms of the specifications of the aircraft carrier, it has been reduced, and the length-to-width height ratio is maintained at a safe specification.
Referring to the size of the U.S. aircraft carrier, the mainland's fourth aircraft carrier will not exceed this specification, nor will it be in a hurry to pursue a larger record of appearance, but will focus on building the core combat power and kinetic energy systems, as well as weapons and detection systems, etc., so these important equipment is the goal that the aircraft carrier should focus on to design and achieve.
Therefore, on the whole, the design idea of the fourth ship in the mainland is more than the volume of the American Ford, which is unlikely, and it is still possible to be on par with the Ford.
Therefore, the analysis and speculation that the fourth aircraft carrier of the mainland navy is built with a conventional power system, equipped with an electromagnetic catapult system, the orbit will be increased to four, carrying more carrier-based fighters, and the overall displacement will reach about 10 tons, and from the current point of view, it will not try to challenge the steel structure limit of the length of the human aircraft carrier.