CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[Anlsvrthng]

Possible, but why would they adopt this method of construction? much better to include this section already in the module, instead of having to lift it to the module, if i understood it correctly.

We don't know what happens now in that shipyard, what problems they face / expect,and what capabilities/ weak points the design/manufacturing team have.


It can be like they wait for machines to include into the modules, and meantime they finish them as far as possible.

Or they can be afraid the about manufacturing issues, and try to test assembly everything prior of welding together.


If the modules belong to an 80-100k military ship then it should be the most complex and challenging design and manufacturing task that the design office and shipyard ever had.

 

[Deino]

It means that these two picture could be the cross section of the ship.View attachment 55801

Pardon to ask again, but why should the build a module and leave out a smaller box which is built separately and then put the smaller box into the bigger one? It makes no sense and contradicts everything we've seen for the Type 002 at Dalian and what - albeit admitted limited - know about carrier construction in general.

Or did I misunderstand Your idea?

 

[Intrepid]

If you have ressources available but the design process is not yet finished you will start your building process at a very low speed. It looks to me like that. They are building parts of the hull, but the technic inside isn't ready to be installed.

 

[MwRYum]

The reason for thinking that is that traditionally speaking, it’s a leap to go from submarine sized nuclear reactor to aircraft carrier sized reactor directly. Early CVN like Enterprise used many submarine nuclear reactors instead of a few large reactors.

Of course, China might have the technical capacity to directly skip to an A1B sized reactor, or something more exotic like a thorium ship reactor for the next ships, I’m not discounting that. But the PLA has a history of building conservatively, and in this case, the more conservative move would be building a carrier powered by 8 submarine reactors first.

The lessons about using submarine's nuclear reactors on surface vessels, like those of USS Enterprise and Charles de Gaulle would most likely made them try out on other platforms first before pushing for their CVN programme. Which is why many eyes are on China's upcoming nuclear powered ice breaker programme.

Given China doesn't have the requirement of power projection halfway around the world, but for the decades hence not going anywhere far, the PLAN can actually wait, go with conventional supercarriers for the time being, then move on towards CVN once the pieces are in place.

 

[asif iqbal]

Submarine nuclear power is different from CVN

which fan boy has had another wet dream ?

 

[anzha]

Submarine nuclear power is different from CVN

which fan boy has had another wet dream ?

Rickover? The Big E used sub reactors.

That said, she also had several and dedicated reactors designed for aircraft carriers followed.

 

[Anlsvrthng]

Even the onshore civilian nuclear power plants use scaled up submarine reactors.

 

[by78]

Jiangnan flyover.

 

[Orthan]

We don't know what happens now in that shipyard, what problems they face / expect,and what capabilities/ weak points the design/manufacturing team have.

That "wall" in the middle of the module pretty much prevents inserting the "box" inside it.

Jiangnan flyover.

Comparing to the last photos, it seems to me that the pieces of hull being built behind the second module have alongated it, approaching those two connected hangars in the back. If the two big pieces have been connected, is still up in the air, i think. Also, it appears that there are now 3 smaller cranes operational, instead of only one (the bases of the other 2 were already there).

 

[Anlsvrthng]

That "wall" in the middle of the module pretty much prevents inserting the "box" inside it.

There is more module, and the bottom one has separation wall.

And what else can be the purpose of those modules at the up left corner of the area ?