BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) – The following is a summary of published science and technology news from China.
SELF-DEVELOPED AMPHIBIC PLANES
China’s independently developed large amphibious aircraft AG600 will perform its first airshow flight at the upcoming Airshow China, according to its developer, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
Among several important exhibits of China’s self-developed aviation products, according to an AVIC spokesman, the AG600 will show its ability to drop water from the air at the Airshow China or the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.
HIGHLY PRECISE SOLAR IMAGES
China’s Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) meteorological satellite released its first set of high-precision, multiband solar images on Thursday, according to a report in the China Science Daily on Friday.
The imager took extremely ultraviolet images of the sun, X-rays and the fine spectral radiation intensity in the ultraviolet and short-wave infrared range. The images were monitored by an ultra-ultraviolet solar x-ray imager and a solar spectral radiation monitor attached to the FY-3E satellite.
3D PRINTED BRIDGE
According to the designer, a 21.58-meter-long 3D-printed bridge made of polymer composites was unveiled in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.
The 3D-printed bridge, whose widest point reaches 8 meters and the highest point reaches 2.68 meters, is part of the 66.8-meter-long Liuyun Bridge that spans Chengdu’s Yimahe Park.
Instead of using concrete materials typically used in 3D printed bridges, Liuyun’s 3D part is made from polymer ASA plus 20 percent fiberglass, which makes it tougher, stronger and more weather-resistant, said Cheng Rui, director of China Southwest Architecture .
