钢渣复合取代矿粉、砂和石用作混凝土掺合料与骨料及其性能分析

用风淬渣粉取代矿粉、电炉渣砂取代混合砂、电炉渣石取代碎石制备混凝土，分析了混凝土的内照射指数、外照射指数、f-CaO含量、沸煮膨胀值、比表面积、密度、含水率、容重、含泥量、泥块含量、坍落度、抗压强度及其化学组成、矿物组成与微观形貌，研究了钢渣的安全性与稳定性及风淬渣粉取代矿粉、电炉渣砂取代混合砂、电炉渣石取代碎石与钢渣复合取代矿粉、砂和石对混凝土性能的影响。结果表明，风淬渣粉、电炉渣砂和电炉渣石的安全性与稳定性满足国标要求，可用于混凝土。当风淬渣粉取代20wt%矿粉、电炉渣砂取代10wt%混合砂和电炉渣石取代20wt%碎石时，混凝土的性能最优。钢渣复合取代矿粉、砂和石的比例合适，可改善混凝土的界面结构密实度，尤其能提高混凝土养护后期的强度。     

Cutting parameter optimization for one-step shaft excavation technique based on parallel cutting method

The outcome of the cutting blasting in a one-step shaft excavation is heavily related to the cutting parameters used for parallel cutting method. In this study, the relationships between the cutting parameters (such as the hole spacing L and the empty hole diameter D) and damage zones were investigated by numerical simulation. A damage state index γ was introduced and used to characterize the crushing and crack damage zones through a user-defined subroutine. Two indices, i.e., η₁ and η₂ that can reflect the cutting performance, were also introduced. The simulation results indicate that an optimal value of L can be obtained so that the η₁ and η₂ can reach their optimal states for the best cutting performance. A larger D results in better cutting performance when the L value maintains its best. In addition, the influences of the loading rate and the in-situ stress on the cutting performance were investigated. It is found that an explosive with a high loading rate is suit for cutting blasting. The propagation direction and the length of the tensile cracks are affected by the direction and the magnitude of the maximum principal stress.     

Uncovering sentiment and retweet patterns of disaster-related tweets from a spatiotemporal perspective – A case study of Hurricane Harvey

Social media has been widely used for emergency communication both in disaster-affected areas and unaffected areas. Comparing emotional reaction and information propagation between on-site users and off-site users from a spatiotemporal perspective can help better comprehend collective human behavior during natural disasters. In this study, we investigate sentiment and retweet patterns of disaster-affected areas and disaster-unaffected areas at different stages of Hurricane Harvey. The results show that off-site tweets were more negative than on-site tweets, especially during the disaster. As for retweet patterns, indifferent-neutral and positive tweets spread broader than mixed-neutral and negative tweets. However, negative tweets spread faster than positive tweets, which reveals that social media users were more sensitive to negative information in disaster situations. With the development of the disaster, social media users were more sensitive to on-site positive messages than off-site negative posts. This data-driven study reveals the significant effect of sentiment expression on the publication and re-distribution of disaster-related messages. It generates implications for emergency communication and disaster management.     

Automated design of a new integrated intelligent computing paradigm for constructing a constitutive model applicable to predicting rock fractures

Making a relation between strains and stresses is an important subject in the rock engineering field. Shear behaviors of rock fractures have been extensively investigated by different researchers. Literature mostly consists of constitutive models in the form of empirical functions that represent experimental data using mathematical regression techniques. As an alternative, this study aims to present a new integrated intelligent computing paradigm to form a constitutive model applicable to rock fractures. To this end, an RBFNN-GWO model is presented, which integrates the radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) with grey wolf optimization (GWO). In the proposed model, the hyperparameters and weights of RBFNN were tuned using the GWO algorithm. The efficiency of the designed RBFNN-GWO was examined comparing it with the RBFNN-GA model (a combination of RBFNN and the Genetic Algorithm). The proposed models were trained based on the results of a systematic set of 84 direct shear tests gathered from the literature. The finding of the current study demonstrated the efficiency of both the RBFNN-GA and RBFNN-GWO models in predicting the dilation angle, peak shear displacement, and stress as the rock fracture properties. Among the two models proposed in this study, the statistical results revealed the superiority of RBFNN-GWO over RBFNN-GA in terms of prediction accuracy.

     

高温深井通风降温技术的适用条件研究

随着矿山开采深度的不断增加，“三高一扰动”恶劣开采环境问题日益突出，给矿井通风降温工作带来极大困难。对于深井矿山，仅采用通风降温难以满足深部开采的需要，系统研究高温深井矿山通风降温技术的适用性问题，对矿山深部开采具有重要的理论意义和工程适用价值。首先从热力学角度，揭示风流在通风线路中的热交换规律；其次利用差分法原理计算深井筒风流温度，并依此推导出巷道和回采工作面风流温度变化趋势；然后结合采场安全生产允许温度进行反推，最终获取通风降温条件下的可采极限深度计算公式，并选取广西铜坑矿锌多金属矿体作为工程应用试验区进行论证分析。结果表明：基于风流的热交换模型可以推导出风流在井筒、巷道及工作面的温度计算公式，该公式与低温梯度、风流流经路径长度有关；假定工作面温度达到安全开采允许最高温度，可反推出该条件下矿山可采极限深度和巷道通风极限长度（仅采用通风降温措施时）；基于铜坑矿区锌多金属矿的实际条件，代入相关数据，验证计算所得极限开采深度符合实际，即所推导公式是可行的。     

Synergistic effect for co-coking of sawdust and coal blending based on the chemical structure transformation

Biomass was used as additives in coal blending for making coke in terms of widening the alternative raw materials and reducing CO₂ emissions. To obtain the influences of biomass incorporation on the semicoke formation, the chemical structure transformation as well as the gas evolution during sawdust (SD)/coal blending (BC) co-coking were investigated using in-situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy coupled with mass spectrometry (In-situ FTIR-MS). Meanwhile, the role of biomass in the semicoke formation was also characterized by several analytical techniques. The transformation of the five main functional groups between SD and BC exhibited the largest difference, and the synergistic effect based on the chemical structure transformation was also proposed for the SD/BC blends co-coking. The synergistic effect based on the chemical structure transformation was divided into two stages during semicoke formation. One stage occurred at 100–280 °C that was assigned to the physical effect that inhibited the BC decomposition. Another stage happened at 280–500 °C that was mainly attributed to the hydrogen transfer that enhanced the aromatization of semi-coke. In addition, it was also noted that the thermoplastic properties decreased proportionately to the quantity of the SD, and the non-agglomeration between BC and SD was clearly observed by SEM.     

预应力锚索锚固力监测点经济高效布设方法研究

预应力锚索锚固力监测点合理布设是提高边坡稳定性监测可靠性的重要手段，在确保边坡稳定安全的同时，可最大程度上节省工程监测成本。现阶段预应力锚索锚固力监测点布设方案设计多依赖工程经验，具有很强的盲目性并且监测成本较大，尤其对于大型高陡边坡，由于挖方量和边坡加固工程量巨大，如何实现高陡边坡预应力锚索锚固力监测点经济高效布设，保证边坡安全高效监测是目前亟需解决的问题。以广东省江门市迎宾西路某高边坡为研究背景，通过研究锚索的群锚效应和锚索失效后的影响范围，确定了监测点之间的合理布设间距。构建了边坡三维模型，通过数值计算，模拟高边坡开挖全过程，由数值计算结果分析边坡开挖过程中变形失稳的潜在危险区域，进行监测点选择型布设。通过上述方法，实现了该段高陡路堑边坡预应力锚索锚固力监测点的经济高效布设。研究表明：基于群锚效应与三维数值模拟方法，提出的预应力锚索合理布设间距与开挖过程中潜在危险区域重点监测相结合的综合布设优化方案，可合理利用材料和空间、大幅节省监测成本，实现边坡的经济、高效监测。研究成果为高陡路堑边坡稳定性监测点合理布设提供了一种新的思路。     

Fabrication of magnetically recoverable Fe3O4/CdS/g-C3N4 photocatalysts for effective degradation of ciprofloxacin under visible light

Photocatalytic technology is an environmentally safe method of eliminating organic pollutants and antibiotics in wastewater. In this research, the performance of Fe₃O₄/CdS/g-C₃N₄ (FCN) photocatalyst for degradation of antibiotics was studied. The composite photocatalysts with different concentrations of g-C₃N₄ were prepared. FCN has better photocatalytic activity than degradation dyes in removal of antibiotics under visible light. This indicates that FCN could effectively hinder the recombination of carriers, and the addition of g-C₃N₄ increases the optical response range of CdS. At the same time, the introduction of Fe₃O₄ magnetic nanoparticles overcomes the problem of difficulty in recovery of the powder photocatalyst. The photocatalytic activity is not reduced to any significant after three cycles of use.     

Phase evolution and microstructure of new Sr0.5Zr2(PO4)3-NdPO4 composite ceramics prepared by one-step microwave sintering

Sodium Zirconium Phosphate (NaZr₂(PO₄)₃, hereinafter NZP) and monazite are both potential materials for immobilization of nuclear waste. In this work, novel (1-x)Sr_0.5Zr₂(PO₄)₃-xNdPO₄ composite ceramics (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0) for simultaneously immobilizing the simulated fission product (FP) Sr and trivalent minor actinide (MA) Nd were prepared by one-step microwave sintering technique, in which Sr and Nd were immobilized into NZP and monazite type structures, respectively. The phase evolution and microstructure of the samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, and backscattering scanning electron microscopy (BSE). The results showed that the expected composite ceramics were successfully obtained by one-step microwave sintering at 1050 °C for 2 h. The as-prepared samples consisted of Sr_0.5Zr₂(PO₄)₃ and NdPO₄ phases, and the content of the two phases varied regularly as x changed, generally conforming to the designed nominal chemical composition. Importantly, the composite ceramics presented the homogenous and dense microstructure. The relative density of the composite ceramics was more than 95%, meanwhile, the Vickers-hardness of the samples was higher than 600 MPa. It was indicated that NZP-monazite type composite ceramics could be a potential matrix for the simultaneous immobilization of actinide and fission product.     

Effect of excess hydrogen on hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine under full load

Detailed hydrogen-air chemical reaction mechanisms were coupled with three dimension grids of an experimental hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine (HICE) to establish a combustion model based on CONVERGE software. The influence of excess hydrogen coefficient on the combustion and emission characteristics of HICE under full load was studied based on the CFD model. Simulation results showed that excess hydrogen leaded to higher concentration of OH species in flame front, and quicker hydrogen-oxygen reaction and flame propagation speed, which in turn leaded to higher pressure and temperature in cylinder. The rise of pressure and temperature in turn contributed to the increase of indicate power but un-burned hydrogen leaded to decrease of efficiency. NOx, especially NO emissions decreased significantly with excess hydrogen under full load not only because increased of H concentration, and decreased of O and OH concentration, which leaded to reverse reaction of NO formation through thermal NO routes. Low excess hydrogen coefficient can achieve a good trade-off between power and emissions under full load.