Comprehensive exploration approach of coal mine water-conducting channels in urban environment: a case study in Xintai, China.

In the process of coal mining, prevention and control of water hazard is essential. It is the precondition for water hazard control to detect and determine the distribution of underground water-conducting channels. In urban environments, traditional methods such as active source seismic exploration and transient electromagnetic exploration commonly used in the field are difficult to carry out effectively due to various factors.

Intelligent decision method for stability assessment of shield tunnel based on multi-objective data mining.

Due to improper operation of the shield construction process and unknown geological surveys, shield construction faces many risks in passing through complex strata, among which the excavation face instability is the most serious, potentially leading to disastrous accidents. To address these issues, this research focuses on the limit support pressure and the excavation face stability in the soil when crossing the Yangtze River. First, an analytical formula for the limit support pressure of the excavation face is established through the wedge model.

Intelligent prediction of rockburst in tunnels based on back propagation neural network integrated beetle antennae search algorithm.

Rockburst is one of the major engineering geological disasters of underground engineering. Accurate rockburst intensity level prediction is vital for disaster control during underground tunnel construction. In this work, a hybrid model integrating the back propagation neural network (BPNN) with beetle antennae search algorithm (BAS) has been developed for rockburst prediction.

Stability classification probability model of loess deposits based on MCS-Cloud.

The stability classification of loess deposits around tunnels is a vital prerequisite for safe construction in underground environment. Due to the fuzziness and randomness of loess physical and mechanical parameters, the stability prediction of loess deposits shows uncertainty. Existing loess deposit stability classification models rarely consider the uncertainty of influencing factors.

A new method for subsea tunnel site selection based on environmental bearing capacity.

Engineering site selection is an essential and systematic work in the early engineering construction stage. At present, the subsea tunnel site selection mainly depends on manual experience. There is still a lack of subsea tunnel site selection systems based on environmental impact.

Response Characteristics and Experimental Study of Underground Magnetic Resonance Sounding Using a Small-Coil Sensor.

Due to its unique sensitivity to hydrogen protons, magnetic resonance sounding (MRS) is the only geophysical method that directly detects water and can provide nondestructive information on subsurface aquifer properties. The relationship between the surface MRS signal and the location and characteristics of aquifers using large-coil (typically 50-150 m) sensors has been discussed based on forward modelling and experiments. However, few researchers have studied underground MRS using a small-coil sensor.

Ionic Liquid as Reaction Medium for Synthesis of Hierarchically Structured One-Dimensional MoO for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution.

Hierarchically structured one-dimensional (1D) MoO is synthesized for the first time in ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([BMIM][TfN]). The synthesis system is very simple (single [BMIM][TfN] solvent plus MoO(acac) reactant). [BMIM][TfN] itself works as both the reaction medium and the template for the formation of these interesting 1D MoO particles with ultrathin nanosheet subunits.

Splitting failure in side walls of a large-scale underground cavern group: a numerical modelling and a field study.

Vertical splitting cracks often appear in side walls of large-scale underground caverns during excavations owing to the brittle characteristics of surrounding rock mass, especially under the conditions of high in situ stress and great overburden depth. This phenomenon greatly affects the integral safety and stability of the underground caverns. In this paper, a transverse isotropic constitutive model and a splitting failure criterion are simultaneously proposed and secondly programmed in FLAC3D to numerically simulate the integral stability of the underground caverns during excavations in Dagangshan hydropower station in Sichuan province, China.

A Green Synthesis of Nanosheet-Constructed Pd Particles in an Ionic Liquid and Their Superior Electrocatalytic Performance.

The ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]Ac) is investigated as a solvent for the synthesis of Pd particles. Interestingly, nanosheet-constructed Pd particles could be successfully synthesized in [EMIM]Ac without any additional reducing agent and template under ionothermal conditions. [EMIM]Ac itself works as the solvent, the reducing agent, and the template for the formation of these interesting Pd particles, making this method complementary to the well-known ionic-liquid-precursor approach.

Gold particle synthesis via reduction of gold salt in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate aqueous solution.

The formation of gold particles via reduction of HAuCl4 x 4H2O by ascorbic acid in the presence of ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and sodium alginate has been studied. The shape of the synthesized particles could be tuned by controlling the reaction conditions. Specifically, the flowerlike gold particles can be synthesized by the present synthetic route.