A concept of short delay blasting with blastholes in a combined fan pattern was put forward, in which a row of reinforced holes were added between each row of conventional fan-pattern holes, and detonation was initiated with short delay interval between the conventional row of holes and the added row of holes. The blasting scheme with different delay interval, and blastholes loaded with different confining pressure were numerically simulated with ANSYS/LS-DYNA. It is found that blasting crater cannot be effectively produced by adopting the scheme with conventional holes in fan pattern under high geo-stress environment, while the scheme of short delay blasting with holes in combined fan pattern is more effective in obtaining damaged and ruptured rock, showing better rock breakage effect. In addition, analysis of crack propagation under different confining pressure shows that the blasting crack tends to grow in the direction of the maximum principal stress. The numerical simulation and field engineering practice have proven that when there is an acute angle between the maximum principal stress and that added row of blastholes in fan pattern, that is, higher confining pressure is loaded in the direction of the horizontal row of holes, and lower confining pressure is loaded in the direction of the vertical row of holes, the short-delay blasting with blastholes in such a combined fan pattern can not only improve the rock breakage effect, but also effectively keep rear row of blastholes and the rock mass behind not impacted by the blasting.

It is difficult to simulate and analyze distribution of seepage field for the slope at the entrance of excavated tunnel during heavy rainfall. Aiming this problem, a slope project at a tunnel entrance was taken for study, and FISH language in the FLAC^3D was redeveloped to determine the permeability coefficient of soil under different saturation state during rainfall infiltration, and the boundary conditions for rainfall infiltration were updated in real time. In addition, the pore water pressure, matrix suction distribution, as well as safety and stability of the slope at the tunnel entrance after different support schemes were all analyzed with different rainfall durations. The results showed that after 24 hours of heavy rainfall, the slope before and after a combined support including anti-slide piles and anchor cables all reached saturation state, that is, the saturation line ran through from the foot to the crest of the slope, while the slope, after benching and being supported with bolt, had its surface soil from the foot to the secondary platform of the slope under a saturated state. As for the slope at tunnel entrance supported by anti-slide pile combined with anchor cable, the variation law of its safety factor during rainfall was consistent with that of the slope without support treatment, showing that the factor of safety tended to be stable after an initial rapid decrease, and gradually reached 1.2. As for the slope after benching and being support with bolt, its factor of safety decreased a little and maintained above 1.8. It is concluded that the factor of safety, excavated earthwork quantity and total investment for the support scheme should be taken into consideration before starting a slope engineering at a tunnel entrance, and a combined support scheme including anti-slide pile and anchor cable is superior to the scheme including benching and support with bolt.

The influence of roasting on mineral decomposition under stable magnetic field was investigated. A direct reduction roasting experiment without carbon presence was performed for Bayan Obo lean iron, with roasting temperature of 950 ℃ and magnetic induction density of 1.02 T. Based on the analysis of the loss rate of mineral weight, mineral phase transformation and micro-morphology change by means of TG-DSC, XRD and SEM-EDS, the phase evolution law for rare earth minerals, gangue minerals and iron minerals under magnetic field was revealed. The results show that the decomposition time of bastnaesite is shortened by about 20 min after applying a stable magnetic field, and even the monazite with extremely low decomposition rate is almost completely decomposed after 60 min-roasting process. It is found that magnetic field can promote the decomposition and transformation of gangue minerals that cannot be decomposed without application of magnetism, and also accelerate the migration of alkali metal ions and the replacement of Fe²⁺ with fayalite.

An introduction of preparation method of Fe/Al₂O₃ ceramet composites is presented. The combination mechanism of Fe-base and ceramic phase in the preparation process of Fe/Al₂O₃ cermet composites, as well as the optimization of preparation technique and material properties are all expounded based on the principle of powder metallurgy. Finally, the future direction for Fe/Al₂O₃ cermet composites research is also predicted.

A technique of nanofiltration combined with ammonium sulfide precipitation was verified for its feasibility of separating and recovering ammonium nitrate and nickel nitrate from nickel-containing feed solution. Based on investigating the effects of pressure on the side of concentrate stream in nanofiltration, stages of nanofiltration and pH value of ammonium sulfide precipitate, an appropriate route was determined, including two-stage nanofiltration, KLNi-01 ion exchange to remove nickel, nickel precipitation with ammonium sulfide, and dissolution with nitric acid to recover nickel nitrate. The feed stream with pH of 6 was subjected to a two-stage nanofiltration, with pressure of 0.8 MPa on the side of concentrate stream. The obtained permeate stream with nickel content decreased to 0.181 g/L was adsorbed with KLNi-01 resin, leading to the nickel content therein further reduced to 0.002 mg/L. Then, 36 mL/L ammonium sulfide solution was added into the concentrate stream with an initial pH of 6 for nickel precipitation. The generated solution had nickel content of 4.7 mg/L, and no sulfide was detected, while the obtained precipitate of nickel sulfide was then dissolved with nitric acid, and the nickel nitrate solution was obtained with concentration of 258.40 g/L. The material balance calculation shows that treatment of 1 m³ of nickel-containing feed stream can generate 0.3 m³ permeate, and 192.93 L of nickel nitrate solution with concentration of 258.40 g/L can be generated with the consumption of 25.20 L of ammonium sulfide solution with concentration of 20%-26%, 37.22 L of concentrated nitric acid and 109.05 L of water.

With micro-nano TiC as reinforcing phase and nickel powder as matrix powder, a TiC reinforced Ni-based coating was fabricated by laser cladding technology, and the effect of TiC on microstructure and wear resistance of the coating was investigated. The results show that Ni-based coating has its microstructure predominately composed of γ-Ni and TiC, and a high content of TiC is prone to cause TiC segregation at the top of coating. With the increase of TiC content, coating will have its hardness increase gradually, especially have an obvious improvement in the surface hardness. A three-body wear test shows that the wear resistance of this composite coating decreases as TiC content increases, indicating that the brittle reinforcement phase is not conducive to improving wear resistance of the coating under impact load.