Three-dimensional Wire Research Articles

Study of three-dimensional spatial diffuse discharge in contact electrode structure applied to air purification

In this work, based on the role of pre-ionization of the non-uniform electric field and its effect of reducing the collisional ionization coefficient, a diffuse dielectric barrier discharge plasma is formed in the open space outside the electrode structure at a lower voltage by constructing a three-dimensional non-uniform spatial electric field using a contact electrode structure. The air purification study is also carried out. Firstly, a contact electrode structure is constructed using a three-dimensional wire electrode. The distribution characteristics of the spatial electric field formed by this electrode structure are analyzed, and the effects of the non-uniform electric field and the different angles of the vertical wire on the generation of three-dimensional spatial diffuse discharge are investigated. Secondly, the copper foam contact electrode structure is constructed using copper foam material, and the effects of different mesh sizes on the electric field distribution are analyzed. The results show that as the mesh size of the copper foam becomes larger, a strong electric field region exists not only on the surface of the insulating layer, but also on the surface of the vertical wires inside the copper foam, i.e., the strong electric field region shows a three-dimensional distribution. Besides, as the mesh size increases, the area of the vertical strong electric field also increases. However, the electric field strength on the surface of the insulating layer gradually decreases. Therefore, the appropriate mesh size can effectively increase the discharge area, which is conducive to improving the air purification efficiency. Finally, a highly permeable stacked electrode structure of multilayer wire-copper foam is designed. In combination with an ozone treatment catalyst, an air purification device is fabricated, and the air purification experiment is carried out.

Landau–Zener–Stückelberg–Majorana-like dynamics induced by tunneling of spin qubit states in a multiband two-state magnetic quantum wire

We investigate the transfer between spin quantum bit (qubit) states and study the Landau–Zener–Stückelberg–Majorana (LZSM)-like dynamics of tunneling spin qubits in a multiband two-state magnetic quantum wire. Indeed, within the framework of an optical parabolic potential in a three-dimensional (3D) heterostructure quantum wire and under the influence of an external time-varying magnetic field, a model for a multiband two-state magnetic quantum wire is developed. Here, the external magnetic field is used to coherently manipulate and control spin qubit states. By driving the system through an avoided crossing, we consider the associated effective quantum two-level system (TLS) related to the spin qubit states in each band, driving by an external coherent magnetic field in which the related Hamiltonian is Hermitian, and which generally paves a way to LZSM interferometry. Thus, we establish the analytical expressions of the energy eigenvalues in each band and derive the analytical solution of the dynamical evolution of the tunneling probabilities of the associated TLS. Accordingly, nonadiabatic and adiabatic tunneling probabilities (survival and transition) are calculated for each band of the multiband TLS. In this respect, the nonadiabatic and adiabatic dynamical evolutions of the tunneling probabilities of spin qubit populations in the first four bands, with band quantum numbers n = 0, 1, 2 and 3 are analyzed. As a result, depending on the amplitude strength of the driven magnetic field and the magnitude of the driving frequency, we report two striking nonadiabatic and adiabatic scenarios in each band for both the diabatic and adiabatic states. In this context, driving the two states of each band of the multiband TLS related to the spin qubit states through an avoided level crossing can result in nontrivial and incoherent dynamics at certain phases, resulting to apparent inaccurate probabilities, especially in the case of strong driven magnetic field and high driving frequency.

Quantitative analysis of the relationship between the male body shape and block pattern based on the three-dimensional human model

As consumers increasingly demand more diversified and personalized clothing options, personalized customization has become a hot topic in the garment industry. This study aims to analyze the relationship between the male body shape and block pattern by flattening the prototype surface and conducting quantitative analysis. The study established a three-dimensional box prototype wire frame model on a human body model to obtain the prototype’s characteristic size automatically. This enabled the creation of two-dimensional personalized prototypes using surface flattening and the geometric expansion principle. The study also summarized a prototype pattern correction rule by establishing a regression relationship among the human characteristic parameters and the size of the prototype site and the coordinates of the shoulder and back control points. Finally, the correction rule was validated through virtual fitting of a special body model. The result shows that the prototype generated using the flattening method presented in this paper has a high fitness degree and short time consumption and the correction rules can effectively improve the problems of prototype misfit, which can provide an idea and data reference for clothing personalized customization.

Focus on High Performance Filtration

A newly developed three-dimensional metal wire filter cloth from Haver & Boecker is opening up new dimensions for filtration.

Laser Metal Deposition with Coaxial Wire Feeding for the Automated and Reliable Build-Up of Solid Metal Parts

Due to their outstanding characteristics, additive manufacturing processes are attracting increasing industrial interest. Among these processes, laser metal deposition (LMD) is an innovative technology for the production of metal components. In order to create three-dimensional parts, wire or powder is deposited layer-wise onto a substrate. When wire is used as feedstock, major drawbacks of the powder-based process, such as the low material usage, contamination of the process cell with metal powder, and health or safety issues, can be overcome or even avoided. In addition, recent developments in laser optics allow for a coaxial wire feeding in the center of an annular laser beam. This eliminates the strong directional dependence of the process when feeding the wire laterally. However, wire-based LMD is highly sensitive to process disturbances, which impedes its broader industrial application. Since it is necessary to completely melt the fed wire to achieve a stable process, self-regulating effects such as overspray in powder-based LMD are not present. In contrast to the widely investigated thin walls, the build-up of multi-track solid structures poses a particular challenge. Therefore, process strategies for producing such solid structures are presented in this paper. The experiments were carried out using a laser processing head that enables coaxial wire feeding (CoaxPrinter, Precitec). By systematically varying the lateral overlap between adjacent weld beads, it was shown that an optimum exists at which minimum surface waviness is achieved. Based on this, defect-free multi-layer solid components could be generated in a reproducible manner. During the process, the melt pool temperature was evaluated using a pyrometer. Furthermore, a microscopic examination of the resulting parts was conducted. The results obtained show the need for process monitoring and control, for which a novel and holistic approach has been developed.

Joining of Macroscopic 3D Steel Transition Wire Structures to Steel Sheets: Study on the Mechanical, Microstructural, and Phase Characteristics of Brazed and Glued Joints

With an increased demand for the combination of different material classes in lightweight applications like automobiles, aircraft construction, etc., the need for simple and energy-efficient joining technologies to join these different material classes has been extensively researched over the last decades. One such hybrid material combination is the metal–plastic hybrid structure, which offers the combinational characteristics of high strength and stiffness of the metal part along with characteristic elasticity and low density of the plastic part. In this research work, the focus is laid on generating a graded property transition at the interface of metal–plastic joints by brazing a three-dimensional (3D) macroscopic transition wire structure (TWS) strucwire®, over the metal part before being molded with plastic at a later stage using an injection over-molding process. This helps in providing a mechanical interlocking facility and thereby achieving a higher load transfer at the interface of metal–plastic hybrid joints. The graded steel wire structures with different carbon content were brazed onto the galvanized steel sheets using the hotplate brazing technique. In addition to the Zinc layer on the galvanized steel sheets, electroplated Zinc coatings were fabricated on the wire structures to provide better brazing quality. The microstructural, mechanical, and intermetallic phase characteristics of the resulting brazed joints were evaluated using light microscopy, adhesion tests, and scanning electron microscopy, respectively.

Machinability improvement in three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonic vibration assisted diamond wire sawing of SiC

Ultrasonic vibration assisted (UVA) cutting has been proven to be an effective method for improving machining behavior in processing hard and brittle materials. However, there is no investigation on three-dimensional (3D) UVA diamond wire sawing (DWS). In this paper, a novel 3D vibration assisted DWS system is developed. A theoretical model is established for predicating sawing forces. Experiments have been carried out on DWS of silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics. The effects of ultrasonic vibration assistance, input vibration direction and cutting parameters on sawing forces, surface morphologies and tool wear are studied respectively. The simulation results indicate that elliptical motion in 3D space can be obtained for the diamond abrasive. The experimental results reveal that the proposed model has sufficient accuracy to predict sawing forces. It is demonstrated that sawing forces can be reduced by ultrasonic vibration assistance either in vertical direction or in longitudinal direction. However, 3D ultrasonic vibration condition provides the lowest sawing force because of the combined advantages. Due to intermittent cutting mode, sawing forces are decreased by 31%, 40% and 29.8% in X, Y and Z direction, respectively. Because debris can be removed more easily from the contact surface and large ductile smooth area can be obtained, 3D ultrasonic vibration assistance generates higher surface integrity than that of traditional sawing process. Moreover, the wear of diamond wire saw can be effectively decreased.

Two-Dimensional Simplification of Complex Three-Dimensional Wire Mesh Screens

AbstractThis paper presents an approach to accurately characterize three-dimensional (3D) wire screen geometries as simplified two-dimensional (2D) screens for low Reynolds numbers. This is achieve...

Seismic and axial compression performance of insulated concrete sandwich wall

A new type of composite insulated concrete sandwich (ICS) wall is proposed. The wall consists of a three-dimensional spatial steel wire mesh skeleton, insulating core material and inner and outer concrete layers, all of which form a synergistic composite wall panel to work as the main stress-bearing member in the construction of multistorey high-rise buildings. To analyse the mechanical properties of the wall body, its failure mode was investigated. The wall's hysteresis curve, strength, stiffness and deformation were all analysed through a low reversed cyclic load test on two specimens, followed by an evaluation of its seismic performance. The deformability, failure mode, strain and ultimate bearing capacity of the specimens under the action of axial compression were also studied through an axial compression test on three specimens. The hysteresis test indicated that, in comparison with an ordinary shear wall, the ICS wall, connected through effective construction measures, had superior overall working performance under the same reinforcement ratio and its ductility and energy-dissipating capacity were improved. The results of the axial compression test also confirmed that the ICS wall had excellent axial compressive resistance, bending and deformation resistance, and high stability.

STUDY ON ADJUSTABLE CONNECTOR OF RECIPROCAL FRAME

In this paper, we design an adjustable connector of reciprocal frame, and a three-dimensional solid model of this connector with Circular Hollow Section has been created in the FEM software Abaqus CAE to study its mechanical properties. When the plastic hinge is formed at the end of the Circular Hollow Section, the connector is still in an elastic state. It is concluded that the adjustable connector of reciprocal frame has high strength and rigidity, realizing the goal for designing higher connector strength over Circular Hollow Section strength. Then parametric analysis is used to analyse the influence of the connector about each part on the mechanical properties, and the flexural rigidity of the connector has been derived. A three-dimensional wire model of reciprocal frames has been created in the FEM software Abaqus CAE, and a full-scale test model of the structure is designed. The numerical simulation results agree well with the test results. It is verified that the reliability of the modeling method and the accuracy of the connector mechanical model.

Wettability Difference Induced Out-of-Plane Unidirectional Droplet Transport for Efficient Fog Harvesting.

Securing freshwater resources is a global issue for ensuring sustainable development. Fog harvesting is attracting great attention as a method to collect water without any energy input. Previous reports that were inspired by insects and plants have given insights such as the effectiveness of in-plane wettability and structural differences for droplet transport, which might enhance artificial water harvesting efficiency. However, further efforts to transfer droplets while maintaining performance are needed because droplet motion owing to these effects is limited to the in-plane direction. In this study, we report droplet transport between three-dimensional copper wire structures with nanostructured hydrophobic and superhydrophilic features. This mechanism enhanced the fog harvesting capability by more than 20% compared with the cumulative value of individual wires. In addition, the relationship between the droplet height and spacing of wires affected the performance. Our results show the importance of out-of-plane directional droplet transport from the wire surface assisted by differences in wire wettability, which minimizes limiting factors of fog harvesting including clogging and droplet shedding. Furthermore, the proposed arrangement reduces the overall system width compared with that of a two-dimensional arrangement while maintaining the amount of harvested water. These results provide a promising approach to designing large-scale and highly efficient fog harvesters.

Stable single atomic silver wires assembling into a circuitry-connectable nanoarray

Atomic metal wires have great promise for practical applications in devices due to their unique electronic properties. Unfortunately, such atomic wires are extremely unstable. Here we fabricate stable atomic silver wires (ASWs) with appreciably unoccupied states inside the parallel tunnels of α-MnO2 nanorods. These unoccupied Ag 4d orbitals strengthen the Ag–Ag bonds, greatly enhancing the stability of ASWs while the presence of delocalized 5s electrons makes the ASWs conducting. These stable ASWs form a coherently oriented three-dimensional wire array of over 10 nm in width and up to 1 μm in length allowing us to connect it to nano-electrodes. Current-voltage characteristics of ASWs show a temperature-dependent insulator-to-metal transition, suggesting that the atomic wires could be used as thermal electrical devices.

Effectiveness of multidirectionally three-dimensional steel wire ring sleeve fixation in treatment of inferior patellar pole avulsion fractures

To explore the method and effectiveness of multidirectionally three-dimensional steel wire ring sleeve fixation in the treatment of inferior patellar pole avulsion fractures. Betweern January 2015 and January 2019, 22 patients with inferior patellar pole avulsion fractures were admitted and treated. There were 12 males and 10 females. The age ranged from 20 to 69 years, with an average age of 39.4 years. The causes of injury included 9 cases of traffic accident and 13 cases of falling. All of them were unilateral closed injury of knee joint, including 7 cases of skin contusion around patella. Preoperative range of motion of the affected knee was (20.82±7.16)° (range, 10°-35°). The time from injury to operation ranged from 3 to 12 days, with an average of 5.9 days. During the operation, the inferior patellar avulsion fracture was reduced with forceps; the patella was circumferentially ligated through the distal bone surface of the fracture with 0.8 mm diameter steel wire; then 3 longitudinal bone tunnels were made in the upper patella, respectively. The 0.8 mm diameter steel wire passed through the bone tunnel, and the longitudinal ring was attached to the ring to fix the upper and inferior patellar fracture. Tighten the transverse and longitudinal rings with No.2 tendon suture line, then longitudinally ringed and sutured to strengthen the patella. The knee range of motion, fracture healing time, and complications were recorded. The functional recovery of the knee joint was evaluated by Böstman score. All incisions healed by first intention, and no incision related complications occurred. All the 22 patients were followed up 13 months to 5 years with an average of 26.7 months. The fracture healing time was 9-12 weeks (mean, 10.9 weeks). At last follow-up, the knee range of motion was (129.77±2.35)° (range, 126°-135°), showing significant difference when compared with preoperative one ( t=-67.022, P=0.000). The Böstman score ranged from 31 to 36, with an average of 34.3. No reduction loss, fracture of steel wire, failure of internal fixation, and other complications occurred during follow-up. Multidirectionally three-dimensional steel wire ring sleeve fixation in the treatment of inferior patellar pole avulsion fractures has the advantages of reliable fixation, early functional recovery, and fewer complications, so the effectiveness is satisfactory.

Simultaneous Effects of Temperature and Pressure on the Entropy and the Specific Heat of a Three-Dimensional Quantum Wire: Tsallis Formalism

In this work, the finite-difference time domain (FDTD) has been employed to calculate the energy levels and wave functions of a three-dimensional (3D) cylindrical quantum wire. The inside of the wire is at zero potential, and the background medium is 4.6 eV. This is a true 3D procedure based on a direct implementation of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation. Here, the dependence on the pressure and the temperature of the electronic effective mass is used. We study the effects temperature and pressure simultaneously on the entropy and the specific heat of the system using the Tsallis formalism. The results show that (i) the specific heat obtained by Tsallis has a peak structure. (ii) The entropy has almost the same values at very low temperatures with different pressures. (iii) The peak value of the specific heat with enhancing the pressure shifts toward lower temperatures. (iv) The peak value of the specific heat and its position depend on the value of the entropic index q.

Three-dimensional polymer wire bonds on a chip: morphology and functionality

Modern microchip-scale transceivers are capable of transmitting data at rates of the order of several terabits per second. In this regard, there is an urgent need to improve the interfaces connecting the chips and extend the bandpass of the interconnections. We use an approach combining silicon nitride nanophotonic circuits with 3D polymer waveguides fabricated by direct laser writing, which can be used as photonic interconnections or photonic wire bonds (PWB). These structures are designed, simulated, fabricated, and optimized for better light transmission at the telecommunication wavelength. An important part of this work is the study of the telecom signal transmission in a 3D polymer waveguide connecting two silicon nitride facing tapers. Two cases are considered: the tapers are one opposite the other or misaligned. Initially, the PWB shape was chosen to be Gaussian and then optimized: the top was circle-shaped and with the lower part still being Gaussian. Transmission losses were measured for both types of waveguides with different shapes. The idea of an optical multi-level crossing for photonic integrated circuits is also suggested as a solution to the problem of interconnections within a single chip.

A New Application of Multimodality Radiomics Improves Diagnostic Accuracy of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions in Patients with Microcalcifications-Only in Mammography.

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess a radiomic scheme that combines image features from digital mammography and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to improve classification accuracy of nonpalpable breast lesion (NBL) with Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) 3–5 microcalcifications-only in mammography.Material/MethodsThis retrospective study was approved by the Internal Research Review and Ethical Committee of our hospital. We included 81 patients who underwent a three-dimensional digital breast X-ray wire positioning for local resection between October 2012 and November 2016. All patients underwent breast MRI and mammography before the treatment, and all obtained pathological confirmation. According to the pathological results, 41 patients with benign lesions were assigned to the benign group and 40 patients with malignant lesions were assigned to the malignant group. We used the random forest algorithm to select significant features and to test the single and multimodal classifiers using the Leave-One-Out-Cross-Validation method. An area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was also used to evaluate its discriminating performance.ResultsThe multimodal classifier achieved AUC of 0.903, with a sensitivity of 82.5% and a specificity of 80.48%, which was better than any single modality.ConclusionsMultimodal radiomics classification shows promising power in discriminating malignant lesions from benign lesions in NBL patients with BI-RADS 3–5 microcalcifications-only in mammography.

Swelling Poly(ionic liquid) Supported by Three-Dimensional Wire Mesh for Oil/Water Separation.

A kind of oil/water separation membrane, combining poly(ionic liquid) (PIL) and three-dimensional (3D) wire mesh, was designed and prepared via one-step photopolymerization of an ionic liquid monomer 1,8-triethylene glycoldiyl-3,3'-divinylimidazolium dibromide ([DVIm-(EG)3]Br2) with acrylic acid in the mesh. The composite membrane (PIL@Mesh) had the advantages of anti-oil-adhesion property and high mechanical strength simultaneously. The morphology of PIL@Mesh characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Cryo-SEM demonstrated that PIL swelled in water to construct microscale 3D networks. The 3D networks of swelling PIL were capable of forming a hydration layer and endowed PIL@Mesh with superhydrophilicity, which made the membrane to transport water but to intercept oil. PIL@Mesh showed excellent separation efficiency (above 99.9%) for various oil/water mixtures, large water flux (47 L·m-2·s-1), and high intrusion pressure (1.2 kPa). Meanwhile, it performed well in recyclability and corrosion-resistant under harsh conditions, such as acid, alkaline, and salty environments.

3-D Wire Bondless Switching Cell Using Flip-Chip-Bonded Silicon Carbide Power Devices

This paper presents a three-dimensional (3-D) wire bondless power module using silicon carbide (SiC) power devices. Commercially available SiC power devices are designed for wire bonding. Wire bonds have an inherent parasitic inductance that limits high-frequency switching. This results in an underutilization of the full potential of SiC power devices, which have very low switching losses at high frequencies. Wire-bonded power modules run into a performance ceiling when it comes to ultrafast switching. This paper strives to provide a solution to this issue, which involves reconfiguring a commercially available bare die SiC power device into a flip-chip-capable device. A wire bondless SiC Schottky diode package was demonstrated and its performance was contrasted with a conventional wire-bonded package. A 24% reduction in the ON-state resistance was observed in the wire bondless package. As a next step, wire bondless SiC MOSFET packages were developed and tested in a half-bridge configuration in a highly integrated 3-D arrangement. This approach departs from the conventional concept of a power module—demonstrating a direct-bonded-copper-less and baseplate-less half-bridge switching cell. Double-pulse tests conducted on the cell showed >3× reduction in the parasitic inductance of the 3-D cell as compared with a conventional wire-bonded module.

Dietary Assessment with a Wearable Camera among Children: Feasibility and Intercoder Reliability

BackgroundThe eButton, a multisensor device worn on the chest, uses a camera to passively capture images of everything in front of the child throughout the day. These images can be analyzed to provide a passive method of dietary intake assessment. ObjectiveThis study assessed the eButton’s feasibility and intercoder reliability for dietary intake assessment. DesignChildren were recruited in the summer and fall of 2015, in Houston, TX, to wear the eButton to take 2 full days of dietary images, and the child–parent dyad participated in a following-day interview to verify what dietitians recorded from the images. Participants/settingThirty 9- to 13-year-old children participated during days convenient to them. Main outcome measuresTwo dietitians independently manually reviewed the images to identify eating events, foods in those events, and portion sizes. Statistical analyses performedDescriptive statistics of agreements and disagreements were calculated between dietitians and with children; t tests and Bland-Altman plots of differences in total kilocalories were calculated between dietitians and between initial dietitian estimates and those finalized after the verification interviews. ResultsThe dietitians agreed on the identity of 60.5% of the 1,026 foods but disagreed on 28.6% of the foods and on the names for 10.8% of the foods. After the verification interviews, the dietitians agreed with the child–parent dyads on the identity of 77.0% of the 921 foods; the child–parent dyad identified 12.4% of the day’s foods when images were not available or not clear; the child–parent dyad clarified that 5.4% of the foods identified were not consumed by the child; and the child–parent dyad clarified the identity of 5.2% of the foods. A software-based approach (three-dimensional wire mesh) could be used to estimate portion size on 24% of the foods, and professional judgment was required for 67.8%. Mean caloric intakes per day were not statistically significantly different between dietitians but were different between dietitians and child–parent dyads in total and on day 2. ConclusionsAn early test of intercoder reliability of an all-day image method of dietary intake assessment obtained intercoder agreement between the two dietitians processing these images of intraclass correlation coefficient=0.67. A following-day verification interview with the child and parent was necessary to ensure completeness of estimates. Several feasibility problems occurred, which may be remedied with additional participant and dietitian training and further technological development.

Vertically Aligned and Surface Roughed Pt Nanostructured Wire Array as High Performance Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation

In this research, an enhanced electrocatalyst based on vertically aligned and surface roughened Pt nanostructured wire arrays (Pt NWAs) has been developed. Our results showed that Pt NWAs possessed extremely high electrochemical performance and efficiency toward methanol oxidation. The three-dimensional nanostructured wire array electrode was prepared with electrodeposition method using anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane on silver substrate, after which the active array electrode was obtained by dissolving the AAO templates. Varying the electrodeposition current density and synthesis time led to the controlled length and surface roughness of the Pt nanostructured wires. Scanning electron microcopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray powder diffraction were employed to characterize the morphology, composition, and crystal structure of the nanostructured wires. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry were used to analyze the performance and endurance of the wire array electrode. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements provided insights in the electron transfer resistance between the electrode and analyte. Gas chromatography (GC) and UV–vis spectroscopy were carried out to identify the presence of the possible products and the relative concentration change of methanol vs the numbers of cyclic voltammetry scanning. The electrochemical measurements showed only one dominant forward anodic peak and the absence of backward anodic peak. GC results showed that methanol concentration decreased linearly with the CV scanning cycles, and a negligible amount of side products were detected, suggesting a complete methanol oxidation. This prepared electrode exhibited high electrochemical activity, high endurance, and low electron transfer resistance.