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The Submerged Printing of Cells onto a Modified Surface Using a Continuous Flow Microspotter
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2014
This 3D microfluidic printing technology prints arrays of cells onto submerged surfaces. We describe how arrays of cells are delivered microfluidically in 3D flow cells onto submerged surfaces. By printing onto submerged surfaces, cell microarrays were produced that allow for drug screening and cytotoxicity assessment in a multitude of areas.
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Buoyancy and Stability for Submerged and Floating Bodies
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2025
In fluid mechanics, buoyancy and stability are key concepts for understanding the behavior of submerged and floating bodies. When a stationary body is fully or partially submerged in a fluid, the fluid exerts a force on the body known as the buoyant force. This force acts vertically upward through a point called the center of buoyancy, which is the center of the displaced fluid volume. According to Archimedes' principle, the magnitude of the buoyant force is equal to the weight of the fluid...
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A Submerged Filter Paper Sandwich for Long-term Ex Ovo Time-lapse Imaging of Early Chick Embryos
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2016
Here, we present a new technique to culture chick embryos ex ovo for time-lapse imaging using transmitted light and fluorescence microscopy. The submerged filter paper sandwich is a variant of the well-established filter paper carrier technique1 that allows for the culturing of chick embryos fully-submerged in a liquid culture medium.
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A Peg Plate Biofilm Assay for Screening Antibacterial Agents
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2025
This video demonstrates an assay for screening antimicrobial compounds that efficiently eliminate biofilms using a peg-plate. The methodology monitors the biofilm's metabolic state after treatment with antimicrobial compounds, facilitating the determination of the minimum biofilm eradication concentration.
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Jet Impinging on an Inclined Plate
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2023
Source: Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez and Hussam Hikmat Jabbar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI The goal of this experiment is to demonstrate how a fluid flow exerts forces on structures by conversion of dynamic pressure into static pressure. To this end, we will make a plane jet impinge on a flat plate and will measure the resulting pressure distribution along the plate. The resultant force will be estimated by integrating the product between the...
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Pressure differences around a submerged plate arise when its geometry, depth, orientation, or spacing changes how water approaches and leaves its surfaces. Those pressure differences generate forces that engineers describe as lift and drag. Evaluating these forces helps connect a plate’s configuration with its ability to redirect flow or influence nearby water movement.
Boundary-layer effects become important in the region of water immediately influenced by the plate surface. As flow develops there, separation can occur when water no longer follows the surface, producing altered downstream motion and turbulence. These mechanisms matter because they help explain both force production and the dissipation of energy from moving water.
A submerged plate can affect steady flow and wave motion, but the relevant outcome differs. In current-dominated conditions, engineers may focus on pressure changes, lift, drag, separation, and turbulence. When waves are important, the plate’s interaction with the water can dissipate wave energy. This distinction guides whether performance is assessed through flow control or wave management.
Flow velocity, plate dimensions, submergence depth, and the surrounding fluid are key variables in performance. Changing any of them can modify the pressure field and the resulting fluid motion, so results from one configuration cannot automatically be transferred to another. Controlling these variables allows engineers to compare designs and identify conditions that produce the desired hydrodynamic response.
To study a submerged plate experimentally, engineers can vary its geometry, orientation, depth, or spacing while maintaining a defined water-flow condition. They then examine changes in fluid motion, pressure, wave behavior, lift, or drag. Repeating comparisons across configurations reveals which plate arrangement produces the intended flow-control or energy-dissipation effect.
Laboratory models are useful when the goal is to isolate fluid-structure interaction or sediment transport around a plate. A model can represent a selected plate arrangement and surrounding water conditions, allowing researchers to compare how flow changes near the structure. Such studies support interpretation of complex water movement in controlled engineering investigations.
Engineering applications extend beyond a single plate’s immediate force response. Submerged plates can be investigated for flow-control devices, wave and current management, marine structures, and sediment-transport studies. In each case, the design question differs: engineers may seek altered currents, reduced wave energy, controlled sediment movement, or better understanding of fluid-structure interaction.