Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Accelerating Fluids01:17

Accelerating Fluids

When a fluid is in constant acceleration, the pressure and buoyant force equations are modified. Suppose a beaker is placed in an elevator accelerating upward with a constant acceleration, a. In the beaker, assume there is a thin cylinder of height h with an infinitesimal cross-sectional area, ΔS.
The motion of the liquid within this infinitesimal cylinder is considered to obtain the pressure difference. Three vertical forces act on this liquid:

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Opioid use disorder and medication for opioid use disorder among pregnant women with commercial insurance in the United States, 2016-2020.

Drug and alcohol dependence·2026
Same author

Long-Range Transverse-Momentum Correlations and Radial Flow in Pb-Pb Collisions at the LHC.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

[Association between small vulnerable newborn phenotypes and the risk of neurodevelopmental delay at the age of 1 year: a prospective cohort study].

Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics·2025
Same author

Search for Quasiparticle Scattering in the Quark-Gluon Plasma with Jet Splittings in pp and Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV.

Physical review letters·2025
Same author

First Measurement of A=4 Hypernuclei and Antihypernuclei at the LHC.

Physical review letters·2025
Same author

Probing Strangeness Hadronization with Event-by-Event Production of Multistrange Hadrons.

Physical review letters·2025

Related Experiment Video

Updated: May 13, 2026

Reduced-gravity Environment Hardware Demonstrations of a Prototype Miniaturized Flow Cytometer and Companion Microfluidic Mixing Technology
13:59

Reduced-gravity Environment Hardware Demonstrations of a Prototype Miniaturized Flow Cytometer and Companion Microfluidic Mixing Technology

Published on: November 13, 2014

Aeroelasticity-based fluid agitation for lab-on-chips.

H M Xia1, Z P Wang, W Wang

  • 1Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang drive,, Singapore 638075. hmxia@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

Lab on a Chip
|March 5, 2013
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a novel, low-cost method for agitating small liquid volumes using a vibrating elastic diaphragm. This technique effectively mixes fluids, even at high viscosities, with controllable vibration amplitudes.

More Related Videos

Fabrication, Operation and Flow Visualization in Surface-acoustic-wave-driven Acoustic-counterflow Microfluidics
12:26

Fabrication, Operation and Flow Visualization in Surface-acoustic-wave-driven Acoustic-counterflow Microfluidics

Published on: August 27, 2013

Generation of Dynamical Environmental Conditions using a High-Throughput Microfluidic Device
14:48

Generation of Dynamical Environmental Conditions using a High-Throughput Microfluidic Device

Published on: April 17, 2021

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: May 13, 2026

Reduced-gravity Environment Hardware Demonstrations of a Prototype Miniaturized Flow Cytometer and Companion Microfluidic Mixing Technology
13:59

Reduced-gravity Environment Hardware Demonstrations of a Prototype Miniaturized Flow Cytometer and Companion Microfluidic Mixing Technology

Published on: November 13, 2014

Fabrication, Operation and Flow Visualization in Surface-acoustic-wave-driven Acoustic-counterflow Microfluidics
12:26

Fabrication, Operation and Flow Visualization in Surface-acoustic-wave-driven Acoustic-counterflow Microfluidics

Published on: August 27, 2013

Generation of Dynamical Environmental Conditions using a High-Throughput Microfluidic Device
14:48

Generation of Dynamical Environmental Conditions using a High-Throughput Microfluidic Device

Published on: April 17, 2021

Area of Science:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Microfluidics
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Background:

  • Effective agitation of small liquid volumes is crucial for various scientific and industrial applications.
  • Existing methods can be complex, costly, or inefficient, especially for high-viscosity fluids.
  • A need exists for simple, scalable, and cost-effective fluid agitation techniques at micro-scales.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate a robust, low-cost agitation method for small-volume liquids.
  • To investigate the mechanism of fluid agitation induced by diaphragm vibration.
  • To explore the applicability of this method across a range of liquid viscosities and potential uses.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing an elastic diaphragm as the base of a liquid chamber with applied initial tension.
  • Inducing spontaneous diaphragm vibration via external airflow for fluid agitation.
  • Controlling vibration amplitude by adjusting applied air pressure.
  • Characterizing the effects of air pressure and liquid viscosity on vibration frequency.

Main Results:

  • A simple, low-cost device capable of robust fluid agitation was successfully fabricated.
  • Spontaneous diaphragm vibration was achieved through airflow, leading to effective fluid mixing.
  • Controllable vibration amplitudes ranged from tens to hundreds of micrometers.
  • The method demonstrated effectiveness for liquids with viscosities up to 900 cSt.
  • Influences of air pressure and viscosity on vibration frequency were analyzed.

Conclusions:

  • The developed diaphragm-based agitation method offers a simple, cost-effective solution for small-volume liquid handling.
  • The technique is versatile, enabling controllable agitation across a wide range of viscosities.
  • Potential applications in solid particle agitation, focusing, and general fluid mixing were successfully demonstrated.