The ease and convenience of a hot-wire cutter for the separation of wells from PVC radioimmunoassay trays has been demonstrated.' In constructing a similar apparatus, it was felt that a worthwhile simplification could be achieved by arranging to push the PVC tray past a fixed hot wire. The wire can simply be held under spring tension, and the springloaded telescopic arm previously employed' be ...

An experimental study is conducted on flow past a circular cylinder fitted with some tripping wires on its surface. The work investigates the dependency of the critical wire locations on the wire size and Reynolds numbers, and examines the wake and vortex shedding characteristics in an effort to advance the understanding of the critical wire effects beyond the existing literature. The primary a...

Experiments and numerical simulations have been conducted to determine critical parameters for growth of polycrystalline silicon via hot-wire chemical vapor deposition. Reactor-scale simulations performed using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method have revealed a number of important phenomena such as a sharp drop of 1700 K in the gas temperature from the wire to substrate. The gas-ph...

The aerial transport of tiny arthropods including wing-less species has been well documented. The initiation of aerial dispersal in most instances is not a passive phenomenon, but involves identifiable behaviors in response to specific stimuli. Here we describe a construction of wind tunnel suitable for close-up observation of micro-arthropods behavior under various conditions. The tunnel was m...