Oscillation characteristics of biofilm streamers in turbulent flowing water as related to drag and pressure drop

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 536-544

  Stoodley, Paul ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^b   Boyle, John D ^a   Lappin Scott, Hilary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; Drag; Fast Fourier transform analysis; Hydrodynamics; Oscillations; Pressure drop; Streamers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; DRAG; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLOW OF WATER; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

BIOFOULING; STREAMERS;

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER FLOW;

BIOFILMS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 0032485468     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980305)57:5<536::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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