Fluid flow and transport in defined biofilms: Experiments and numerical simulations on a microscale

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 331-338

  Bungartz, H J ^a   Kuehn, M ^a   Mehl, M ^a   Hausner, M ^a   Wuertz, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Computer controlled image acquisition and analysis; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

COMPUTER CONTROLLED; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES;

BIOFILMS;

AUTOMATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENT; FLUID FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033930178     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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