Two-dimensional model of biofilm detachment caused by internal stress from liquid flow

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-218

  Picioreanu, Cristian ^a,b   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a   Heijnen, Joseph J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Detachment; Erosion; Flow; Mathematical model; Roughness; Shear stress; Sloughing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SLOUGHING;

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0035819412     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20000120)72:2<205::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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