Description of mechanical response including detachment using a novel particle model of biofilm/flow interaction

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 265-273

  Alpkvist, Erik ^a   Klapper, I ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm model; Detachment; Immersed boundary method; Sloughing; Streamers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOFILM DEFORMATION; BIOFILM DETACHMENT; BIOFILM MODEL; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD; SLOUGHING;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; MODELING; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUID FLOW; MASS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; SCALE UP; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOFILMS; ELASTICITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249703402     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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