Phase-field models for biofilms II. 2-D numerical simulations of biofilm-flow interaction

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-101

  Zhang, Tianyu ^a   Cogan, Nick ^a   Wang, Qi ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cahn Hilliard equation; Finite difference method; Multiphase flow; Phase filed

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049125083     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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