A two-dimensional continuum model of biofilm growth incorporating fluid flow and shear stress based detachment

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-104

  Duddu, Ravindra ^a   Chopp, David L ^a   Moran, Brian ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion; Biofilm; Detachment; Erosion; Fluid flow; Interfacial shear stress; Internal stress

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION; DETACHMENT; FLUID FLOW; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRESS; INTERNAL STRESS;

ADVECTION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIFFUSION; EROSION; FLUIDS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DIFFUSION; FLUID FLOW; KINETICS; SHEAR STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 64749101015     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22233     Document Type: Article

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