An experimentally validated immersed boundary model of fluid-biofilm interaction

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3033-3040

  Dan Vo, Garret ^a   Brindle, Eric ^a   Heys, Jeffrey ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Fluid structure interaction; Immersed boundary method; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; BIOFILM MATRIX; BOUNDARY METHOD; ELASTIC SOLIDS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INTERACTIONS; IMMERSED BOUNDARY; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; MATRIX; MICROBIAL INFECTIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTHS; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; VISCOELASTIC SOLIDS; WETTED SURFACE;

BIOFILTERS; ELASTIC WAVES; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SOLIDS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOFILMS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; FLUID FLOW; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SOLID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

TRYPSIN;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRYPSIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77956622343     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.213     Document Type: Article

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