3-D numerical simulations of biofilm flows

East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-214

  Chen, Chen ^a   Ren, Mingming ^a,b   Srinivansan, Ashok ^c   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^c Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856195288     PISSN: 20797362     EISSN: 20797370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/eajam.060111.130411a     Document Type: Article

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