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University of South Carolina
3-D Computational Investigation of Viscoelastic Biofilms using GPUs
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>A biofilm is a slimy colony of bacteria and the materials they secrete, collectively called “extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)”. The EPS consists mostly of bio-polymers, which cross link into a network that behave viscoelastically under deformation. We propose a single-fluid multi-component phase field model of biofilms that captures this behavior, then use numerical simulations on GPUs to investigate the biofilm’s growth and its hydrodynamics properties.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Mathematics
- Year dc:date.available
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Seeluangsawat, Paisa
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Qi Wang
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © 2011, Paisa Seeluangsawat
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/4648
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-5664