The Mechanical Analysis of the Biofilm Streamer Nucleation and Geometry Characterization in Microfluidic Channels

Figure 5

The distribution of the shear stress along the base wall for both the rectangular and square channels. (a) The distribution of the shear stress along the base wall for the rectangular channel. The blue line indicates the experimental data of biofilm thickness in rectangular channel; (b) the distribution of the shear stress along the base wall for the square channel. The blue line indicates the experimental data of biofilm thickness in square channel.

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