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

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(a) The local shear stress of the channel with a corner turn for different flow rates, that is, 0.5 m/s, 1 m/s, 1.5 m/s. (b) Absolute value of fluid shear stress in the microfluidic channel with different corner angles (210°, 240°, and 270°).

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