Application of Porous Media Theories in Marine Biological Modeling - Porous Media: Applications in Biological Systems and Biotechnology - page 365

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Application of Porous Media Theories in
Marine Biol ogical Modeling
Arzhang Khalili †
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Earth and Space Sciences, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Bo Liu, Khodayar Javadi, Mohammad R. Morad,
Kolja Kindler
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Maciej Matyka
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Roman Stocker
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Zbigniew Koza
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
CONTENTS
10.1 Introduction ................................................................. 366
10.2 Description of the Mathematical Model .................................... 368
10.2.1 BGK Model ......................................................... 368
10.2.2 LBM for Incompressible Flows in Porous Media ................... 370
10.2.3 LBM for concentration release in porous media .................... 371
10.3 Application of Porous Media in Marine Microbiology ...................... 372
10.3.1 Shear-Stress Control at Bottom Sediment .......................... 372
10.3.2 Tortuosity of Marine Sediments .................................... 375
10.3.3 Oscillating Flows over a Permeable Rippled Seabed ............... 377
10.3.4 Nutrient Release from Sinking Marine Aggregates ................. 380
† Corresponding author: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, 28359
Bremen, Germany, Email: [e-mail], Tel.: [phone], Fax.: +49 421
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