Name Value Units Description Source
\(u_{1}\) 6×10-4 m/s Average flow velocity for synthetic biofilm test Experiment
4.8×10-3 Average flow velocity for homogenized biofilm test
χ 1×10-9 m⋅s/kg Mobility parameter from Zhang et al. (2008b)
\(\vartheta\) 1×10-2 N/m Surface tension coefficient from Koza et al. (2009)
\(\rho_{s}\) 1000 kg/m3 Solvent density Value at 20oC
\(\mu_{s}\) 0.001 Pa∙s Viscosity of solvent Value at 20oC
\(\rho_{b}\) 1000 kg/m3 Biofilm density Assumed
\(\mu_{b}\) 30494 Pa∙s Viscosity of synthetic biofilm Experiment
78705 Viscosity of homogenized biofilm
\(G_{b}\) 69736 Pa Shear modulus of synthetic biofilm Experiment
46851 Shear modulus of homogenized biofilm