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Variable Viscosity and Density Biofilm Simulations using an Immersed Boundary Method, Part I: Numerical Scheme and Convergence Results

Jason F. Hammond¹, Elizabeth J. Stewart², John G. Younger³, Michael J.Solomon², David M. Bortz^4,5

1 High Power Microwave Division, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
4 Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
5 Corresponding author (dmbortz@colorado.edu)