García Ybarra, P. L.Pinelli, Alfredo2023-06-202023-06-2020061631-072110.1016/j.crme.2006.07.013https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50712Conference on Observation, Analysis and Modelling in Complex Fluid Media held in honor of Roland Borghia, Marseille, FRANCE, JAN 31-FEB 01, 2005The transport of a passive scalar within a turbulent plane channel flow has been theoretically analyzed by assuming that the Schmidt number Sc, associated to the molecular diffusivity of the passive scalar, is a large parameter. Throughout most of the channel cross-section the mean passive scalar density is constant, but adjacent to the walls a thin boundary layer develops embedded in the viscous sublayer, with a relative thickness of order Sc(-1/3). In this narrow region a passive scalar profile arises due to the non-vanishing flux normal to the wall. This profile is parameter independent (universal) and leads to a constant flux of passive scalar that results from the addition of both the molecular diffusion flux and the turbulent transport one. The Sc-asymptotic matching of this profile with the constant core value provides an analytical expression for the wall-normal flux that depends on the fluid dynamics of the carrier flow. By using a DNS code to solve the external turbulent flow, the analytical expression has been quantified and compared with empifical expressions based on experimental data, showing excellent agreement.engjournal articlehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631072106001239http://www.sciencedirect.com/restricted access531turbulencepassive scalar depositionturbulent concentration profileturbulent channel flowhigh Schmidt number asymptoticsFísica (Física)22 Física