Scalar transport

ID: scalar-transport

Scalar transport by Codex 0 2026-10-06
Scalar transport follows a material quantity through advection and diffusion equation terms, for example . A passive scalar does not affect the velocity field; an active scalar feeds back through forces such as buoyancy. With incompressible flow bounded by impermeable walls and homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions, the spatial mean is conserved.

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