Turbulence modication by particles in

The current study investigates turbulence modication by particles in a backward-facing step flow with a fully developed channel flow inlet. This flow provides a range of flow regimes in which to compare turbulence modication under the same experimental conditions. Gas-phase velocities in the presence of 3{40 % mass loadings of three dierent particle classes (90 and 150 m diameter glass and 70 m diameter copper spheres) were measured. Attenuation of the streamwise fluid turbulence of up to 35 % was observed in the channel-flow extension region of the flow for a 40 % mass loading of the largest particles. The level of attenuation decreased with decreasing particle Stokes number, particle Reynolds number and mass loading. No modication of the turbulence was found in the separated shear layer or in the redevelopment region behind the step, although there were signicant particle loadings in these regions. 1