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Particle response and turbulence modification in fully developed channel flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

J. D. Kulick ,
J. R. Fessler  and
J. K. Eaton
J. D. Kulick
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J. R. Fessler
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J. K. Eaton
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Abstract

The interactions between small dense particles and fluid turbulence have been investigated in a downflow fully developed channel in air. Particle velocities of, and fluid velocities in the presence of, 50 μm glass, 90 μm glass and 70 μm copper spherical beads were measured by laser Doppler anemometry, at particle mass loadings up to 80%. These particles were smaller than the Kolmogorov lengthscale of the flow and could respond to some but not all of the scales of turbulent motion. Streamwise mean particle velocity profiles were flatter than the mean fluid velocity profile, which was unmodified by particle loading. Particle velocity fluctuation intensities were larger than the unladen-fluid turbulence intensity in the streamwise direction but were smaller in the transverse direction. Fluid turbulence was attenuated by the addition of particles; the degree of attenuation increased with particle Stokes number, particle mass loading and distance from the wall. Turbulence was more strongly attenuated in the transverse than in the streamwise direction, because the turbulence energy is at higher frequencies in the transverse direction. Streamwise turbulence attenuation displayed a range of preferred frequencies where attenuation was strongest.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 277 , 25 October 1994 , pp. 109 - 134
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© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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