Particles-induced turbulence: A critical review of physical concepts, numerical modelings and experimental investigations

•Experimental and numerical studies on spray-induced turbulence is briefly reviewed.•Main physical concepts of turbulence modulation are summarized and discussed.•Different modelling approaches are presented with a numerical validation. The presence of solid particles or water droplets in continuous fluid flow can either induce turbulence attenuation or amplification. The modification of the state of the turbulence depends on the characteristics of the particles, such as volume fraction, mean diameter, mass density, or carrier phase flow properties. In this brief review, the main physical concepts related to the most important physical aspects of turbulence modulation are summarized. Different criteria used to distinguish the enhancement or the attenuation effects of the particles on the carrier phase flows are recalled. For the interest of large-scale industrial applications, several theoretical, experimental and empirical approaches are discussed, which provides an interesting framework for the study of the effect of particles on turbulence behavior modification.