Navier–Stokes Solution for Steady Two-Dimensional Transonic Cascade Flows

Abstract

A robust, time-marching Navier–Stokes solution procedure based on the explicit hopscotch method is presented for solution of steady, two-dimensional, transonic turbine cascade flows. The method is applied to the strong conservation form of the unsteady Navier–Stokes equations written in arbitrary curvilinear coordinates. Cascade flow solutions are obtained on an orthogonal, body-conforming “O” grid with the standard k–ε turbulence model. Computed results are presented and compared with experimental data.