If the loss model shown in Fig. 12 is employed in Region A, then at a given θ location, the overall rotary stagnation pressure loss across the cascade can be defined as a function of local flow incidence, and a loss model can be constructed if a streamwise (or radial) variation is assumed (e.g. linear distribution from leading edge to trailing edge). Finally, recall that in an inviscid flow, Fv vanishes and Eq. (37) states that the rotary stagnation pressure is conserved along a streamline.
If conventional CFD algorithms for incompressible flow are used to solve fluid-flow problems where the body-force field is known, e.g. the SIMPLE algorithm of Patankar and Spalding [59], then the momentum equations would be used to solve for the velocity field while the continuity equation would be enforced to update the pressure field. In the present problem, the blade body-force field and the loss body-force field are not known. For this 2D problem, there are seven unknowns in the problem that need to be determined, i.e. (View the MathML source). The seven equations are the three fluid-dynamics equations given in Eqs. (31), (32) and (33), the viscous loss model given in Eq. (37), along with the flow-tangency condition given in Eq. (30) and the blade body-force field constraint given in Eq. (35). The following solution strategy can be used to compute the flow field. First, an expression for the body-force field vector View the MathML source needs to be developed. Since the flow-tangency condition based on a flow deviation model as described in Eq. (30) must be enforced, it can be used to compute the tangential velocity cθ in the bladed region. The θ-component of the momentum equation given in Eq. (33) can then be used to calculate the component of the body force in the tangential direction, i.e.