The objective of this study is to use the Navier-Stokes solver, to predict the detailed flow field and heat transfer in turbomachinery flow environment and to validate the numerical calculations against experimetnal data to identify the capability and performance of the state-of-the-art solver in such sort of engineering applications. The Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations and the Yang-Shih k-epsilon turbulence model are implemented. The five-stage Runge-Kutta temporal discretization scheme, central spatial spatial discretization scheme, first and second-order upwind schemes well as the multigrid with three grid levels and V-cycle strategy are employed in the solver. The mesh used for the Navier-Stokes claculation in which clustering has been imposed in the pitchwise direction, whereas the upstream and downstream are periodic. The first point close to the blade walls is situated at a location y~+<1. One can notice that the mesh remains orthogonal to the blade walls, even in the leading and trailing edge.
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