On non-stationary viscous incompressible flow through a cascade of profiles

The paper deals with theoretical analysis of non-stationary incompressible flow through a cascade of profiles. The initial-boundary value problem for the Navier-Stokes system is formulated in a domain representing the exterior to an infinite row of profiles, periodically spaced in one direction. Then the problem is reformulated in a bounded domain of the form of one space period and completed by the Dirichlet boundary condition on the inlet and the profile, a suitable natural boundary condition on the outlet and periodic boundary conditions on artificial cuts. We present a weak formulation and prove the existence of a weak solution. Copyright (C) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.