Variational method of finding streamlines in ring cascades for creeping flows

This paper presents a new analytical method of finding streamlines for creeping flows in a ring cascade composed of an infinite number of infinitely thin blades. An analytical solution was obtained by minimizing the dissipation functional by means of the variational calculus. The necessary condition for the optimum of the functional yields the Stokes equation after certain additional assumptions are introduced. We considered different variants of fixing of the inlet and outlet of the cascade.