The spatial-temporal flow field and associated surface heat transfer within the leading edge, end-wall region of a bluff body were examined using both particle image velocimetry and thermochromic liquid crystal temperature measurements. The horseshoe vortex system in the end-wall region is mechanistically linked to the upstream boundary layer unsteadiness. Hairpin vortex packets, associated with turbulent boundary layer bursting behavior, amalgamate with the horseshoe vortex resulting in unsteady strengthening and streamwise motion. The horseshoe vortex unsteadiness exhibits two different natural frequencies: one associated with the transient motion of the horseshoe vortex and the other with the transient surface heat transfer. Comparable unsteadiness occurs in the end-wall region of the more complex airfoil geometry of a linear turbine cascade. To directly compare the horseshoe vortex behavior around a turning airfoil to that of a simple bluff body, a length scale based on the maximum airfoil thickness is proposed.
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