Principles of Turbomachinery in Air-Breathing Engines

This book is ideal for anyone interested in turbomachinery or aerospace propulsion.

Erian A. Baskharone (Author)

9780521858106, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 31 July 2006

600 pages
26 x 18.4 x 3.1 cm, 1.168 kg

This book is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical and aerospace engineering taking a course commonly called Principles of Turbomachinery or Aerospace Propulsion. It begins with a review of basic thermodynamics and fluid mechanics principles to motivate their application to aerothermodynamics and real-life design issues. This approach is ideal for the reader who will face practical situations and design decisions in the gas turbine industry. Among the features of the book are: • An emphasis on the role of entropy in assessing machine performance • A timely review of flow structures • Revisiting the subsonic and supersonic De Laval nozzle as it applies to bladed turbomachinery components • An applied review of boundary layer principles • And highlighting the importance of invariant properties across a turbomachinery component in carrying out real computational tasks. The text is fully supported by over two hundred figures, numerous examples and homework problems.

1. Introduction to gas turbine engines
2. Overview of turbomachinery nomenclature
3. Aerothermodynamics of turbomachines
4. Energy transfer between a fluid and a rotor
5. Dimensional analysis, maps and specific speed
6. Radial equilibrium theory
7. Polytropic (small-stage) efficiency
8. Axial-flow turbines
9. Axial-flow compressors
10. Radial inflow turbines
11. Centrifugal compressors
12. Turbine-compressor matching.

Subject Areas: Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP], Engineering thermodynamics [TGMB], Mechanical engineering [TGB], Fluid mechanics [PHDF]