The design of high-efficiency turbomachinery and gas turbines /

"This comprehensive textbook is unique in its design-focused approach to turbomachinery and gas turbines. It offers students and practicing engineers methods for configuring these machines to perform with the highest possible efficiency. Examples and problems are based on the actual design of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wilson, David Gordon, 1928- (Autor), Korakianitis, Theodosios (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT, [2014]
Edición:Second edition, with a new preface.
Temas:
Turbomachines > Design and construction.
Gas-turbines > Design and construction.
Gas-turbines > Design and construction
Turbomachines > Design and construction
ENGINEERING/General
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief history of turbomachinery
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Review of thermodynamics
  • 3. Thermodynamics of gas-turbine cycles
  • 4. Diffusion and diffusers
  • 5. Energy transfer in turbomachines
  • 6. Three-dimensional velocity diagrams for axial turbomachines
  • 7. The design and performance prediction of axial-flow turbines
  • 8. The design and performance prediction of axial-flow compressors
  • 9. Design methods for radial-flow turbomachines
  • 10. Convective heat transfer in blade cooling and heat-exchanger design
  • 11. Gas-turbine starting and control-system principles
  • 12. Combustion systems and combustion calculations
  • 13. Mechanical-design considerations
  • A. Properties of air and combustion products
  • B. Collected formulae
  • C. Some constraints
  • D. Conversion factors
  • Index.

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