Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery

by Ph.D. Dixon B.Eng.

Overview

The new edition will continue to be of use to engineers in industry and technological establishments, especially as brief reviews are included on many important aspects of Turbomachinery, giving pointers towards more advanced sources of information. For readers looking towards the wider reaches of the subject area, very useful additional reading is referenced in the bibliography. The subject of Turbomachinery is in continual review, and while the basics do not change, research can lead to refinements in popular methods, and new data can emerge.
This book has applications for professionals and students in many subsets of the mechanical engineering discipline, with carryover into thermal sciences; which include fluid mechanics, combustion and heat transfer; dynamics and vibrations, as well as structural mechanics and materials engineering.

• An important, long overdue new chapter on Wind Turbines, with a focus on blade aerodynamics, with useful worked examples
• Includes important material on axial flow compressors and pumps
• Example questions and answers throughout

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080470627
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication date:	03/30/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	412
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Dixon has published numerous scientific research papers in turbomachinery and lectured in turbomachinery at the University of Liverpool for nearly 40 years. For 25 of those years he was Chief Examiner in Mechanics for the Council of Engineering Institutions in the UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Dimensional Analysis: Similitude; Basic Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics: Definitions of Efficiency; Two-dimensional Cascades; Axial-flow Turbines: Two-dimensional Theory; Axial-flow Compressors and Fans; Three-dimensional Flows in Axial Turbomachines; Centrifugal Pumps, Fans and Compressors; Radial Flow Gas Turbines; Hydraulic Turbines.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

The leading turbomachinery text, now in its 6th edition, has been substantially revised with new worked examples, more end-of-chapter problems, more coverage of turbomachinery design, reorganized content to better fit how instructors teach the topic, and more accessible content for students.

Editorial Reviews

"This enduring turbomachinery textbook has been around since 1966 and is entering its sixth edition this year. Changes from the previous edition reflect advances in the field. The authors tell us in the preface, for example, that the text puts more emphasis on the effects of compressibility, reflecting "advances in the use of higher flow and blade speeds in turbomachinery." —review in Mechanical Engineering

From the Publisher