Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery / Edition 7

by S. Larry Dixon B.Eng., Ph.D., Cesare Hall Ph.D.

Overview

Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery is the leading turbomachinery book due to its balanced coverage of theory and application. Starting with background principles in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, the authors go on to discuss axial flow turbines and compressors, centrifugal pumps, fans, and compressors, and radial flow gas turbines, hydraulic turbines, and wind turbines. In this new edition,more coverage is devoted to modern approaches to analysis and design, including CFD and FEA techniques. Used as a core text in senior undergraduate and graduate level courses this book will also appeal to professional engineers in the aerospace, global power, oil & gas and other industries who are involved in the design and operation of turbomachines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124159549
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/30/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	556
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

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

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