Fluid Mechanics And Turbo Machines

Author : Sydney Lawrence Dixon
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015000996739

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Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery by Sydney Lawrence Dixon Pdf

Revised and updated, this well established and highly successful book gives a competent account of the fundamental theory of turbomachines. A concise and unified approach to the subject is employed which fills the need for a comprehensive introductory text suitable for most engineering curricula. The theoretical approach, based firmly on the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, makes the book particularly suitable for undergraduate courses. It has also proved very useful to professional engineers who require a relevant text on the basic physical processes in turbomachines and their theoretical representation. Several modifications have been incorporated in the text in the light of recent advances in the subject. Further information on cavitation has been included and a new section on the optimum design of a pump inlet taking account of cavitation limitations has been added. Certain chapters have been extended: the section on 'Constant specific mass flow' design now includes the flow equations for a following rotor row, and the section on the definition of blade shapes has been extended to include the parabolic arc camber line blade. A list of symbols used in the text has been added. Each chapter contains a selection of useful problems and answers are provided at the end of the book. SI/Metric units are used throughout

Author : Earl Logan, Jr.
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 829 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780824748470

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Handbook of Turbomachinery by Earl Logan, Jr. Pdf

Building on the success of its predecessor, Handbook of Turbomachinery, Second Edition presents new material on advances in fluid mechanics of turbomachinery, high-speed, rotating, and transient experiments, cooling challenges for constantly increasing gas temperatures, advanced experimental heat transfer and cooling effectiveness techniques, and propagation of wake and pressure disturbances. Completely revised and updated, it offers updated chapters on compressor design, rotor dynamics, and hydraulic turbines and features six new chapters on topics such as aerodynamic instability, flutter prediction, blade modeling in steam turbines, multidisciplinary design optimization.

Author : S. Larry Dixon,Cesare Hall
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780123914101

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Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery by S. Larry Dixon,Cesare Hall Pdf

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. More coverage of a variety of types of turbomachinery, including centrifugal pumps and gas turbines Addition of numerical and computational tools, including more discussion of CFD and FEA techniques to reflect modern practice in the area More end of chapter exercises and in-chapter worked examples

Author : Bijay K Sultanian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000413823

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Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery by Bijay K Sultanian Pdf

Reflecting the author’s years of industry and teaching experience, Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery features many innovative problems and their systematically worked solutions. To understand fundamental concepts and various conservation laws of fluid mechanics is one thing, but applying them to solve practical problems is another challenge. The book covers various topics in fluid mechanics, turbomachinery flowpath design, and internal cooling and sealing flows around rotors and stators of gas turbines. As an ideal source of numerous practice problems with detailed solutions, the book will be helpful to senior-undergraduate and graduate students, teaching faculty, and researchers engaged in many branches of fluid mechanics. It will also help practicing thermal and fluid design engineers maintain and reinforce their problem-solving skills, including primary validation of their physics-based design tools.

Author : Sydney Lawrence Dixon
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 0750670592

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Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery by Sydney Lawrence Dixon Pdf

In the intervening 20 years since the 3rd edition of this textbook many advances have been made in the design of turbines and greater understanding of the processes involved have been gained. This 4th edition brings the book up to date.

Author : Erik Dick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401796279

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Fundamentals of Turbomachines by Erik Dick Pdf

This book explores the working principles of all kinds of turbomachines. The same theoretical framework is used to analyse the different machine types. Fundamentals are first presented and theoretical concepts are then elaborated for particular machine types, starting with the simplest ones.For each machine type, the author strikes a balance between building basic understanding and exploring knowledge of practical aspects. Readers are invited through challenging exercises to consider how the theory applies to particular cases and how it can be generalised. The book is primarily meant as a course book. It teaches fundamentals and explores applications. It will appeal to senior undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering and to professional engineers seeking to understand the operation of turbomachines. Readers will gain a fundamental understanding of turbomachines. They will also be able to make a reasoned choice of turbomachine for a particular application and to understand its operation. Basic design of the simplest turbomachines as a centrifugal fan, an axial steam turbine or a centrifugal pump, is also possible using the topics covered in the book.

Author : S. L. Dixon
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483187716

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Worked Examples in Turbomachinery by S. L. Dixon Pdf

Worked Examples in Turbomachinery (Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics) is a publication designed to supplement the materials in Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, Second Edition. The title provides detailed solution for the unanswered problems from the main textbook. The text first covers dimensional analysis, and then proceeds to tackling thermodynamics. Next, the selection discusses two-dimensional cascades. The text also talks about axial flow turbines and compressors, along with the three-dimensional flow in axial turbo machines. Chapter 7 covers centrifugal compressor and pumps, while Chapter 8 tackles radial flow turbines. The book will be of great use to students of mechanical engineering, particularly those who have access to the main textbook.

Author : A. Ş Üçer,P. Stow,Ch Hirsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fluid mechanics
ISBN : UCSD:31822001408863

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Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics of Turbomachinery by A. Ş Üçer,P. Stow,Ch Hirsch Pdf

Author : R. K. Turton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401096898

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Principles of Turbomachinery by R. K. Turton Pdf

This text outlines the fluid and thermodynamic principles that apply to all classes of turbomachines, and the material has been presented in a unified way. The approach has been used with successive groups of final year mechanical engineering students, who have helped with the development of the ideas outlined. As with these students, the reader is assumed to have a basic understanding of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. However, the early chapters combine the relevant material with some new concepts, and provide basic reading references. Two related objectives have defined the scope of the treatment. The first is to provide a general treatment of the common forms of turbo machine, covering basic fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of flow through passages and over surfaces, with a brief derivation of the fundamental governing equations. The second objective is to apply this material to the various machines in enough detail to allow the major design and performance factors to be appreciated. Both objectives have been met by grouping the machines by flow path rather than by application, thus allowing an appreciation of points of similarity or difference in approach. No attempt has been made to cover detailed points of design or stressing, though the cited references and the body of information from which they have been taken give this sort of information. The first four chapters introduce the fundamental relations, and the suc ceeding chapters deal with applications to the various flow paths.

Author : Sydney Lawrence Dixon
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004519701

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Worked Examples in Turbomachinery (fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics) by Sydney Lawrence Dixon Pdf

Author : MADAN MOHAN DAS
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788120335233

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FLUID MECHANICS AND TURBO MACHINES by MADAN MOHAN DAS Pdf

Primarily designed as a text for the undergraduate students of aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering and other branches of applied science, this book provides a basic platform in fluid mechanics and turbomachines. The book begins with a description of the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics such as fluid properties, its static and dynamic pressures, buoyancy and floatation, and flow through pipes, orifices, mouthpieces, notches and weirs. Then, it introduces more complex topics like laminar flow and its application, turbulent flow, compressible flow, dimensional analysis and model investigations. Finally, the text elaborates on impact of jets and turbomachines like turbines, pumps and miscellaneous fluid machines. KEY FEATURES : Comprises twenty four methods of flow measurements. Presents derivations of equations in an easy-to-understand manner. Contains numerous solved numerical problems in S.I. units. Includes unsteady equations of continuity and dynamic equation of gradually varied flow in open channel.

Author : Terry Wright,Philip Gerhart
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420082944

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Fluid Machinery by Terry Wright,Philip Gerhart Pdf

Published nearly a decade ago, Fluid Machinery: Performance, Analysis, and Design quickly became popular with students, professors, and professionals because of its comprehensive and comprehensible introduction to the fluid mechanics of turbomachinery. Renamed to reflect its wider scope and reorganized content, this second edition provides a more logical flow of information that will enhance understanding. In particular, it presents a consistent notation within and across chapters, updating material when appropriate. Although the authors do account for the astounding growth in the field of computational fluid dynamics that has occurred since publication of the first edition, this text emphasizes traditional "one-dimensional" layout and points the way toward using CFD for turbomachinery design and analysis. Presents Extensive Examples and Design Exercises to Illustrate Performance Parameters and Machine Geometry By focusing on the preliminary design and selection of equipment to meet performance specifications, the authors promote a basic yet thorough understanding of the subject. They cover topics including gas and hydraulic turbines and equipment that is widely used in the industry, such as compressors, blowers, fans, and pumps. This book promotes a pragmatic approach to turbomachinery application and design, examining a realistic array of difficulties and conflicting requirements. The authors use examples from a broad range of industrial applications to illustrate the generality of the basic design approach and the common ground of seemingly diverse areas of application. With a variety of illustrations, examples, and exercises that emphasize real-world industrial applications, this book not only prepares students to face industrial applications with confidence, but also supplies professionals with a compact and easy-to-use reference.

Author : S. Larry Dixon
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080470629

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Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery by S. Larry Dixon Pdf

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

Author : Hans J. Rath,Christoph Egbers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642721571

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Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery by Hans J. Rath,Christoph Egbers Pdf

The papers in this volume are mostly in the area of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Furthermore, to some extend this volume contains also contributions from the field of new experimental mehtods and diagnostics applied to fluid dynamics, combustions and turbomachniery. the contributed papers cover diverse topics such as pipe flows, shock tube flows, compressor flows as well as velocity and turbulence measurements of flow conditioners. There is also a survey article on recent flow computations on high performance computers. Articles are also devoted to liquid-liquid systems, rotating fluid flows and combustion diagnostics.

Author : B. Lakshminarayana,Werner R. Britsch,Walter S. Gearhart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Fluid mechanics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113767763

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Fluid Mechanics, Acoustics, and Design of Turbomachinery by B. Lakshminarayana,Werner R. Britsch,Walter S. Gearhart Pdf