Fundamentals of Turbomachines

• Main Author: Dick, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, 109
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Fluid mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Working Principles
• 2. Basic Components
• 3. Fans
• 4. Compressible Fluids
• 5. Performance Measurement
• 6. Steam Turbines
• 7. Dynamic Similitude
• 8. Pumps
• 9. Hydraulic Turbines
• 10. Wind Turbines
• 11. Power Gas Turbines
• 12. Thrust Gas Turbines
• 13. Axial Compressors
• 14. Radial Compressors
• 15. Axial and Radial Turbines for Gases
• References
• Index.