(BQ) Part 1 book "Turbomachinery performance analysis" has contents: Basic equations and dimensional analysis; two-dimensional cascades; performance analysis for axial compressors and fans; pinciples of performance analysis for axial turbines; simplified meridional flow analysis for axial turbomachine. | • ISBN: 0340631910 • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books • Pub. Date: May 1996 Preface The advent of the gas turbine engine during the second world war demanded rapid developments in aerodynamic design and analysis techniques linked to wind tunnel and model testing, particularly for the evolution of high performance compressors. In response to this the field of 'Internal Aerodynamics' was born and has expanded with remarkable speed and complexity over the intervening half-century. In addition to a prolific literature of published papers portraying great diversity and impressive advances in this field, several textbooks have provided extremely helpful organisation and focus for the student or designer, including the works by Horlock (1958, 1966, 1978), Dixon (1975), Gostelow (1984), Cumpsty (1989) and Lewis (1991). We should not forget that this activity was predated by the successful development of the steam turbine in the previous half-century, stemming largely in this country from the famous patent taken out by C. A. Parsons in 1884. The development of distributed electrical power through national or state grid systems led to an enormous growth in steam turbine technology within a competitive framework, leading to (a) progressive gains in performance, (b) a variety of design techniques, (c) an accumulation of company performance correlations, and (d) a remarkable expansion in unit size, . from 30 MW to 660 MW since 1945. In parallel with this the gas turbine engine advanced rapidly as the major prime mover for both civil and military aircraft. The fields of internal aerodynamics for both steam and gas turbomachines have consequently come much closer together during the last 25 years. Similar developments of internal aerodynamics have also taken place during this period in the fields of mixed-flow and centrifugal pumps and fans, hydraulic turbines, ducted propellers and even wind generators, involving in many cases extremely erudite computer .
