Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery
- 7th Edition - October 10, 2013
- Authors: S. Larry Dixon, Cesare Hall
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 5 9 5 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 1 4 1 0 - 1
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Request a sales quoteFluid 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
Professional mechanical, civil, automotive, aeronautical, and control engineers; advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical, civil, automotive and aeronautical engineering
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface to the Seventh Edition
- Acknowledgments
- List of Symbols
- Subscripts
- Superscripts
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Basic Principles
- 1.1 Definition of a turbomachine
- 1.2 Coordinate system
- 1.3 The fundamental laws
- 1.4 The equation of continuity
- 1.5 The first law of thermodynamics
- 1.6 The momentum equation
- 1.7 The second law of thermodynamics—entropy
- 1.8 Bernoulli’s equation
- 1.9 The thermodynamic properties of fluids
- 1.10 Compressible flow relations for perfect gases
- 1.11 Definitions of efficiency
- 1.12 Small stage or polytropic efficiency
- 1.13 The inherent unsteadiness of the flow within turbomachines
- References
- Chapter 2. Dimensional Analysis: Similitude
- 2.1 Dimensional analysis and performance laws
- 2.2 Incompressible fluid analysis
- 2.3 Performance characteristics for low-speed machines
- 2.4 Compressible flow analysis
- 2.5 Performance characteristics for high-speed machines
- 2.6 Specific speed and specific diameter
- 2.7 Cavitation
- References
- Chapter 3. Two-Dimensional Cascades
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Cascade geometry
- 3.3 Cascade flow characteristics
- 3.4 Analysis of cascade forces
- 3.5 Compressor cascade performance
- 3.6 Turbine cascades
- 3.7 Cascade computational analysis
- References
- Chapter 4. Axial-Flow Turbines: Mean-Line Analysis and Design
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Velocity diagrams of the axial turbine stage
- 4.3 Turbine stage design parameters
- 4.4 Thermodynamics of the axial turbine stage
- 4.5 Repeating stage turbines
- 4.6 Stage losses and efficiency
- 4.7 Preliminary axial turbine design
- 4.8 Styles of turbine
- 4.9 Effect of reaction on efficiency
- 4.10 Diffusion within blade rows
- 4.11 The efficiency correlation of
- 4.12 Design point efficiency of a turbine stage
- 4.13 Stresses in turbine rotor blades
- 4.14 Turbine blade cooling
- 4.15 Turbine flow characteristics
- References
- Chapter 5. Axial-Flow Compressors and Ducted Fans
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Mean-line analysis of the compressor stage
- 5.3 Velocity diagrams of the compressor stage
- 5.4 Thermodynamics of the compressor stage
- 5.5 Stage loss relationships and efficiency
- 5.6 Mean-line calculation through a compressor rotor
- 5.7 Preliminary compressor stage design
- 5.8 Off-design performance
- 5.9 Multistage compressor performance
- 5.10 High Mach number compressor stages
- 5.11 Stall and surge phenomena in compressors
- 5.12 Low speed ducted fans
- References
- Chapter 6. Three-Dimensional Flows in Axial Turbomachines
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Theory of radial equilibrium
- 6.3 The indirect problem
- 6.4 The direct problem
- 6.5 Compressible flow through a fixed blade row
- 6.6 Constant specific mass flow
- 6.7 Off-design performance of a stage
- 6.8 Free-vortex turbine stage
- 6.9 Actuator disc approach
- 6.10 Computational through-flow methods
- 6.11 3D flow features
- 6.12 3D design
- 6.13 The application of 3D computational fluid dynamics
- References
- Chapter 7. Centrifugal Pumps, Fans, and Compressors
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Some definitions
- 7.3 Thermodynamic analysis of a centrifugal compressor
- 7.4 Inlet velocity limitations at the compressor eye
- 7.5 Design of a pump inlet
- 7.6 Design of a centrifugal compressor inlet
- 7.7 The slip factor
- 7.8 A unified correlation for slip factor
- 7.9 Head increase of a centrifugal pump
- 7.10 Performance of centrifugal compressors
- 7.11 The diffuser system
- 7.12 Diffuser performance parameters
- 7.13 Choking in a compressor stage
- References
- Chapter 8. Radial-Flow Gas Turbines
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Types of IFR turbine
- 8.3 Thermodynamics of the 90° IFR turbine
- 8.4 Basic design of the rotor
- 8.5 Nominal design point efficiency
- 8.6 Some Mach number relations
- 8.7 The scroll and stator blades
- 8.8 Optimum efficiency considerations
- 8.9 Criterion for minimum number of blades
- 8.10 Design considerations for rotor exit
- 8.11 Significance and application of specific speed
- 8.12 Optimum design selection of 90° IFR turbines
- 8.13 Clearance and windage losses
- 8.14 Cooled 90° IFR turbines
- References
- Chapter 9. Hydraulic Turbines
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Hydraulic turbines
- 9.3 The Pelton turbine
- 9.4 Reaction turbines
- 9.5 The Francis turbine
- 9.6 The Kaplan turbine
- 9.7 Effect of size on turbomachine efficiency
- 9.8 Cavitation in hydraulic turbines
- 9.9 Application of CFD to the design of hydraulic turbines
- 9.10 The Wells turbine
- 9.11 Tidal power
- References
- Chapter 10. Wind Turbines
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Types of wind turbine
- 10.3 Performance measurement of wind turbines
- 10.4 Annual energy output
- 10.5 Statistical analysis of wind data
- 10.6 Actuator disc approach
- 10.7 Blade element theory
- 10.8 The BEM method
- 10.9 Rotor configurations
- 10.10 The power output at optimum conditions
- 10.11 HAWT blade section criteria
- 10.12 Developments in blade manufacture
- 10.13 Control methods (starting, modulating, and stopping)
- 10.14 Blade tip shapes
- 10.15 Performance testing
- 10.16 Performance prediction codes
- 10.17 Environmental matters
- 10.18 The largest wind turbines
- 10.19 Final remarks
- References
- Appendix A. Preliminary Design of an Axial-Flow Turbine for a Large Turbocharger
- Design requirements
- Mean radius design
- Determining the mean radius velocity triangles and efficiency
- Determining the root and tip radii
- Variation of reaction at the hub
- Choosing a suitable stage geometry
- Estimating the pitch/chord ratio
- Blade angles and gas flow angles
- Additional information concerning the design
- Postscript
- Appendix B. Preliminary Design of a Centrifugal Compressor for a Turbocharge
- Design requirements and assumptions
- Determining the blade speed and impeller radius
- Design of impeller inlet
- Efficiency considerations for the impeller
- Design of impeller exit
- Flow in the vaneless space
- The vaned diffuser
- The volute
- Determining the exit stagnation pressure, p03, and overall compressor efficiency, ηC
- Appendix C. Tables for the Compressible Flow of a Perfect Gas
- Appendix D. Conversion of British and American Units to SI Units
- Appendix E. Mollier Chart for Steam
- Appendix F. Answers to Problems
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Index
- No. of pages: 556
- Language: English
- Edition: 7
- Published: October 10, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124159549
- eBook ISBN: 9780123914101
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S. Larry Dixon
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Fellow at the University of LiverpoolCH
Cesare Hall
Dr. Hall has been University Lecturer in turbomachinery at the University of Cambridge since 2005. His current research with the university’s Silent Aircraft Initiative has led to the development of radical new ideas for aircraft engine design. Prior to teaching, he worked at Rolls-Royce as a turbomachinery aerodynamicist.
Affiliations and expertise
University Lecturer in Turbomachinery, University of Cambridge, UKRead Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery on ScienceDirect