Principles of Turbomachinery in Air-Breathing Engines

This book is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical and aerospace engineering taking a course commonly called Principles of Turbomachinery or Aerospace Propulsion. It begins with a review of basic thermodynamics and fluid mechanics principles to motivate their application to aerothermodynamics and real-life design issues. This approach is ideal for the reader who will face practical situations and design decisions in the gas turbine industry. Among the features of the book are:
• An emphasis on the role of entropy in assessing machine performance
• A timely review of flow structures
• Revisiting the subsonic and supersonic De Laval nozzle as it applies to bladed turbomachinery components
• An applied review of boundary layer principles
• And highlighting the importance of invariant properties across a turbomachinery component in carrying out real computational tasks.
The text is fully supported by over two hundred figures, numerous examples and homework problems.

• Has a practical design emphasis throughout
• Examples are based on actual design situations
• Contains numerous examples, illustrations and homework problems
• Clearly explains the role of entropy in understanding turbomachinery