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Acquire complete knowledge of the basics of air-breathing turbomachinery with this hands-on practical text. This updated new edition for students in mechanical and aerospace engineering discusses the role of entropy in assessing machine performance, provides a review of flow structures, and includes an applied review of boundary layer principles. New coverage describes approaches used to smooth initial design geometry into a continuous flow path, the development of design methods associated with the flow over blade shape (cascades loss theory) and…
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Authors
Erian A. Baskharone,Texas A & M University
Erian A. Baskharone was a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University and a member of the Rotordynamics/Turbomachinery Laboratory Faculty.
D. Lee Hill,Trane Technologies
D. Lee Hill is a Compressor Technology Team Leader at Trane Technologies. He has over 30 years of experience in design, troubleshooting and failure analysis of static and rotating equipment.