Principles of Turbomachinery in Air-Breathing Engines (Hardcover)

1. Introduction to gas turbine engines; 2. Overview of turbomachinery nomenclature; 3. Aerothermodynamics of turbomachines; 4. Energy transfer between a fluid and a rotor; 5. Dimensional analysis, maps and specific speed; 6. Radial equilibrium theory; 7. Polytropic (small-stage) efficiency; 8. Axial-flow turbines; 9. Axial-flow compressors; 10. Radial inflow turbines; 11. Centrifugal compressors; 12. Turbine-compressor matching.