Turbomachinery Flow Physics and Dynamic Performance

Over the past three decades turbomachines experienced a steep increase in efficiency and performance. Based on fundamental principles of turbomachinery thermo-fluid mechanics, numerous CFD based calculation methods are being developed to simulate the complex 3-dimensional, highly unsteady turbulent flow within turbine or compressor stages. The objective of this book is to present the fundamental principals of turbomachinery fluid-thermodynamic design process of turbine and compressor components, power generation and aircraft gas turbines in a unified and compact manner. The book provides senior undergraduate students, graduate students and engineers in the turbomachinery industry with a solid background of turbomachinery flow physics and performance fundamentals that are essential for understanding turbomachinery performance and flow complexes.

Part I : Turbomachinery Flow Physics
Chapter 1 : Introduction, Turbomachinery, Applications, Types
Chapter 2 : Kinematics of Turbomachinery Fluid Motion
Chapter 3 : Differential Balances in Turbomchinery
Chapter 4 : Integral Balances in Turbomachinery
Chapter 5 : Theory of Turbomachinery Stages
Chapter 6 : Turbine and Compressor Cascade Flow Forces

Part II : Turbomachinery Losses, Efficiencies, Blades
Chapter 8 : Efficiency of Multi-stage Turbomachines
Chapter 9 : Incidence and Deviation
Chapter 10 : Simple Blade Design
Chapter 11 : Radial Equilibrium

Part III : Turbomachinery Dynamic Performance
Chapter 12 : Nonlinear Dynamic Simulation of Turbomachinery
Chapter 13 : Generic Modeling of Turbomachinery Components and Systems
Chapter 14 : Modeling of Inlet, Exhaust, and Pipe Systems
Chapter 15 : Modeling of Heat Exchangers, Combustion Chambers, Afterburners
Chapter 16 : Modeling Compressor Component, Design, Off-Design
Chapter 17 : Turbine Aerodynamic Design and Off-design Performance
Chapter 18 : Performance

A : Vector and Tensor Analysis
B : Tensor Operations in Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinate Systems
Index