Gas turbine performance
A significant addition to the literature on gas turbine technology, the second edition of Gas Turbine Performance is a lengthy text covering product advances and technological developments. Including extensive figures, charts, tables and formulae, this book will interest everyone concerned with gas turbine technology, whether they are designers, marketing staff or users.
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- Full title :Gas turbine performance / Philip P. Walsh, Paul Fletcher.
Summary
A significant addition to the literature on gas turbine technology, the second edition of Gas Turbine Performance is a lengthy text covering product advances and technological developments. Including extensive figures, charts, tables and formulae, this book will interest everyone concerned with gas turbine technology, whether they are designers, marketing staff or users.
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- Publication Date:2004.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Blackwell Science
- Place of Publication:Malden, MA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 646 pages) : : illustrations : digital, HTML and PDF files
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781405151030, 140515103X, 9780470774533, 0470774533
- DOI:10.1002/9780470774533
- oclc:ocn157011208
- LC Classification:TJ778
- Dewey Decimal:621.43/3
Table of Contents
Foreword to the first edition; Preface; Gas Turbine Engine Configurations 1; 1 Gas Turbine Engine Applications; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Comparison of gas turbine and diesel engines; 1.2 Power generation applications; 1.3 Industrial mechanical drive applications; 1.4 Automotive applications; 1.5 Marine applications; 1.6 Aircraft applications -propulsion requirements; 1.7 Shaft powered aircraft -turboprops and turboshafts; 1.8 Thrust propelled aircraft -turbofans, turbojets and ramjets; 1.9 Auxiliary power units (APUs); Formulae; Sample calculations; Sample calculations; Charts; Charts
3.6 Charts showing interrelationships of key thermodynamic parametersFormulae; Sample calculations; Charts; References; 4 Dimensionless, Quasidimensionless, Referred and Scaling Parameter Groups; 4.0 Introduction; 4.1 The importance of parameter groups; 4.2 Tables of parameter groups and description; 4.3 Examples of applications; 4.4 Second-order effects -- steady state performance; 4.5 Second-order effects -- engine scaling; 4.6 Second-order effects -- transient performance; 4.7 Why components and engines adhere to the parameter group relationships; Sample calculations; Charts; References
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