This is the 50th Anniversary edition of this established title. This text places the theory of gas turbines in the context of the practical realities facing aerospace, mechanical, and industrial designers. There is a strong emphasis on describing the physical reasons for solutions to design problems using practical examples. When the First Edition of this book was written in 1951, the gas turbine was just becoming established as a powerplant for military aircraft. It took another decade before the gas turbine was introduced to civil aircraft, and this market developed so rapidly that the ocean liner was rendered obsolete. Other markets like naval propulsion, pipeline compression and electrical power applications grew steadily. In recent years the gas turbine, in combination with the steam turbine, has played an ever-increasing role in power generation. Despite the rapid advances in both output and efficiency, the basic theory of the gas turbine has remained unchanged. The layout of this new fifth edition is broadly similar to the original, but greatly expanded and updated, comprising an outline of the basic theory, aerodynamic design of individual components, and the prediction of off-design performance. Descriptions of engine developments and current markets make this book useful to both students and practising engineers.

Gas Turbine Theory

Engineering & Transportation

Rogers, G.F.C.

Saravanamuttoo, H.I.H.

Cohen, Henry

Engineering

Pearson College Div

Among the topics covered in this volume are: shaft power cycles; gas turbine cycles for aircraft propulsion; centrifugal compressors; axial flow compressors; combustion systems; axial and radial flow turbines; prediction of performance of simple gas turbines; and prediction of performance.

Cohen, H.

Saravanamutto

Straznicky, P. V.

The Nature of Engineering: A Philosophy of Technology

Science & Math

Technology

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Since publication of the third edition of Gas Turbine Theory, the gas turbine has been found to be suitable for an increasing number of applications. The fourth edition of this popular textbook has been revised and updated to reflect these developments. Gas turbines are becoming widely used for base-load electricity generation, as part of combined-cycle plant, and combined cycles receive more attention in this edition. There are now stringent statutory limits on harmful emissions, and the chapter on combustion has been enlarged to include a discussion of the factors affecting emissions and descriptions of current methods of attacking the problem. A section on coal gasification has also been added. Finally, the opportunity has been taken to make many small but significant improvements and additions to the text. The emphasis is still on fundamental principles, and readers must turn to the specialised literature for computational methods of dealing with the aerodynamic design of turbomachinery and the prediction of performance. Suitable as a coursebook for undergraduate and graduate students of mechanical and aeronautical engineering,Gas Turbine Theory will also continue to be a valuable reference for practising gas turbine engineers.

Longman Pub. Group

This book can simply be summed up as the thermodynamics 'bible' for mechanical engineering students. It gives the fundamentals of engineering thermodynamics and their application to particular fluids and the ways in which work and heat transfer are affected. Part I is devoted to the principles of thermodynamics, Part II to applications of the principles to particular fluids, and Parts III and IV respectively to ways in which work and heat transfers are effected. This scheme leaves it open to the lecturer to choose any preferred order of presentation, but also provides the student with a book which enables principle to be distinguished from application.

Engineering Thermodynamics: Work and Heat Transfer: Si Units

Physics

Longman

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Fluids

Blackwell*publishers

The fifth edition has been issued to incorporate two new tables - Data of Refrigerant 134a and a table containing for selected substances, molar enthalpies and molar Gibbs functions of formation, Equilibirum constants of formation, as well as molar heat capacities and absolute entropies.

Mayhew, Y. R.

Wiley/Blackwell

When preparing the necessary revisions of these important and widely-used Tables, the authors took into consideration the fact that the Tables had been used for the solution of problems by many teachers and in many textbooks. Trivial modification of tablated values could therefore inconvenience many teachers and authors. Fortunately, because late `up-to-date' values differ insignificantly from those quoted in the Third Edition, the authors have been able to leave all tabulated values as they were, with the exception of the vlaues of equilibrium constants. Changes introduced into the new edition have almost entirely been concerned with three aspects. (a) The standard pressure, pi, has been moved from 1 atm to 1 bar, in line with the 1982 recommendation of IUPAC. (b) A more satisfactory definition of the equilibrium constant has been adopted, resulting in a quantity which is always dimensionless, and of which therefore a logarithm can legitimately be taken. At the same time the base of the logarithm has been changed from 10 to e. The shifts in standard pressure and base of logarithm have resulted in new numerical values of the equilibrium constant, but these new values are consistent with the old, so that problems will yield the same solutions when worked out with the new values. Notation has been brought into line with the most appropriate of current practice, and in particular molar quantities are designated by the tilde, e.g. molar enthalpy is denoted by h.

Thermodynamic and transport properties of fluids: SI units

When the First Edition of this book was written in 1951, the gas turbine was just becoming established as a powerplant for military aircraft. It took another decade before the gas turbine was introduced to civil aircraft, and this market developed so rapidly that the passenger liner was rendered obsolete. Other markets like naval propulsion, pipeline compression and electrical power applications grew steadily. In recent years the gas turbine, in combination with the steam turbine, has played an ever-increasing role in power generation. Despite the rapid advances in both output and efficiency, the basic theory of the gas turbine has remained unchanged. The layout of this new edition is broadly similar to the original, but greatly expanded and updated, comprising an outline of the basic theory, aerodynamic design of individual components, and the prediction of off-design performance. The addition of a chapter devoted to the mechanical design of gas turbines greatly enhances the scope of the book. Descriptions of engine developments and current markets make this book useful to both students and practising engineers.

Straznicky, Paul

Nix, Andrew

Pearson

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