The Design of High-Efficiency Turbomachinery and Gas Turbines

This comprehensive textbook is unique in its design-focused approach toturbomachinery and gas turbines. It offers students and practicing engineers methods for configuringthese machines to perform with the highest possible efficiency. Examples and problems are based onthe actual design of turbomachinery and turbines. After an introductory chapter that outlines thegoals of the book and provides definitions of terms and parts, the book offers a brief review of thebasic principles of thermodynamics and efficiency definitions. The rest of the book is devoted tothe analysis and design of real turbomachinery configurations and gas turbines, based on aconsistent application of thermodynamic theory and a more empirical treatment of fluid dynamics thatrelies on the extensive use of design charts. Topics include turbine power cycles, diffusion anddiffusers, the analysis and design of three-dimensional free-stream flow, and combustion systems andcombustion calculations. The second edition updates every chapter, adding material on subjects thatinclude flow correlations, energy transfer in turbomachines, and three-dimensional design. Asolutions manual is available for instructors. This new MIT Press edition makes a popular textavailable again, with corrections and some updates, to a wide audience of students, professors, andprofessionals.

David Gordon Wilson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus at MIT. He is the author of Bicycling Science (MIT Press, third edition). Theodosios Korakianitis is Dean of the Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology; Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University.