Publisher's Synopsis
Turbo Machines Design and Control is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering. It covers the design aspects of thermal power plant, jets engines, and wind mills; the aerodynamic principles of turbomachines; velocity diagrams and their applications in the design of radial and axial flow machines; and the thermodynamic analysis of the turbomachines. A chapter on units and dimensions and compressible fluid flow is also included.Key features:Units, dimensions and dimensional analysis.Foundations on compressible fluid flow.Aerodynamic analysis of body in fluid flow.Power equations of turbomachines.Velocity diagrams and their applications in radial and axial flow machine design.Fundamentals of classical control theory as applied to turbomachines.Application of modern control theory in jet engine control.Advance topics, such as air breathing engines, rockets, SCRAM jets and the mechanics of flying in birds and insects.
