Ganesan, VUnknown
Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited (New Delhi, 2016) (eng) English9780070681927Unknown3rd ed.GAS-TURBINES; UnknownThis hallmark text on Gas Turbines covers all aspects of the subject. The topics have been explained right from the fundamentals so that even a beginner can comprehend the exposition. Various chapters such as Inlets and Nozzles, Blades, Environmental Considerations and Applications and Rocket Propulsion make the book complete. Theoretical descriptions of the topics is crisp and well organized without the presence of any superfluous content which is supported really well with the help of pedagogical features. This edition is a thoroughly revised
Physical dimension
xvii, 627 p.23 cm.ill.
Summary / review / table of contents
Introduction 1
Review of Basic Principles 7
Fundamentals of Rotating Machines 39
Cycle Arrangements 63
Ideal Cycles and their Analysis 79
Practical Cycles and their Analysis 137
Jet Propulsion Cycles and Their Analysis 213
Centrifugal Compressors 279
Axial Flow Compressors 333
Combustion Systems 393
Impulse and Reaction Turbines 421
Transonic and Supersonic Compressors and Turbines 467
Inlets and Nozzles 481
Blades 501
Component Matching and Performance Evaluation 523
Environmental Considerations and Applications 549
Rocket Propulsion 581
Appendix 615