Gas Turbine Performance
Published on 16. March 1998
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-0-632-04874-8 (ISBN)
Description
Performance has to be understood by all concerned with gas turbine technology, whether designers, marketing staff or users. This book provides a practical guide to the fundamentals of performance, including the requirements of all major applications: power generation, mechanical drive, automotive, marine and aircraft installations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
1542 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-04874-8 (9780632048748)
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Philip P. Walsh | Paul Fletcher
Gas Turbine Performance
Book
03/2004
2nd Edition
Wiley
€164.50
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Content
Foreword; Preface: Gas Turbine Engine Configurations; Gas turbine engine applications; The operational envelope; Properties and charts for dry air, combustion products and other working fluids; Dimensionless, quasi-dimensionless, referred and scaling parameter groups; Gas turbine engine components; Design point performance and engine concept design; Off design performance; Transient performance; Starting; Windmilling; Engine performance testing; The effects of water - liquid, steam and ice; Fuel and oil properties and their impact; Appendix A: station numbering and nomenclature; Appendix B: unit conversions; Index.