Presents the fundamentals of the gas turbine engine, including cycles, components, component matching, and environmental considerations.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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very good book on fundamentals of gas turbines,
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The 84 edition is very good except for the fact that the IS of units is not used. The readers have to deal constantly with the gc's, J, gcJ and the like, making a whole mess for the student to perform certain calculations. I did not read the 95 edition so far but I am sure it will be evem better.
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Decent content, awful to work through,
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This has been one of the most frustrating texts to deal with in my college career. The printers used a very low dpi for the diagrams and plots, so much so that many of the details (subscripts on state points, etc) become almost indistinguishable from one another. The example problems are another significant source of pain, as the vast majority of them use the results from previous examples instead of going through the calculations each time. I have run into problems that literally go through a reference chain 4 problems in length, which is extraordinarily unhelpful. Also, there are many skipped steps in the problems that are worked out, and many of the intermediary calculations do not include units, further making it difficult to follow.
One positive I will say about the book is that it seems that efforts were made to lay out the content in a relatively concise manner, with headings and subsections for all of the main concepts, breaking down the reading into manageable segments. If the author/publisher can clean up the example problems to the point that they are actually helpful, this can be a good text. Until then, I cannot recommend it to any student hoping to learn the subject.
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This product was in brand new condition and was shipped incredibly fast! I will say however that the print was not as dark or detailed as some other paperbacks that my friends ordered from other sites. Also A thin protective film on the outside of the book is coming off after only 1 month of use. Still, there are not any misprinted pages, and the text book is very helpful in class!
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The theory of the gas turbine and the way that it should function were established long before the necessary materials and the detailed knowledge of flow mechanisms were available to the personnel involved. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
turbine exit pressure, assuming variable specific, nonafterburning turbojet engine, power turbine efficiency, stationary gas turbine engines, mean blade diameter, gas generator turbine, turbine expansion ratio, lists known data, rotor turning angle, excess dry air, heat rate penalty, pinch point temperature difference, blade loading coefficient, oblique shock angle, basic gas turbine engine, assuming constant specific heats, adiabatic compressor efficiency, general matching procedure, intercooler pressure, maximum net work, mean blade height, compressor pressure ratio, air standard cycle, compressor inlet temperature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Electric, Solve Problem, New York, Solution Basis, Brown Boveri, United States, John Wiley, World War, Federal Register, Whitney Aircraft, Aviation Week, Code of Federal Regulations, Public Law, Space Technology, Efficiencies Diffuser, Environmental Protection Agency, Government Printing Office, Power Jets, Book Company, Chrysler Corporation, Gas Tables, Standard Atmosphere, Courtesy of Pratt, Flow Coeff, Maximum Power Pressure Ratio New!
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The theory of the gas turbine and the way that it should function were established long before the necessary materials and the detailed knowledge of flow mechanisms were available to the personnel involved. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
turbine exit pressure, assuming variable specific, nonafterburning turbojet engine, power turbine efficiency, stationary gas turbine engines, mean blade diameter, gas generator turbine, turbine expansion ratio, lists known data, rotor turning angle, excess dry air, heat rate penalty, pinch point temperature difference, blade loading coefficient, oblique shock angle, basic gas turbine engine, assuming constant specific heats, adiabatic compressor efficiency, general matching procedure, intercooler pressure, maximum net work, mean blade height, compressor pressure ratio, air standard cycle, compressor inlet temperature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Electric, Solve Problem, New York, Solution Basis, Brown Boveri, United States, John Wiley, World War, Federal Register, Whitney Aircraft, Aviation Week, Code of Federal Regulations, Public Law, Space Technology, Efficiencies Diffuser, Environmental Protection Agency, Government Printing Office, Power Jets, Book Company, Chrysler Corporation, Gas Tables, Standard Atmosphere, Courtesy of Pratt, Flow Coeff, Maximum Power Pressure Ratio New!
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- Principles of Turbomachinery by Dennis G. Shepherd on page 285, and page 325
- Gas Turbine Theory (5th Edition) by Herb Saravanamuttoo on page 172, and page 234
- Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, Third Edition (Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics for Mechanical Engineers) by S.L. Dixon on page 285, and page 325
- STEAM TABLES: THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF WATER INCLUDING VAPOR, LIQUID AND SOLID PHASE by Joseph H. Keenan on page 44, and page 172
- Engineering Thermodynamics by J.B. Jones on page 44, and page 86
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- Bioenergy - Realizing the Potential by Dr. Semida Silveira on page 139
- Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (Sloan Technology) by T. A. Heppenheimer in Back Matter
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