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Design of High-Efficiency Turbomachinery and Gas Turbines, Second Edition, with a New Preface

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ISBN-10: 0262526689

ISBN-13: 9780262526685

Edition: 2nd 2014

Authors: David Gordon Wilson, Theodosios Korakianitis

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $80.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/12/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 7.03" wide x 9.03" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 2.376
Language: English

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 SaintLouis University.