Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, Fifth Edition

By Sydney Lawrence Dixon

Book Overview

The new edition will continue to be of use to engineers in industry and technological establishments, especially as brief reviews are included on many important aspects of Turbomachinery, giving pointers towards more advanced sources of information. For readers looking towards the wider reaches of the subject area, very useful additional reading is referenced in the bibliography. The subject of Turbomachinery is in continual review, and while the basics do not change, research can lead to refinements in popular methods, and new data can emerge. This book has applications for professionals and students in many subsets of the mechanical engineering discipline, with carryover into thermal sciences; which include fluid mechanics, combustion and heat transfer; dynamics and vibrations, as well as structural mechanics and materials engineering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750678704
• ISBN13: 9780750678704
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"