Centrifugal Compressors : A Strategy for Aerodynamic Design and Analysis

Title: Centrifugal Compressors : A Strategy for Aerodynamic Design and Analysis
Author: Ronald H. Aungier
ISBN: 0791800938 / 9780791800935
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 320
Publisher: ASME
Year: 2000
Availability: 45-60 days

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While several books are available that provide a general overview of centrifugal compressor aerodynamic technology, this book is unique in that it fully describes a working design and analysis system with all of the interacting procedures, design guidelines, and decision processes required.

This book describes the author's own centrifugal compressor aerodynamic design and analysis system, and the strategy he uses while applying it. He provides a description sufficiently complete that both new and experienced compressor aerodynamicists will fully understand the methods used. This includes the basic thermodynamic and fluid dynamic principles, empirical models, and key numerical methods, which form the basis of these design and analysis methods.

This book provides a comprehensive aerodynamic design and analysis system for centrifugal compressors that has produced significant performance improvements in recent years. It uses practical and efficient methodology and requires minimal resources for its implementation. A personal computer of modest capability is adequate for implementing and using all of the procedures described in this book.

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Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Thermodynamics
Chapter 3 : Fluid Mechnics
Chapter 4 : The Impeller Work Input
Chapter 5 : One-Dimensional Aerodynamic Performance Analysis
Chapter 6 : Preliminary Aerodynamic Design and Component Sizing
Chapter 7 : General Gas Path and Impeller Design
Chapter 8 : Vaneless Diffuser Design
Chapter 9 : Vaned Diffuser Design
Chapter 10 : Return System Design
Chapter 11 : Volute Design
Chapter 12 : Quasi-Three-Dimensional Flow Analysis
Chapter 13 : Potential Flow Analysis in the Blade-to-Blade Plane
Chapter 14 : Time-Marching Analysis of the Blade-to-Blade Flow
Chapter 15 : Boundary Layer Analysis

Answers to Exercises
References
About the Author
Index