Gas Turbine Performance, Second Edition

Copyright © 2004 Blackwell Science Ltd

Gas Turbine Performance, Second Edition

Author(s): Philip P. Walsh, Paul Fletcher

Published Online: 11 FEB 2008

Print ISBN: 9780632064342

Online ISBN: 9780470774533

DOI: 10.1002/9780470774533

About this Book

A significant addition to the literature on gas turbine technology, the second edition of Gas Turbine Performance is a lengthy text covering product advances and technological developments. Including extensive figures, charts, tables and formulae, this book will interest everyone concerned with gas turbine technology, whether they are designers, marketing staff or users.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xxii)

    2. Chapter 1

      Gas Turbine Engine Applications (pages 9–60)

    3. Chapter 2

      The Operational Envelope (pages 61–101)

    4. Chapter 3

      Properties and Charts for Dry Air, Combustion Products and other Working Fluids (pages 102–142)

    5. Chapter 4

      Dimensionless, Quasidimensionless, Referred and Scaling Parameter Groups (pages 143–158)

    6. Chapter 5

      Gas Turbine Engine Components (pages 159–291)

    7. Chapter 6

      Design Point Performance and Engine Concept Design (pages 292–382)

    8. Chapter 7

      Off Design Performance (pages 383–443)

    9. Chapter 8

      Transient Performance (pages 444–476)

    10. Chapter 9

      Starting (pages 477–500)

    11. Chapter 10

      Windmilling (pages 501–518)

    12. Chapter 11

      Engine Performance Testing (pages 519–563)

    13. Chapter 12

      The Effects of Water—Liquid, Steam and Ice (pages 564–586)

    14. Chapter 13

      Fuel and Oil Properties and their Impact (pages 587–598)

    15. Chapter 14

      Performance of In-Service Products (pages 599–606)

    16. Chapter 15

      Performance and the Economics of Gas Turbine Engines (pages 607–616)

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      Appendix A: Engine Station Numbering and Nomenclature (pages 617–624)

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      Appendix B: Unit Conversions (pages 625–630)

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      Index (pages 631–646)

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