Gas Turbine Theory

Herb Saravanamuttoo, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, has many years experience in the gas turbine industry on both sides of the Atlantic, and is a Past President of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. The late Gordon Rogers was Professor Emeritus of Engineering Thermodynamics at the University of Bristol. He was author, with YR Mayhew, of Engineering Thermodynamics Work and Heat Transfer, 4th edition.The late Henry Cohen was formerly University Lecturer and Director of Studies in Engineering at Queens’ College, Cambridge.  Paul Straznicky is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University and has many years of experience as a mechanical design engineer.  Andrew Nix is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University and has extensive experience in gas turbine design and durability, with a focus on turbine heat transfer and cooling.

• 1 Introduction2 Shaft power cycles3 Gas turbine cyles for aircraft propulsion4 Centrifugal compressors5 Axial flow compressors6 Combustion systems7 Axial and radial flow turbines8 Mechanical design of gas turbines9 Prediction  of performance of simple gas turbines10 Prediction of performance - further topicsAppendix A - Some notes on gas dynamicsAppendix B - ProblemsAppendix C - referencesIndex