Subject Code: ME6L165
Prerequisites: None
Principles of Turbo Machinery L – T – P : 3 –0 – 0 Credits: 3
Classification Specific work, Representation of specific work in T-S and H-S diagrams, Internal and external losses, Euler's equation of turbo-machinery, Ideal and actual velocity triangles, Slip and its estimation, Impulse and reaction type machines, Degree of reaction, Effect of outlet blade angle on blade shape, Model laws, specific speed and shape number, Special features of hydro, steam and gas turbines, Performance characteristics of turbo machines, Cavitation, Surge and Stall, Thin aerofoil theory Cascade mechanics. Recommended Books:
  1. Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Turbo machinery by B. Lakshminarayana, John Wiley, N.Y.
  2. Principles of Turbomachinery in Air-Breathing Engines, Erian A. Baskharone, Cambridge University Press.