Turbine design - Leslie Fielding

A reference on both aircraft and industrial turbines, Turbine Design: The Effect on Axial Flow Turbine Performance of Parameter Variation details specific methods for
optimization and design. A rotary machinery consultant and design engineer, the author examines how to investigate and fix the initial scantling selections, for input, to analysis, of CFD computer programs. He presents a method of selecting the best compromise turbine design, taking into account a range of parameters, including size, stress and number of stages. Used to design many turbines, FieldingAs method enables a designer to select the best compromise to ensure performance acceptability. The method uses correlations to investigate both the direct and the indirect problems. Contents Include:
Basic Turbine Design
Selection of Parameters
Blade Efficiency and Shaft Efficiency
Work Parameter and Flow Coefficient
Degree of Reaction
Minimum Hub/Tip Ration
Minimum Exit Mach Number and Reynolds Number
General Parameters
Effect of Stress on Turbine Efficiency
State Calculations
Introduction
Profile loss and Optimum Space/Chord Ratio
Secondary and Leakage Loss Coefficients
Three Dimensional Considerations
State Thermodynamic Calculations
Thermodynamics and Blade Shapes
Relating Thermodynamic Calculations to Physical Blade
Efflux Angle Prediction from a Blade Row
Design Example
Design and Test of a Single Stage Turbine
Selection of Parameters
Detailed Thermodynamic Design
Comparison of Design Prediction and Test Results
Index & References.