Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery /
S. Larry Dixon, C. A. Hall & Dan Zao
- Eight edition.
- United Kingdom : Butterworth-Heinemann ; Elsevier, 2025
- xix 702 pages : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: basic principles -- Dimensional analysis: similitude -- Two-dimensional cascades -- Axial-flow turbines: mean-line analysis and design -- Axial-flow compressors and ducted fans -- Three dimensional flows in axial turbomachines -- Centrifugal pumps and ducted fans -- Centrifugal compressors -- Radial-flow gas turbines -- Hydraulic turbines -- Wind turbines -- CFD simulations on multirotor UAVs and drone's propeller.