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Gas Turbine Theory is the classic course text on gas turbines, suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students of mechanical and aeronautical engineering. This new seventh edition will also continue to be a valuable reference for practising gas turbine engineers.



completely updated to cover current industry requirements and applications

· coverage of both aircraft and industrial gas turbines

· includes detailed treatment of off-design performance

· incorporates in-depth examples throughout

· based on the authors´ extensive teaching and professional experience



Table of contents

1 Introduction

2 Shaft power cycles

3 Gas turbine cyles for aircraft propulsion

4 Centrifugal compressors

5 Axial flow compressors

6 Combustion systems

7 Axial and radial flow turbines

8 Mechanical design of gas turbines

9 Prediction of performance of simple gas turbines

10 Prediction of performance - further topics

Appendix A - Some notes on gas dynamics

Appendix B - Problems

Appendix C - references

Index