Gas Turbine Performance Walsh, Philip P. and Fletcher, Paul

Walsh, Philip P.; Fletcher, Paul

ISBN 10: 0791800679 / ISBN 13: 9780791800676

Published by Pennwell Books, 1998

About this Item

Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in Excellent condition, pages are clean and tight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gas Turbine Performance Walsh, Philip P. and Fletcher, Paul
• Publisher: Pennwell Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791800679
• ISBN 13: 9780791800676
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Answering the demand for an applied reference, Gas Turbine Performance is packed with features to facilitate the day-to-day work of engineers who design, manufacture, and operate gas turbines. Comprehensive and user-friendly, it provides professors and students with valuable resources for their course work and research. After presenting an introduction to gas turbine applications, Gas Turbine Performance addresses meeting the various requirements particular to all major applications, such as power generation, mechanical drive, and automotive, marine, and aircraft installations. Throughout, the authors emphasize the importance of dimensionless and other parameter groups in understanding the fundamentals of gas turbine performance.

Review

An important and significant addition. -- Professor John Hannis

Anyone with serious interest in gas-turbine technology will find this book almost a 'must have'. -- Bill Gunston

Invaluable ... a truly vast array of graphs, tables, formulae. -- Marine Propulsion, Oct 1998