Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to Gas-Turbine Engines
- 2 Overview of Turbomachinery Nomenclature
- 3 Aerothermodynamics of Turbomachines and Design-Related Topics
- 4 Energy Transfer between a Fluid and a Rotor
- 5 Dimensional Analysis, Maps, and Specific Speed
- 6 Radial-Equilibrium Theory
- 7 Polytropic (Small-Stage) Efficiency
- 8 Axial-Flow Turbines
- 9 Axial-Flow Compressors
- 10 Radial-Inflow Turbines
- 11 Centrifugal Compressors
- 12 Turbine-Compressor Matching
- References
- Index
7 - Polytropic (Small-Stage) Efficiency
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to Gas-Turbine Engines
- 2 Overview of Turbomachinery Nomenclature
- 3 Aerothermodynamics of Turbomachines and Design-Related Topics
- 4 Energy Transfer between a Fluid and a Rotor
- 5 Dimensional Analysis, Maps, and Specific Speed
- 6 Radial-Equilibrium Theory
- 7 Polytropic (Small-Stage) Efficiency
- 8 Axial-Flow Turbines
- 9 Axial-Flow Compressors
- 10 Radial-Inflow Turbines
- 11 Centrifugal Compressors
- 12 Turbine-Compressor Matching
- References
- Index
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- Chapter
- Information
- Principles of Turbomachinery in Air-Breathing Engines , pp. 234 - 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006