Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery Problems and Solutions

Reflecting the author?s years of industry and teaching experience, Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery features many innovative problems and their systematically worked solutions. To understand fundamental concepts and various conservation laws of fluid mechanics is one thing, but applying them to solve practical problems is another challenge. The book covers various topics in fluid mechanics, turbomachinery flowpath design, and internal cooling and sealing flows around rotors and stators of gas turbines.

As an ideal source of numerous practice problems with detailed solutions, the book will be helpful to senior-undergraduate and graduate students, teaching faculty, and researchers engaged in many branches of fluid mechanics. It will also help practicing thermal and fluid design engineers maintain and reinforce their problem-solving skills, including primary validation of their physics-based design tools.

1. Fluid Flow Kinematics and Key Concepts.

2. Control Volume Analysis.

3. Bernoulli Equation: Mechanical Energy Equation.

4. Compressible Flow.

5. Potential Flow.

6. Navier-Stokes Equations: Exact Solutions.

7. Boundary Layer Flow.

8. Centrifugal Pumps and Fans.

9. Centrifugal Compressors.

10. Axial-Flow Pumps, Fans, and Compressors.

11. Radial-Flow Gas Turbines.

12. Axial-Flow Gas Turbines.

13. Diffusers.

14. Internal Flow around Rotors and Stators.

Appendix A: Euler’s Turbomachinery Equation and Rothalpy.

Appendix B: Dimensionless Velocity Diagrams for Axial-Flow Compressors and Turbines.

Dr. Sultanian received his BTech and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, respectively. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Arizona State University, Tempe, and MBA from the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Sultanian is Founder & Managing Member of Takaniki Communications, LLC, a provider of high-impact, web-based and live technical training programs for corporate engineering teams. As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Central Florida, he has taught graduate-level courses in Turbomachinery and Fluid Mechanics for 10 years. He is an international authority in gas turbine heat transfer, aerodynamics, secondary air systems, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Dr. Sultanian is a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; an Emeritus Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; a member of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers; and a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio.