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Turbomachinery embraces a number of devices that are classified as 'open', such as propellers, windmills and unshrouded fans. The machines examined here are those defined as 'closed', where a finite quantity of fluid can be considered to pass through the machine in unit time, for it is these which are of the most interest to students and professionals in the fields of mechanical, chemical, and plant engineering. It is in these areas that the devices that form the subject matter of this book find their most important applications, making this treatment of vital importance to anyone working in or studying them.
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Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery S.L. Dixon, B.Eng., PH.D. Senior Fellow at the University of Liverpool
FOURTH EDITION in SI/METRIC UNITS
Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery
FOURTH EDITION in SI/METRIC UNITS
In memory of Avril and baby Paul
Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery S. L. Dixon, B.Eng., Ph.D. Senior Fellow at the University of Liverpool
FOURTH EDITION in SI/METRIC UNITS
Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 225 Wildwood Avenue, Woburn, MA 01801-2041 A division of Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd A member of the Reed Elsevier plc group First published by Pergamon Press Ltd 1966 Second edition 1975 Third edition 1978 Reprinted 1979, 1982 (twice), 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995 Fourth edition 1998
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