Mechanical Engineering

516. Fluid Machinery. Review of fundamentals of fluid mechanics, dimensional analysis in fluid machinery; classification and characteristics of fluid machinery (positive displacement, radial, mixed flow, and axial); efficiencies, incompressible flow machines (pumps and hydraulic turbines); cavitation; compressible flow machines (compressors and gas turbines); chocking and surge. Three lectures.(3 credits)

Prerequisite: Senior status.

 

 

Course Objectives:

 

The student will be able to analyze fluid machinery.

 

 

Course Syllabus:

 

Textbook:  

Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbo-machinery, By S.L. Dixon, Butterworth Heinemann, 4th Ed., 1998.

Topics: 

  1. Introduction and classification of fluid machineries, positive displacement fluid machinery; turbo-machinery, axial, radial mixed flow, pumps, compressors and turbines

  2. Positive displacement fluid machinery

  3. Dimensional analysis for compressible and incompressible fluid machinery

  4. Specific Speed

  5. Basic equations of Fluid machinery, Angular momentum theory, Euler’s equations of turbmachinery, Compressible gas relationships

  6. Efficiencies

  7. Euler Theory of Fluid Machinery

  8. Axial flow turbomachines, axial compressor, pump and turbines

  9. Radial flow turbomachines, axial compressor, pump and turbines

  10. Impulsive turbines, Pelton wheels

  11. Micro and nano turbomachines

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

 

 

Engineering Science: 3 credits (100%)

 

Prepared by: Dr. Mohammad Naraghi Date: December, 2000