Abstract: The use of a rational efficiency for a power plant (the work output divided by the maximum possible reversible work output) is well established for conventional and combined plants. However, ...

Abstract: In three recent papers, Smith [1], Marsh [2], and Novak [3] have given general equations for the flow in turbomachines and methods for their solution. Each author has worked from momentum ...

Abstract: An actuator disk analysis is given of the flow through a guide vane and rotor combination. It is shown that changes in total pressure across the rotor are in general related to circumferential ...

Abstract: A simple thermo-fluid-dynamic analysis is presented for the ultimate steady flow in a repeating stage of an axial-flow compressor.

Abstract: An analysis is given for determining the lift fluctuation on an aerofoil due to a gust parallel to the undisturbed flow. By combining the new analysis with an established theory for “transverse” ...

Abstract: The end-wall blockage in axial compressors has been the subject of several investigations over a period of many years. This paper reviews and compares various approaches to determining the ...