Turbomachinery Flow Physics and Dynamic Performance

Meinhard Taher Schobeiri, Ph.D., is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, where he studies fluid flow within turbomachinery components, behavior of turbomachinery systems, turbine performance, aerodynamics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. Dr. Schobeiri is received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Technical University Darmstadt in Germany, later joining the Department of Mechanical Engineering to establish two gas turbine research areas at Texas A&M University. He also worked for the Brown Boveri Gas Turbine Division in Switzerland, where he headed R&D for high efficiency gas turbine engines. Dr. Schobeiri holds a number of external grants and contracts, has won the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2000), and is a TAMU Faculty Fellow (2001) and TEES Fellow (1998).

Turbomachinery Flow Physics.- Introduction, Turbomachinery, Applications, Types.- Kinematics of Turbomachinery Fluid Motion.- Differential Balances in Turbomachinery.- Integral Balances in Turbomachinery.- Theory of Turbomachinery Stages.- Turbine and Compressor Cascade Flow Forces.- Turbomachinery Losses, Efficiencies, Blades.- Losses in Turbine and Compressor Cascades.- Efficiency of Multi-stage Turbomachines.- Incidence and Deviation.- Simple Blade Design.- Radial Equilibrium.- Turbomachinery Dynamic Performance.- Nonlinear Dynamic Simulation of Turbomachinery Components and Systems.- Generic Modeling of Turbomachinery Components and Systems.- Modeling of Inlet, Exhaust, and Pipe Systems.- Modeling of Heat Exchangers, Combustion Chambers, Afterburners.- Modeling the Compressor Component, Design and Off-Design.- Turbine Aerodynamic Design and Off-design Performance.- Gas Turbine Engines, Design and Dynamic Performance.