Axial flow compressors : fluid mechanics and thermodynamics / J. H. Horlock

Contents-- 1. Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of axial compressors: some concepts-- 2. Two-dimensional cascades: theoretical analyses of performance-- 3. Two-dimensional cascades: experimental work-- 4. Two-dimensional or 'pitch line' design of compressor stages-- 5. Three-dimensional flow in compressor stages-- 6. Calculation of losses, stage efficiencies and characteristics, and compressor performance maps: secondary flows-- 7. The stalled performance of compressor stages and the surging of multi-stage compressors-- 8. Compressor testing and instrumentation-- 9. Supersonic compressors-- Appendix A: a preliminary design study of an axial flow compressor.