Summarizes the analysis and design of today's gas heat engine cycles
This book offers readers comprehensive coverage of heat engine cycles.
From ideal (theoretical) cycles to practical cycles and real cycles, it
gradually increases in degree of complexity so that newcomers can learn
and advance at a logical pace, and so instructors can tailor their
courses toward each class level. To facilitate the transition from one
type of cycle to another, it offers readers additional material covering
fundamental engineering science principles in mechanics, fluid
mechanics, thermodynamics, and thermochemistry.
Fundamentals of Heat Engines: Reciprocating and Gas Turbine
Internal-Combustion Engines begins with a review of some fundamental
principles of engineering science, before covering a wide range of
topics on thermochemistry. It next discusses theoretical aspects of the
reciprocating piston engine, starting with simple air-standard cycles,
followed by theoretical cycles of forced induction engines, and ending
with more realistic cycles that can be used to predict engine
performance as a first approximation. Lastly, the book looks at gas
turbines and covers cycles with gradually increasing complexity to end
with realistic engine design-point and off-design calculations methods.
- Covers two main heat engines in one single reference
- Teaches heat engine fundamentals as well as advanced topics
- Includes comprehensive thermodynamic and thermochemistry data
- Offers customizable content to suit beginner or advanced undergraduate
courses and entry-level postgraduate studies in automotive,
mechanical, and aerospace degrees
- Provides representative problems at the end of most chapters, along
with a detailed example of piston-engine design-point calculations
- Features case studies of design-point calculations of gas turbine
engines in two chapters
Fundamentals of Heat Engines can be adopted for mechanical, aerospace,
and automotive engineering courses at different levels and will also
benefit engineering professionals in those fields and beyond.
