Fundamentals of Turbo Machines
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The official GTU curriculum for Fundamentals of Turbo Machines (subject code 2150102) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 43 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2150102)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Turbomachines
- Turbo machines
- Pumps and compressors
- Fans and blowers
- Incompressible and compressible flow machine
- Stages: Axial
- reaction and impulse
- Variable reaction stage
- Stage velocity triangle
- Design and off-design conditions
Unit 2 Axial Flow Compressor
- Geometry and working principle
- Stage velocity triangles
- Flow through blade row, Stage losses and efficiency
- Work done factor
- Low hub-tip ratio
- Supersonic and transonic stages
- Performance characteristics
Unit 3 Centrifugal flow compressors
- Introduction and different parts of centrifugal compressor
- Principles of operation
- Nature of impeller flow
- Slip factor
- Volute casing
- Performance characteristics and losses in centrifugal compressor
Unit 4 Axial Turbine
- Stage velocity triangle
- Single impulse stage
- Multistage velocity compounded impulse and Multistage pressure compounded impulse
- Reaction stages
- Blade to gas speed ratio
- Losses and efficiencies
- Performance charts
- Low hub-tip ration stage
Unit 5 Radial Turbine
- Elements of radial turbine stage
- Stage velocity triangles
- Stage losses
- Outward flow radial stage and Performance characteristics
Unit 6 Component Matching and Performance Evaluation
- Buckingham’s theorem
- Principle of similarity
- Incompressible & compressible flow machine
- Performance characteristics
- Equilibrium running diagram
- Determination and procedure to find equilibrium points
- Performance evaluation of single spool turbojet engine
- Operating line
- General matching procedure and transient operation
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