Table of Contents

1 Introduction2 Shaft power cycles3 Gas turbine cyles for aircraft propulsion4 Centrifugal compressors5 Axial flow compressors6 Combustion systems7 Axial and radial flow turbines8 Mechanical design of gas turbines9 Prediction of performance of simple gas turbines10 Prediction of performance - further topicsAppendix A - Some notes on gas dynamicsAppendix B - ProblemsAppendix C - referencesIndex