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Fluid Machinery

Fee: $895 / Online / Aug 8 - Oct 17, 2026 / Course Code: MEC-B6-F26D

OVERVIEW

  • Dimensional analysis and similitude
  • Performance characteristics
  • Specific speed and machine selection, idealized velocity diagram
  • System characteristics and operating point and matching a pump to a piping system
  • System regulation, momentum and energy transfer, thermodynamic analysis, and efficiency definitions
  • Two-dimensional cascade analysis and performance
  • Application to pumps, fans, compressors, and turbines
  • Performance limits due to unsteady flow stalling and cavitation

Suggested Reading Materials

Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, 5th Edition
Dixon, S.L. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.

Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications, 10th Edition
Finnemore, E.J. & J.B. Franzini. McGraw-Hill, 2002.

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