Steam Turbines: Theory and Design First Edition

This book is an English translation of the original Russian book. It was translated by Dr. A. Jaganmohan - retired Professor from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India. The English translation flows very smoothly and, so makes the reading very easy. The book mainly describes Russian practises in designing and building steam turbines that was being followed during late 1950s and 1960s. The units used in the book are Metric (and not SI). The book describes both the theoretical principles and the construction details. But, let us be realistic - the fundamental principles of steam turbines have not really changed since the time of writing the book. So, the book is still relevant even today. The book is quite well illustrated. The book used to be used as a textbook for Graduate classes on Turbomachinery at IIT Mumbai. But, I am of the opinion that the book will be more useful for a practising Engineer than for a College Graduate student.

Very good

very good book and lets face it, you can rarely find a book that is about that !

Great book clear and concise.

It seems to be a cheap photocopy of an original book. The content is statisfactory whereas the Figures resolution should have been better.

excellent

Excellent explanations. I mean text and drawings.

I have an old edition of this book (very old, back to 60s I think, since no year provided). The list of contents include:I. Theory and design of steam turbines1.1. Intro1.2. Flow of steam through a turbine stage1.3. Concept from gas dynamics1.4. Determination of nozzle and blade1.5. Energy losses1.6. Single stage turbines1.7. Multistage turbine1.8. Turbine performance at varying load1.9. Governor and governor gears1.10 Contructional detail of multistage condensing turbines1.11 back pressure and mixed pressure turb.II. Design and Construction of Steam Turbine Component2.1. Constructon of cylinder and their detail2.2 Contruction turbine rotors and their comp.Overall it gives the good reference. I don't give 5 stars since:1. I don't have the latest edition, so I don't know what kind of update that they made.2. I have don't have any time to compare with other books with same topic, the closest one I got is about turbomachinary.