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Handbook of Turbomachinery Second Edition Revised - Ventech!

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the average for the gas flowing through the turbine. The net torque G acting<br />

on the rotor can be represented as the difference <strong>of</strong> two torques on either<br />

side <strong>of</strong> the rotor:<br />

G ¼ r1Fy1 r2Fy2 ð3Þ<br />

where Fy is the force in the tangential direction and r is the radius to the<br />

point. From Newton’s second law, the tangential force is equal to the rate <strong>of</strong><br />

Figure 7 Velocities at the inlet and exit <strong>of</strong> a turbine rotor.<br />

Copyright © 2003 Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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