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Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, 5e

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Index Terms Links<br />

U<br />

Units<br />

Imperial (English) 3<br />

SI (Système International d’Unités) 3 78<br />

Universal gas constant 17 287<br />

V<br />

Vapour cavities 13 319<br />

Vapour pressure <strong>of</strong> water 14 316<br />

VAWT (Vertical axis wind turbine) 326<br />

Velocity perturbations 197<br />

Volute (see Scroll)<br />

Vortex design 57 179<br />

Vortex free 179<br />

Vorticity 179<br />

W<br />

secondary 65 203<br />

Watt, unit <strong>of</strong> power 4<br />

Wells turbine 125<br />

blade aspect ratio 130<br />

design <strong>and</strong> performance variables 129<br />

flow coefficient (effect <strong>of</strong>) 131<br />

hub/tip ratio (effect <strong>of</strong>) 131<br />

operating principle 126 133<br />

pitch-controlled blades 132<br />

solidity 131 132<br />

starting behaviour 131<br />

two-dimensional flow analysis 127<br />

variable pitch aerodynamic turbine 136<br />

velocity <strong>and</strong> force diagrams 128<br />

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