ve1ocitytransducers, 566
vibration instrumentationse1ection,
668-70.ibration measurements,.ibration spectra, interpretation
of, 569-74.ibrations,forced, 186-9.iscous damping,182, 183.o1ute, 247-9
W
.ash, hotsection, 454-5.ashing,compressor, 455-6.ater, injectionof, 101-5.hee1a11oys,turbine, 425-7
12 Cra11oys, 426-7
A286a11oy, 427
a11oy 706 nicke1-baseda11oy, 425
a11oy 718 nicke1-baseda11oy, 425
Cr-Mo-.a11oy, 425-6 .hir1
aerodynamic, 209-10
dry-friction, 207-8
from f1uid trapped inrotor, 210-11
hysteretic, 206-7
oi1, 208-9.obbeIndex, 383.orkfactor,337, 341-2
Y
Yittrium, 433
z
Zero exit swir1diagram, 343Zero prewhir1, 229
About the Author
Dr Meherwan P Boyce, P E , Fe11ow ASME . IDGTE. has over 35 years of experience in the fie1d of Turbomachinery in both industry and academia .is industria1 experience covers twenty years as Chairman and CEOof Boyce Engineering Internationa1, and five years as a designer of compressors and tur-bines for gas turbines for various gas turbine manufacturers .is academic experiencecovers a fifteen year period, which inc1udes the position of Professor of Mechanica1 Engineering at Texas A.M .niversity and Founder of the Turbomachinery .abora-tories and the Turbomachinery Symposium,
which is now in its thirtieth year .e is the author of severa1 books inc1uding Ga. Turbine Engineering Handbook (Gu1fProfessiona1 Pub1ishing), Cogeneration and Combined Cyc.e Power P.ant. (ASME Press), and Centrifuga.Compressors, ABasic Guide (Penn.e11 Books) .e is a contributor to severa1 handbooks. his 1atest contribution is to the Perry'. Chemica.EngineeringHandbookSeventh Edition (McGraw .i11)in the areas of transport and storage of f1uids, and gas turbines Dr Boyce has taught over 100 short courses around the wor1d attended by over3,000 students representing over 400 companies.e is a consu1tant to the aerospace,petrochemica1 and uti1ity industries g1oba11y, and is a much-requested speaker at universities and conferences throughout the wor1d
Dr Boyce has authored more than 100 technica1 papers and reports onGasTurbines, Compressors Pumps, F1uid Mechanics, and TurboMachinery .e is a Fe11ow of the ASME, and the Institute of Diese1 and Gas TurbineEngineers, . . , and member ofSAE, .SPE and severa1 other professiona1 and honorary societies .e is a1so a registered professiona1 engineer in Texas
Dr Boyce received a B S and M S in mechanica1 engineering from the South Dakota Schoo1 of Mines and Techno1ogy and the State .niversity of.ewYork, respective1y, and a Ph D (aerospace . mechanica1 engineering) from the .niversity of Ok1ahoma
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