| Title | Syllabus | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Theory and Design of Fluid Machinery | General classification: Equations of work transfer for rotodynamic type machinery; operation, performance and similarity laws of rotodynamic type of pump, fan, blower and compressor; cavitation in pump; hydraulic design of centrifugal type pump and blower. Positive displacement type and jet pump type machinery: Impulse type and reaction type hydroturbines; operation, performance, similarity laws, governing, runaway speed; hydraulic design of impulse type and radial flow type hydroturbines. | Nagaratnam, S., Fluid Machines and Systems, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., 1971. Cherkassky, V.M., Pumps, Fans, Compressors MIR Publishers, 1977. Matley, J., Fluid Movers: Pumps, Compressors, Fans and Blowers, McGraw Hill Publication, 1979. Krivchenko, G.I., Hydraulic Machines: Turbines and Pumps, MIR Publishers, 1986. |