| Title | Syllabus | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Turbines | Power plant cycles. Cycle analysis and design losses in steam turbines. Design of a stage. Design of multistage axial flow turbines. Vortex flow and low pressure stage design. Performance at varying loads governing, experiments on turbine cascades. Calculation of design point efficiency using cascade data. Short analysis of potential flow methods for flow through turbine blade cascade. | K.J. Salisbury, Steam Turbines and their Cycles, 1950. W.J. Kearton, Steam Turbine Theory and Practice, Pitman, 1958. |