Rotodynamic pump design

Turton condenses the core ideas behind designing rotodynamic pumps into a compact volume. Early chapters set out the fundamental hydraulic relationships, with attention to cavitation, and explain how centrifugal impellers and casings, along with axial-flow blades, must be shaped to perform properly.

The fourth chapter turns to analytical techniques for calculating flow, including the computer-aided design methods now common in the field. Two worked chapters follow: one takes a simple volute centrifugal pump through the preliminary design of its impeller and casing, and the other compares different ways of designing an axial-flow impeller.

Later material covers shafts, bearings, seals and drives in a dedicated chapter, then addresses the particular difficulties of pumping awkward liquids. The closing chapter describes the industrial codes and standard practices a designer must apply before a pump design can be finalised.

The book is aimed at graduate students and at researchers and working designers in mechanical, aeronautical, chemical and civil engineering.