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The Axial Flow Turbine

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Turbocharging the Internal Combustion Engine

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In the early days of turbochargers, axial flow turbines were used exclusively, assisted by experience gained from aircraft gas turbine technology after 1945. Indeed, it was largely turbine blade material developments, pioneered for gas turbines, that made diesel engine turbochargers practicable.

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  1. Imperial College, London, UK

    N. Watson (Reader in Mechanical Engineering)

  2. Queen Mary College, London, UK

    M. S. Janota (Professor of Mechanical Engineering)

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Watson, N., Janota, M.S. (1982). The Axial Flow Turbine. In: Turbocharging the Internal Combustion Engine. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04024-7_5

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