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Summary: A "Bible" for pump designers
Review: A classic in the field of pump design, Stepanoff's "Centrifugal and Axial Flow Pumps" is written for the working engineer and pump designer, but is also a useful starting point for the academician.Filled with test data and real world design examples, the book has stood the test of time: Stepanoff's treatise is virtually unchanged since the late 1940's. It is mostly practical in its outlook, but doesn't overlook the theoretical basis for pump design. But make no mistake, even with the heavy use today of computer finite element routines and computational fluid dynamics, commercially successful pump hydraulic design is as much art and "feel", trained by test data, as it is theoretical -- a commercial pump manufacturer would go broke in a short time if he bought CFD codes, fired his pump designer, and threw away his old tests. This is exactly why Stepanoff's book is still up-to-data despite its folksy 1940's look. After spending many years as both a pump designer and a pump user, I bought my first copy in the 1970's, wore it out, and bought the reprint by Krieger last year. If you're contemplating working seriously in this field, either as a user or a designer, "Stepanoff" should be on your shelf. Martin Smith, PE
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Summary: Centrifugal and Axial Flow Pumps : Theory, Design, and Appli
Review: Book good for the Mechanical Engineers and Pump Designers, but not for the Civil Engineers. A lot of theoretical information in that book, but not an adequate amount of useful knowledge.
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