Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 599
the speedwould be 38,100 E. P. M. But such a speed is beyond 586 Steam Engineering the limits of strength of material, and the speed of steamturbines is accordingly kept within the bounds of safety,and strength of material. Form of Blade.—The blades or buckets should be ofsuch form, and curvature… … Fig. 238 W- exit from the guide, and rotating wheel is of the greatestimportance. In order to get the desired angle, the lastpart of the blade should be kept straight, at least to thefoot of the perpendicular dropped from Ax, or the lengthA B in Fig. 238. From there on, the channel should leadin…
