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- Dec 28, 2015
My second WW2 aviation book has been made available for pre-order from "The American Society of Mechanical Engineers" (ASME)
It is the translated technical memoirs of a German WW2 aviation engine designer at Daimler-Benz, who specialised in compressor development. (Dr Kollmann), his
son provided me with his fathers papers and I translated them during research for my first book "The Secret Horsepower Race". Dr Gülen (gas turbine expert at Bechtel Corp.)
assisted me by providing a "bridge" between the German theory from WW2 and modern methods. We`ve added a lot of extra material to increase the utility of Dr Kollmann`s
original text (which is indented to distinguish it).
Link to preorder below:
If you are very serious about your WW2 aero engine technology and understanding what techniques a German engineer actually used at the time, I do not think there
is an equivalent book in English to this one.
(The official sale blurb is below)
"By Karl Kollmann, Calum E. Douglas, and S. Can Gülen
This book is a unique blend of history, technology review, theoretical fundamentals, and design guide. The subject matter is primarily piston aeroengine superchargers - developed in Germany during the Second World War (WWII) - which are centrifugal compressors driven either by the main engine crankshaft or by an exhaust gas turbine. The core of the book is an unpublished manuscript by Karl Kollmann, who was a prominent engineer at Daimler-Benz before and during the war.
Dr. Kollmann's manuscript was discovered by Calum Douglas during his extensive research for his earlier book on piston aeroengine development in WWII. It contains a wealth of information on aerothermodynamic and mechanical design of centrifugal compressors in the form of formulae, charts, pictures, and rules of thumb, which, even 75 years later, constitute a valuable resource for engineering professionals and students.
In addition to the translation of the original manuscript from German, the authors have completely overhauled the chapters on the aerothermodynamics of centrifugal compressors so that the idiosyncratic coverage (characteristic of German scientific literature at that time) is familiar to a modern reader. Furthermore, the authors added chapters on exhaust gas turbines (for turbo-superchargers), piston aeroengines utilizing them, and turbojet gas turbines.
Drawing upon previously unpublished material from the archived German documents, those chapters provide a concise but technically precise and informative look into those technologies, where great strides were made in Germany during the war. In summary, the coverage is intended to be useful not only to history buffs with a technical bent but also to the practicing engineers and engineering students to help with their day-to-day activities in this particular field of turbomachinery."
It is the translated technical memoirs of a German WW2 aviation engine designer at Daimler-Benz, who specialised in compressor development. (Dr Kollmann), his
son provided me with his fathers papers and I translated them during research for my first book "The Secret Horsepower Race". Dr Gülen (gas turbine expert at Bechtel Corp.)
assisted me by providing a "bridge" between the German theory from WW2 and modern methods. We`ve added a lot of extra material to increase the utility of Dr Kollmann`s
original text (which is indented to distinguish it).
Link to preorder below:
If you are very serious about your WW2 aero engine technology and understanding what techniques a German engineer actually used at the time, I do not think there
is an equivalent book in English to this one.
(The official sale blurb is below)
"By Karl Kollmann, Calum E. Douglas, and S. Can Gülen
This book is a unique blend of history, technology review, theoretical fundamentals, and design guide. The subject matter is primarily piston aeroengine superchargers - developed in Germany during the Second World War (WWII) - which are centrifugal compressors driven either by the main engine crankshaft or by an exhaust gas turbine. The core of the book is an unpublished manuscript by Karl Kollmann, who was a prominent engineer at Daimler-Benz before and during the war.
Dr. Kollmann's manuscript was discovered by Calum Douglas during his extensive research for his earlier book on piston aeroengine development in WWII. It contains a wealth of information on aerothermodynamic and mechanical design of centrifugal compressors in the form of formulae, charts, pictures, and rules of thumb, which, even 75 years later, constitute a valuable resource for engineering professionals and students.
In addition to the translation of the original manuscript from German, the authors have completely overhauled the chapters on the aerothermodynamics of centrifugal compressors so that the idiosyncratic coverage (characteristic of German scientific literature at that time) is familiar to a modern reader. Furthermore, the authors added chapters on exhaust gas turbines (for turbo-superchargers), piston aeroengines utilizing them, and turbojet gas turbines.
Drawing upon previously unpublished material from the archived German documents, those chapters provide a concise but technically precise and informative look into those technologies, where great strides were made in Germany during the war. In summary, the coverage is intended to be useful not only to history buffs with a technical bent but also to the practicing engineers and engineering students to help with their day-to-day activities in this particular field of turbomachinery."
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No you are not. Hope your books will stay prime as Engineman said. Good luck and well done!
