Christopher E. Brennen is Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology. He has published more than 200 refereed articles and is especially well known for his research on cavitation and turbomachinery flows, as well as multiphase flows. He is the author of Fundamentals of Multiphase Flows and Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics and has edited several other works.
1. Introduction
2. Basic principles
3. Two-dimensional performance analysis
4. Other flow features
5. Cavitation parameters and inception
6. Bubble dynamics, damage and noise
7. Cavitation and pump performance
8. Pump vibration
9. Unsteady flow in hydraulic systems
10. Radial and rotodynamic forces.
