For students, engineers, and researchers seeking to master this complex field, stands out as a definitive textbook. Published by Wiley, this seminal text bridges the gap between fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and practical engineering design.

Pumps add energy to liquids. Peng segregates pump analysis into two distinct topologies:

Before diving into the machinery itself, Peng refreshes the reader on crucial principles:

For aerospace students, this is gold. Peng explains surge and rotating stall—the two killers of jet engines and industrial compressors. He uses a simple spring-mass analogy to explain why surge is a system-level instability. The chapter concludes with surge avoidance techniques: bleed valves, variable inlet guide vanes, and active control.

The textbook is consistently praised as a "comprehensive introduction" and an "accessible and up-to-date" resource. Readers frequently comment on the depth of coverage and the practical selection criteria that are so valuable in industry.

Detailed explanations of isentropic and polytropic efficiencies.