Excerpt from Design of Transonic Cascades by Conformal Transformation of the Complex Characteristics Even a casual reading of newspaper or magazine articles suggests that ours is a world which is vitally concerned with both the production and conservation of energy. People every where are searching for new, cheaper, and environmentally safe energy resources, while others are trying to find more efficient ways of using the energy we already have. This work is consistent with those efforts in that it seeks to further develop a technology which, properly applied, could contribute to the solution of both aspects of the energy problem. To be specific, we are here concerned with developing a procedure for the numerical design of transonic turbine and compressor blade profiles in two dimensions. We say that a flow is transonic if it attains speeds both above and below that of sound. Such a procedure might be used to design more efficient axial flow compressors for use in the produc tion of enriched uranium at gaseous diffusion plants, as well as in the construction of lighter, more efficient airplane engines for better fuel consumption. Improving the design of high speed turbomachinery could be of practical benefit to a great many people. The techniques used here are a direct result of work on the supercritical wing. First designed by Whitcomb and his associates at the Langley Research Center in Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.