This textbook combines in a unique concept the design and construction of radial and axial fans
with the problem of noise generation as well as its mitigation already in the fan development
stage. The aim is to describe selected easily applicable methods of aerodynamic design and
noise prediction and to demonstrate their physical principles. Exercises with solutions
facilitate understanding. The completely revised and expanded edition now also includes
guidance on selecting fans for a given task simulation-based optimization methods for fan
design and psychoacoustic methods that can be used to measure the quality of fan noise. This
book is a translation of the original German 4th edition Ventilatoren by Thomas Carolus
published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH part of Springer Nature in 2020. The
translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the
service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content so that
the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature
works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the
related technologies to support the authors.
