Gas Turbine Technology

Paul Callaghan April 2011

Purpose:•I (Paul Callaghan) created this presentation in order to teach the fundamentals of aircraft propulsion to a school leaver preparing for an Apprenticeship Assessment Centre with Rolls-Royce.

• I obtained the images by searching through Google.

•I do not own any of the images and their representation herein does not assert any rights of ownership.

Principles of Propulsion

Gas Turbine Operation

Turbojet Operation

Suck

SqueezeBang Blow

Turbojet Engines

Rolls-Royce Avon

Rolls-Royce Olympus

Turbojet Aircraft

De Havilland Comet Powered by: Rolls-Royce Avon

ConcordePowered by: Rolls-Royce Olympus

Turbofan Operation

Turbofan Engines

Rolls-Royce Adour

Rolls-Royce Trent

Turbofan Aircraft

BAE HawkPowered by: Rolls-Royce Adour

Boeing 787 DreamlinerPowered by: Rolls-Royce Trent 900

TurboProp Operation

Turboprop Engines

Rolls-Royce AE T406

Rolls-Royce Dart

TurboProp Aircraft

Bell V-22 OspreyPowered by: Rolls-Royce AE T406

Fokker F27Powered by: Rolls-Royce Dart

TurboShaft Operation

TurboShaft Engines

Rolls-Royce Gnome

Rolls-Royce Gem

TurboShaft Aircraft

Westland LynxPowered by: Rolls-Royce Gem

Westland Sea KingPowered by: Rolls-Royce Gnome

Sense of Scale – Turbofan (Civil)

Sense of Scale - TurboFan (Military)

Sense of Scale - TurboShaft

Future Aircraft

Eurofighter TyphoonPowered by: Rolls-Royce EJ2000

Joint Strike FighterPowered by: General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136

Future PowerPlant

Rolls-Royce EJ2000

General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136