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.

1. Gas Turbine Technology Paul Callaghan April 2011

3. I obtained the images by searching through Google.

5. Gas Turbine Operation

6. Turbojet Operation Suck Squeeze Bang Blow

7. Turbojet Engines Rolls-Royce Avon Rolls-Royce Olympus

8. Turbojet Aircraft De Havilland Comet Powered by: Rolls-Royce Avon Concorde Powered by: Rolls-Royce Olympus

9. Turbofan Operation

10. Turbofan Engines Rolls-Royce Adour Rolls-Royce Trent

11. Turbofan Aircraft BAE Hawk Powered by: Rolls-Royce Adour Boeing 787 Dreamliner Powered by: Rolls-Royce Trent 900

12. TurboProp Operation

13. Turboprop Engines Rolls-Royce AE T406 Rolls-Royce Dart

14. TurboProp Aircraft Bell V-22 Osprey Powered by: Rolls-Royce AE T406 Fokker F27 Powered by: Rolls-Royce Dart

15. TurboShaft Operation

16. TurboShaft Engines Rolls-Royce Gnome Rolls-Royce Gem

17. TurboShaft Aircraft Westland Lynx Powered by: Rolls-Royce Gem Westland Sea King Powered by: Rolls-Royce Gnome

18. Sense of Scale – Turbofan (Civil)

19. Sense of Scale - TurboFan (Military)

20. Sense of Scale - TurboShaft

21. Future Aircraft Eurofighter Typhoon Powered by: Rolls-Royce EJ2000 Joint Strike Fighter Powered by: General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136

22. Future PowerPlant Rolls-Royce EJ2000 General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136