The course will also be of value to experienced engineers in the gas turbine manufacturing and user industries who have a need for an overview of the design and performance of the whole engine. The majority of material is presented by way of lectures and tutorials in one of the School's well-appointed lecture theatres. Most sessions are of 50 minutes duration. Most session presenters encourage extensive interaction with course delegates. Senior industrial engineers may be invited to support some aspects of the course material.
Extensive use is made of visual aids.
The majority of the lecture courses are supported with printed lecture notes. Fundamental fluid mechanics applied to the gas turbine engine. Properties of gases including entropy and viscosity. Reynolds number effect and qualitative treatment of boundary layer behaviour. Adiabatic and isentropic flow, static and stagnation conditions.