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Gas Turbine Engines: Jet Propulsion & Aerospace Engineering
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78 students
Gas Turbine Engines: Jet Propulsion & Aerospace Engineering
Aircraft Engine Design, Components, Fluid Flow, Performance, Maintenance & Condition Monitoring | Aviation Engineering
Last updated 11/2026
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What you'll learn
- Explain the gas turbine cycle and how a jet engine converts fuel energy into thrust or shaft power
- Describe the role of the compressor, combustor and turbine and how each one affects the others
- Follow the flow of air and gas through the engine stages and relate it to engine performance
- Interpret gas turbine performance specifications, operating parameters and efficiency figures
- Understand the design principles and manufacturing methods used for major engine components
- Outline gas turbine maintenance practices, inspection techniques and common troubleshooting steps
- Use condition monitoring data to judge engine health and support maintenance decisions
- Relate gas turbine theory to commercial and military aircraft propulsion and to power generation
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Course content
9 sections • 11 lectures • 2h 31m total length
Requirements
- No prior aerospace or gas turbine experience is required — the course starts from the basic cycle
- Any engineering, technical or aviation background is enough to follow the course
- Some school-level physics helps, but the key concepts are explained as they come up
- No software or purchases needed
Description
A gas turbine takes in air, compresses it, burns fuel in it and expands the hot gas through a turbine. That simple cycle powers almost every modern aircraft and a large share of the world's power stations.
Most engineers meet it as a thermodynamics diagram. Far fewer can explain how the compressor, combustor and turbine work together, why performance falls away, or how an engine is kept healthy in service.
This course takes the engine from first principles through components, fluid flow, performance, design, maintenance and condition monitoring.
In this course you will learn how gas turbine engines work and how they are kept running.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN TO DO
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain the gas turbine cycle and how an engine turns fuel into thrust or shaft power
- Describe what the compressor, combustor and turbine each do and how they interact
- Follow the air and gas flow through the engine stages and relate it to performance
- Read engine performance figures and the operating parameters behind them
- Understand the design and manufacturing choices behind major engine components
- Outline the maintenance and inspection practices used on gas turbines
- Apply condition monitoring to track engine health and plan maintenance
- Connect the theory to aircraft propulsion and to land-based power generation
HOW THE COURSE IS TAUGHT
- Built from the basic cycle upward, so each component is placed in context
- Concepts explained in plain terms before any detail is added
- Linked to real aircraft engine and power generation applications throughout
- Short, focused lectures across eight topic sections
- No software or prior aerospace experience needed
WHAT IS COVERED
- Introduction to gas turbine technology and its history
- Gas turbine engine components — compressor, combustor and turbine
- Fluid flow through gas turbine stages
- Performance and specifications
- Component design and manufacture
- Gas turbine maintenance and inspection
- Condition monitoring and engine health
- Applications in aviation and power generation
70 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Every section ends with a quiz built around realistic scenarios, so you test your understanding as you go and reinforce what you have learned. Each answer comes with a short explanation.
HANDS-ON PRACTICE
- 1 roleplay: talk through real workplace situations with a character, such as a sceptical manager, a contractor cutting corners or a client pushing back, and get feedback on how you handled it
- 2 practical assignments: realistic engineering tasks with full worked solutions and the common mistakes to avoid
Enrol today and learn how the engines that power modern aviation really work.
Who this course is for:
- Aerospace and mechanical engineering students who need a practical picture of how jet engines work
- Pilots and aviation professionals who want to understand the engines they operate
- Aircraft maintenance technicians who want the theory behind their day-to-day engine work
- Mechanical and power engineers moving into gas turbine or aerospace roles
- Graduate engineers joining aerospace, defence or power generation employers