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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION AND DECLARATION

When submitting evidence for assessment, each student must sign a declaration confirming that the
work is their own.

Student name: Assessor name:

Charles Gibson

Issue date: Submission date: Submitted on:

08/02/2024 08/03/2023 before 2359
Formative assessment date:
03/03/2023 before 2359

Programme:

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Aeronautical

Engineering
Unit:
56: Aircraft Propulsion Principles & Technology

Assignment number and title:

Assignment 1 – Construction, Function and Operation of Gas Turbines & Components

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a particular form of cheating. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and students who
break the rules, however innocently, may be penalised. It is your responsibility to ensure that you
understand correct referencing practices. As a university level student, you are expected to use
appropriate references throughout and keep carefully detailed notes of all your sources of materials
for material you have used in your work, including any material downloaded from the Internet. Please
consult the relevant unit lecturer or your course tutor if you need any further advice.

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Student declaration
I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand the
consequences of plagiarism. I understand that making a false declaration is a form of
malpractice.
I also understand that my assignment will be processed by electronic plagiarism software and
the results used to determine if any malpractice has taken place.

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Assignment Brief (RQF)

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Aeronautical

Engineering
Student Name/ID Number:

Unit Number and Title: 56: Aircraft Propulsion Principles & Technology

Academic Year: 2023/2024

Unit Assessor: Charles Gibson

Assignment 1 – Construction, Function and Operation of Gas

Assignment Title:
Turbines & Components

Issue Date: 08/02/2024

Submission Date: 08/03/2024

Internal Verifier Name: N. Machin

Date:

Submission Format:

The submission is in the form of an individual written report uploaded using the online
submission portal via Urkund. This should be written in a concise, formal report style,
using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings,
paragraphs and subsections, as appropriate, and all work must be supported with
research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system. You are also
required to provide a bibliography of research texts using the Harvard referencing
format.

Word count guide for this assignments pass criteria is 2500 words. This
is only a guide and you will not be penalised in any way for being over or
under this word count. In addition, it should be noted that it is not an
indication of criteria achievement if your word count reaches 2500
words. The pass criteria can be achieved with a lower or higher word
count as it is the correct content of your work that achieves the criteria
not the word count.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

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LO2 Examine the construction, function and operation of gas turbine engines and
components.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Scenario / Task
You have been employed as a trainee design technician in Leonardo Helicopters and
you have been tasked by your line manager to investigate and compile a written
report that analyses the performance of gas turbine engines and explains the
construction, function and operation of gas turbine engines and their associated
components.

Your report must include the following:

1. Clear diagrams and supporting text that illustrates the construction and
operation of the following gas turbine variants: Turbojet, Turbofan, Turboshaft
and Turbo prop.

2. A description of the function and operation of gas turbine engine intakes,

compressors, combustors, turbines and exhaust components (you must cover
all variants of these major components as applicable).

Conducting your own research, you are also required to calculate the relative
performance of the engine types as follows:

3. Calculate the thrust produced by a turbojet engine if the mass flow rate of air at
entry is 200Kgs-1 and its velocity at entry is 400ms-1 and the mass flow rate of
the exhaust gas is 8000Kgs-1 and its velocity is 1000ms-1.

4. A high bypass turbofan has a bypass ratio of 5:1. If the mass flow rate of air
entering the engine is 500Kgs-1, the velocity of the aircraft is 120ms-1, the
bypass velocity is 180ms-1, the exhaust velocity is 220ms-1 and the mass flow
rate at exit from the core is 200Kgs-1. Calculate the engine thrust.

5. Calculate the thrust produced by a turboprop aircraft if the free stream has a
mass flow rate of 200Kgs-1 and velocity of 100ms-1, the propeller accelerates
the air to a velocity of 450ms-1 and the mass flow rate and velocity at exhaust
from the core are 150Kgs-1 and 225ms-1 respectively.

Using the performance data calculated in paras 3 thru 5 above, conduct an analysis of
the constructional features, functions and operation of the four engine types detailed
in para 1 above, assessing the relative performance of each engine arrangement
stating why different engine types are used in aircraft.
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction
LO2 Explain the P3 Illustrate the M2 Explore the D2 Analyse the
construction, construction and construction, constructional
function and operation of function and features, function
operation of gas turbojet, turbofan, operation of and operation of
turbine engines and turboshaft and turbojet, turbofan, turbojet, turbofan,
components turboprop gas turboshaft and turboshaft and
turbine engines. turboprop gas turboprop gas
turbine engines and turbine engines and
their components, their components,
identifying, with assessing the
calculations, the relative performance
relative performance of each engine and
of each engine type. component
arrangement.
P4 Describe the
function and
operation of gas
turbine engine,
intake, compressor,
combustor, turbine
and exhaust
components

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