A Teaching Approach for Gas Turbines Using Spreadsheets

This paper describes a spreadsheet-based approach for the calculation of the component matching in a gas turbine engine. The spreadsheet solution is based on a classic, graphical method, so it can easily be understood by the student. The student can concentrate his attention on problem fundamentals and the solution, since no calculation effort is needed on his part. The teaching methodology has been satisfactorily used with Mechanical Engineering students, whose feed-back is summarized.