Review of design of high-pressure turbine

The engine manufacturers adopt new measures in order to further improve the characteristics of a turbine engine. They pose new challenges to reduce a fuel consumption and an emission of pollution to the environment (including noise), but also keeping the highest level of reliability. Based on those considerations, current research in propulsion is conducted. Modern turbines are characterised by high inlet temperature. This has implications for engine efficiency, which is expressed with a change of mass, cross-section and fuel consumption. In this article, main trends in the development of turbine engines are presented. This analysis was carried out on the basis of Rolls-Royce engine data. The article presents literature review concerning the analytical methods of high-pressure turbines preliminary design. The aerodynamic design process is highly iterative, multidisciplinary and complex. Due to this, modern gas turbines need sophisticated tools in terms of aerodynamics, mechanical properties and materials. The article depicts simplified model of real turbine engine. As showed in the article, this model gives only a 10% error level in engine thrust value. The calculations may be used for preliminary engine analyses.