NASA Meatball Image

Gas Turbine Core Engine

Glenn
Research
Center

Animated computer drawing of gas turbine core construction

Button to Make Engine Button to Display Low Speed Rotation Button to Display High Speed Rotation Button to Stop Action

Every gas turbine engine has a combustion section (red), a compressor (cyan) and a turbine (magenta). The compressor, burner, and turbine are called the core of the engine, since all gas turbines have these components. The core is also referred to as the gas generator since the output of the core is hot exhaust gas.


Button to Display Propulsion Index


Guided Tours

Go to...

Beginner's Guide Home Page
Learning Technologies Home Page http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12
NASA Glenn Home Page http://www.grc.nasa.gov/
NASA Home Page http://www.nasa.gov/


by Tom Benson
Please send suggestions/corrections to: benson@grc.nasa.gov

Last Updated Thu, May 13 02:38:24 PM EDT 2021 by Tom Benson