Gas Turbine Fundamentals Course
About our
The Gas Turbine Fundamentals course introduces the essential principles of these thermodynamic machines, covering thermodynamic cycles, key components (compressors, combustion chambers, turbines), and performance analysis. Concepts such as efficiency, pressure-temperature relationship, and temperature relationship are explored, as well as applications in aviation, power generation, and industrial propulsion. A solid foundation for understanding and analyzing complex systems is provided.
The course includes analysis of fluid flow, combustion, and component design, with an emphasis on simulation and calculation. Participants learn about materials, failures, and maintenance, essential for safe and efficient operation. The training prepares them for roles such as design engineers, performance analysts, and maintenance specialists, opening opportunities in the energy and aerospace industries.
Gas Turbine Fundamentals Course
- Format: Hybrid
- Duration: 3 months
- Hours: 300 H
- Language: English / Spanish
- Registration date: 23-10-2026
- Start date: 12-12-2026
- Available places: 3
699 $
Competencies and results
What you will learn
1. Essential Fundamentals: Design, Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbines
## What Will You Learn? Essential Fundamentals: Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Gas Turbines
This course will provide you with a solid foundation in the fundamental aspects of gas turbines, from design and operation to maintenance. The key knowledge you will acquire is detailed below:
1. **Analysis of Critical Components:**
* Analyze complex couplings: flap-lag-torsion, crucial for understanding the dynamic behavior of the blades and their interaction with the airflow.
* Identify and evaluate unstable aerodynamic phenomena: whirl flutter, a potential source of catastrophic failure.
* Understand the failure mechanisms of fatigue in components subjected to cyclic loads and high temperatures.
2. **Advanced Design and Manufacturing:**
* Dimension advanced structural components: laminated in composites, using finite element (FE) methods to ensure strength and durability.
* Design efficient and reliable joints: analyze different types of joints and bonded joints using FE, optimizing their strength and minimizing stress concentration.
3. **Predictive Maintenance and Damage Assessment:**
* Implement damage tolerance strategies, evaluating the remaining service life of components and planning inspections and replacements.
* Apply non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques: using ultrasonic testing (UT), radiography (RT), and thermography to detect internal defects and assess component integrity without disassembly.
2. In-depth Analysis: Rotors, Advanced Modeling and Optimal Performance
- Master the analysis of rotor dynamics, including the study of complex phenomena such as flap-lag-torsion coupling, whirl flutter instability, and fatigue assessment in critical components.
- Gain in-depth knowledge of advanced structural modeling, with special emphasis on the dimensioning of composite laminates, the design and analysis of joints, and the optimization of bonded joints, using Finite Element (FE) techniques.
- Apply design strategies for damage tolerance, including the implementation of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques such as Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Radiography (RT), and Thermography, to ensure structural integrity and operational safety.
3. Comprehensive user-oriented design and validation (from modeling to manufacturing)
You will learn to integrate the entire product development process, from initial model conception to final validation, applying user-centered methodologies. You will develop skills in parametric design, ergonomics, simulation, sustainable materials, 3D visualization, and manufacturing management, ensuring efficient, safe solutions that meet current industry standards.
4. Rotor Modeling: Performance and Optimization of Gas Turbines
4. Rotor Modeling: Performance and Optimization of Gas Turbines
- Understand the dynamic behavior of rotors, including vibration mode and resonance analysis.
- Study the effects of flap-lag-torsion couplings, crucial for blade stability and design.
- Evaluate phenomena such as whirl flutter, identifying their causes and mitigation strategies.
- Analyze the fatigue of materials in rotor blades, applying service life models.
- Apply finite element analysis (FEA) methods to simulate the structural and thermal behavior of rotors.
- Dimension laminates in composites, optimizing strength and weight.
- Design and analyze joints and Bonded joints (adhesive joints) with FEA, ensuring their integrity.
Implement damage tolerance techniques, evaluating crack propagation and remaining service life.
Use non-destructive testing (NDT) methods such as UT/RT/thermography for defect detection.
Optimize rotor design to improve gas turbine performance and efficiency.
Study rotor balancing techniques and vibration reduction.
Analyze the impact of operating conditions (temperature, pressure, speed) on rotor performance.
5. Rotor Analysis: Modeling, Performance and Gas Turbines
5. Rotor Analysis: Modeling, Performance, and Gas Turbines
- Master the modeling and numerical simulation of rotors, including the application of finite element analysis (FEA).
- Evaluate the aerodynamic performance of rotors and gas turbines, considering efficiencies and losses.
- Understand the operating principles and design characteristics of gas turbines.
- Analyze rotor failure modes, including the study of vibrations and resonances.
- Study the structural dynamics of rotors and their interaction with airflow.
- Apply specialized software tools for the analysis of rotors and gas turbines.
- Develop skills in interpreting simulation results and applying them to the design and optimization of rotors.
- Analyze flap-lag-torsion couplings. whirl flutter and fatigue.
- Size laminates in composites, unions and bonded joints with FE.
- Implement damage tolerance and NDT (UT/RT/thermography).
6. Rotor Modeling in Gas Turbines: Performance and Simulation
6. Rotor Modeling in Gas Turbines: Performance and Simulation
- Understand rotor aerodynamics and its influence on overall performance.
- Apply finite element analysis (FEA) methods to simulate structural behavior.
- Evaluate rotor response to static and dynamic loads.
- Analyze flap-lag-torsion, whirl flutter, and fatigue couplings.
- Study vibration sources and design mitigation strategies.
- Dimension laminates in composites, joints, and bonded joints using FE.
- Understand the design and certification criteria for gas turbine rotors.
- Implement damage tolerance and NDT (UT/RT/thermography).
- Optimize rotor design to improve efficiency and durability.
- Interpret simulation results and validate models.
Who this program is for:
Gas Turbine Fundamentals Course
- Engineers with degrees in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related fields.
- Technical personnel and professionals working in original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of rotorcraft/eVTOLs, Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) companies, consulting firms, and technology research centers.
- Specialists in flight testing, aeronautical certification, avionics, control systems, and flight dynamics who wish to expand their knowledge.
- Regulators, officials from aviation authorities, and Professionals in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM)/eVTOL sector who need to acquire skills in regulatory compliance.
Suggested requirements: Prior knowledge of aerodynamics, control, and structural analysis is recommended. Fluency in English or Spanish at level B2+/C1 is required. We offer bridging tracks for students who need to strengthen their knowledge.
- Standards-driven curriculum: you will work with CS-27/CS-29, DO-160, DO-178C/DO-254, ARP4754A/ARP4761, ADS-33E-PRF from the first module.
- Accreditable laboratories (EN ISO/IEC 17025) with rotor bench, EMC/Lightning pre-compliance, HIL/SIL, vibrations/acoustics.
- Evidence-oriented TFM: safety case, test plan, compliance dossierand operational limits.
- Mentored by industry: teachers with experience in rotorcraft, tiltrotor, eVTOL/UAM and flight test.
- Flexible modality (hybrid/online), international cohorts and support from SEIUM Career Services.
- Ethics and security: safety-by-design approach, cyber-OT, DIH and compliance as pillars.
1.1 Introduction to Gas Turbines: Fundamental Principles
1.2 Key Components: Design and Functions
1.3 Thermodynamic Cycle of Gas Turbines
1.4 Detailed Operation: Start-up, Normal Operation, and Shutdown
1.5 Control and Monitoring Systems
1.6 Fuels and Combustion Systems
1.7 Lubrication and Cooling Systems
1.8 Preventive and Corrective Maintenance
1.9 Common Problems and Solutions
1.10 Safety in the Operation of Gas Turbines
2.2 Introduction to Advanced Rotor Modeling
2.2 Design and Operating Principles of Gas Turbine Rotors
2.3 Computational Rotor Modeling: Software and Tools
2.4 Stress and Strain Analysis in Rotors
2.5 Airflow Modeling in Rotors: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
2.6 Rotor Design Optimization for Performance
2.7 Rotor Performance Evaluation: Efficiency Analysis
2.8 Rotor Failure Analysis and Maintenance
2.9 Advanced Materials in Rotor Manufacturing
2.20 Case Studies: Real-World Applications and Performance Improvement
3.3 Gas Turbine Design: Fundamental Principles
3.2 Gas Turbine Operation and Control: Systems and Procedures
3.3 Preventive and Corrective Maintenance of Gas Turbines
3.4 Structural Analysis of Rotors: Materials and Design
3.5 Advanced Rotor Modeling: Dynamics and Vibrations
3.6 Performance Optimization: Efficiency and Power
3.7 Key Components of Gas Turbines: Design and Operation
3.8 Failure Analysis of Gas Turbines and Rotors
3.9 CFD Simulation and Analysis of Gas Turbines
3.30 Applications and Case Studies: Shipbuilding Industry
4.4 Introduction to Rotor Modeling: Concepts and Fundamentals
4.2 Rotor Design and Analysis: Methodologies and Tools
4.3 Numerical Rotor Modeling: Flow and Structural Simulation
4.4 Rotor Performance Optimization: Strategies and Techniques
4.5 Rotor Materials and Manufacturing: Selection and Processes
4.6 Rotor Dynamics: Vibration and Failure Analysis
4.7 Advanced Rotor Modeling: System and Component Integration
4.8 Rotor Testing and Validation: Trials and Results
4.9 Applications of Rotor Modeling: Case Studies and Examples
4.40 Future Trends in Rotor Modeling: Innovation and Development
5.5 Fundamentals of Rotor Analysis in Gas Turbines
5.5 Principles of Rotor Modeling and Their Application
5.3 Stress and Strain Analysis in Rotors
5.4 Evaluation of Rotor Performance and Efficiency
5.5 Gas Flow Modeling and Its Interaction with Rotors
5.6 Optimization Techniques for Rotor Design
5.7 Vibration and Dynamics Analysis of Rotors
5.8 Common Rotor Failures and Maintenance
5.9 Computational Simulation and Analysis Tools
5.50 Case Studies: Rotor Analysis in Gas Turbines
6.6 Introduction to Rotor Modeling: Key Concepts and Model Types
6.2 Fundamentals of Gas Turbine Simulation: Tools and Methodologies
6.3 Modeling Rotor Behavior: Structure, Materials, and Design
6.4 Simulating Rotor Performance: Airflow, Thermodynamics, and Efficiency
6.5 Failure Modeling and Fatigue Analysis in Turbine Rotors
6.6 Simulating Rotor Vibration and Dynamics: Prevention and Mitigation
6.7 Practical Applications of Modeling and Simulation: Case Studies
6.8 Rotor Design Optimization: Advanced Strategies and Techniques
6.9 Integrating Modeling and Simulation into the Design Process: Workflow
6.60 Future Trends: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Rotor Modeling
- Hands-on methodology: test-before-you-trust, design reviews, failure analysis, compliance evidence.
- Software (depending on licenses/partners): MATLAB/Simulink, Python (NumPy/SciPy), OpenVSP, SU2/OpenFOAM, Nastran/Abaqus, AMESim/Modelica, acoustics tools, planning toolchains DO-178C.
- SEIUM Laboratories: scale rotor bench, vibrations/acoustics, EMC/Lightning pre-compliance, HIL/SIL for AFCS, data acquisition with strain gauging.
- Standards and compliance: EN 9100, 17025, ISO 27001, GDPR.
Capstone-type projects
Admissions, fees, and scholarships
- Profile: Background in Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields; practical experience in NLP and valued information retrieval systems.
- Documentation: Updated CV, academic transcript, SOP/statement of purpose, project examples or code (optional).
- Process: Application → Technical evaluation of profile and experience → Technical interview → Review of case studies → Final decision → Enrollment.
- Fees:
- Single payment: 10% discount.
- Payment in 3 installments: No fees; 30% upon registration + 2 equal monthly payments of the remaining 35%.
Monthly payment: available with a 7% commission on the total; annual review.
Scholarships: based on academic merit, financial need, and promoting inclusion; agreements with companies in the sector for partial or full scholarships.
See “Calendar & Calls for Applications,” “Scholarships & Grants,” and “Fees & Financing” in the SEIUM mega-menu.
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F. A. Q
Frequently asked questions
Yes, we have international certification
Yes: experimental models, real data, applied simulations, professional environments, real case studies.
It is not mandatory. We offer leveling tracks and tutoring.
Completely. It covers e-propulsion, integration, and emerging regulations (SC-VTOL).
Recommended. There are also internal challenges and consortiums.
Yes. Online/hybrid modality with planned labs and visa support (see “Visa & Residence”).