DRDO Gas Turbine Research Establishment

I want to get the details of Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?

[Kiran Chandar]

Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) established on 1959. It is located in Bangalore.

Its primary function is research and development of aero gas-turbines for military aircraft.

Areas Of Work-

Conceptual design and performance prediction of gas turbine engines & sub-systems to meet the aero & marine requirements

Real-time simulation for performance verification and control system design
Internal CFD of turbo machinery.
Aerodynamic, Thermal & Structural Design.
Vibration and Rotor Dynamic Analysis.
Materials and Life Prediction.

Design, Development, Testing and Evaluation of :

Fan and Compressor.
Combustor.
Turbine.
Afterburner & Exhaust Nozzle.
Rotor support & Internal Flow system.
Accessory Drive Gear Box.

Digital Engine Control System:

Design, Development and Testing of Control Laws.
Modeling and Simulation of Electro-hydraulic Servo Systems.
Design, Development, Testing & Evaluation of Hydro Mechanical Systems & Digital Electronic Controller.
Hardware-in-loop Simulation and Testing.

Design, Development and Testing of Advanced Data Acquisition System for Engine and Components Testing.

Gas Turbine Engine Instrumentation.

Advance Manufacturing and Quality Assurance.

Testing to meet Certification of Engine & Sub-systems.

Aircraft-Engine Integration.

Ship-Engine Integration.

Development of Techniques for Fatigue Life Evaluation and Residual Life Assessment of Aero-engine Turbines.

Facility Available

Aerodynamic / Aerothermal

Compressor test facilities.
Cold Turbine test facility.
Combustor & Flow visualization facility.
Afterburner test facility.
Blade cooling test facility.

Engine Test Facilities

Normally aspirated engine test facilities.
High Mach Number engine test facility.

High mass flow high pressure air supply facility.

Structural Test Facilities

Bird ingestion test facility.
Engine casing containment test facility.
Engine casing test facility.
Engine gearbox endurance test facility.
Thermal fatigue test facility.
Labyrinth seal test facility.
Engine bearing seal test facility.
Shaft fatigue test facility.
Cyclic spin test facility.
Cyclic pressure test facility.
Dynamic Spin Test facility.

Other Facilities :

Attitude test facility.
Photoelastic laboratory ( 2D & 3D).
Holographic laboratory.
Residual stress measurement facility.
Vibration shaker with sine excitation facility.
Random vibration test facility.
Modal analysis system.
Aircraft cockpit environment control tests facility.
Environmental test facilities for actuators and DECU.

Materials Testing Facilities :

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive.
X-ray analysis.
Optical microscope with image analysis system.
Stereo-zoom microscope.
Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer.
Microhardness tester.
Ultrasonic material characterization system.
50T Universal Testing Machine.

Rapid Prototyping :

Stereolithography
Fused deposition modelling

Control System Test Facilities :

Fuel control system test facility.
Integrated nozzle actuation system test facility.
Electronic test rig for acceptance tests on Digital Electronic Control Unit (DECU).
Engine Control System Simulation rig facility.
Hardware-in-Loop Simulation (HILS) test facility.

Calibration Facilities :

Temperature.
Pressure.
Vibration.
Flow.
Electro-technical.
Mechanical measuring instruments.

Specialised Fabrication & Inspection Facilities :

Electron beam welding facility.
Vacuum heat treatment facility.
Titanium TIG welding facility.
NC machining facilities.
High speed blade tip grinding facility.
CNC shot peening facility.
NDT test facility.
3-D coordinate measuring facility.
High speed balancing facility.
Thermal Barrier Coating facility.
CNC pipe bending facility.
Orbital welding facility.
CNC Universal cylindrical grinding facility.

High Performance Parallel Computing Facility :

CFD - Numerical wind tunnel.
Structural analysis.

Virtual Reality Walk-Thru engine models.

Product Lifecycle Management :

Team Center

Contact address

Defence Avionics Research Establishment
CV Raman Nagar, Kaggadasapura
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560093