Patent attributes
A turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustion chamber, first and second turbines downstream from the combustion chamber, a first rotary shaft constrained to rotate at least with the compressor and the first turbine, a second rotary shaft constrained to rotate with the second turbine, the second rotary shaft nevertheless being free to rotate relative to the first rotary shaft, and a regulator for controlling the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber. The regulator cuts off the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber if the speed of rotation of the second rotary shaft exceeds a maximum threshold that varies as a function of at least one indicative physical parameter associated with mechanical power being extracted from the combustion gas by the second turbine. A method of regulating the turbine engine is also presented.