Technical Papers and Articles
- Hardin, James R., “CFD for Turbomachinery, What to Expect and What Not to Expect,” Proceedings of the 2020 Spring Meeting and 16th Global Congress on Process Safety, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, August, 2020.
- Hardin, James R., “Losing the Loss Coefficient,” Hydrocarbon Engineering, May 2020.
- Thorat, Manish R. and Hardin, James R.; “Rotordynamic Characteristics Prediction for Hole-Pattern Seals Using Computational Fluid Dynamics,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Paper 021004, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, February 2020.
- Thorat, Manish R. and Hardin, James R.; “Rotordynamic Characteristics Prediction for Hole-Pattern Seals Using CFD,” Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2019, Technical Paper GT2019-90846, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019.
- Sorokes, James; Hardin, James; Hutchinson, Brad; “A CFD Primer: What Do All Those Colors Really Mean?” Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Turbomachinery Symposium, Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September 2016.
- Jariwala, Vishal; Larosiliere, Louis; Hardin, James; “Design Exploration of a Return Channel for Multistage Centrifugal Compressors,” Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2016, Technical Paper GT2016-57777, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016.
- Jariwala, Vishal; Turner, Daryll; Hardin, James; “Computational Investigation of Coupling Guard Heating and Mitigation,” Proceedings of the Forty-Third Turbomachinery Symposium, Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September 2014.
- Lerche, Andrew H., Moore, J. Jeffrey; White, Nicholas M.; Hardin, James; “Dynamic Stress Prediction in Centrifugal Compressor Blades Using Fluid Structure Interaction,” Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, Technical Paper GT2012-69933, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012.
- Zhang, D.; Engeda A.; Hardin, J. R.; Aungier, R. H.; “Experimental Study of Steam Turbine Control Valves,” Proceedings of the I MECH E Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 218, No. 5, 1 May 2004, pp. 493-507.
- Hardin, Jim; Kushner, Frank; and Koester, Stephen; “Elimination of Flow-Induced Instability From Steam Turbine Control Valves,” Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Turbomachinery Symposium, Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September 2003, pp. 99-108.
- Hardin, James R., “A New Approach To Predicting Centrifugal Compressor Sideload Pressure,” Proceedings of IMECE2002, Technical Paper IMECE2002-39592, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002.
- Hardin, Jim and Amineni, Naresh, “Tip Seal Leakage In Turbine Stage Analyses,” CFX Update, No. 22, ISSN 0965-1608, AEA Technology, p 21, Autumn 2002.
- Hardin, James R. and Boal, Charles F., “Using CFD To Improve Stall Margin,” Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fluids Engineering Division – 1999, FED-Vol. 250, pp 115-121, 1999.
- Coward, Lane Hunter and Hardin, James R., “Analyzing Gas Turbine Failures To Identify Training Shortfalls,” Technical Paper 96-GT-329, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1996.
- Hardin, James R; Howell, Ivan L.; Mirilovich, J. Richard; Hartranft, John J.; Schreder, David L.; “A Gas Turbine Condition-Monitoring System,” Naval Engineers Journal, Vol. 107, No. 6, November, 1995.
Patents
- Hardin, James R., “Tilted Cone Diffuser for Use with an Exhaust System of a Turbine,” United States Patent 7,731,475, June 8, 2010.
- Hardin, James R., “High-Stability Valve Arrangement for a Governor Valve,” United States Patent 7,108,244, Sept. 19, 2006.
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