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Month: April 2018

Circulating currents – Post-it version

Antti (admin) 29th April 201829th April 2018 Electrical engineering, Research and work No Comments

What are circulating currents, why are random-wound windings called random, why should you care? Find out here, with convenient bullet points!

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Introduction to active magnetic bearings (AMB)

Introduction to active magnetic bearings (AMB)

Antti (admin) 25th April 2018 Electrical engineering, Research and work 3 Comments

Active magnetic bearings are widely used in high-speed machines and sensitive environments both. Here’s what they are, and how they work.

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How FEA works – Post-it version

How FEA works – Post-it version

Antti (admin) 8th April 20188th May 2018 FEM, Research and work No Comments

No time to waddle through dozens of pages full of mathematics? Here’s how FEA works – the sticky note version! Basic math skills required.

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Lagrange multipliers and their physical meaning

Lagrange multipliers and their physical meaning

Antti (admin) 3rd April 20187th April 2018 FEM, Research and work 5 Comments

Lagrange multipliers are a handy way of adding constraints to an FEA problem. Be careful with them, though – or don’t trust your results.

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