Outside highways, taking the middle lane is usually the best. Hi people, just a brief update now. A couple of days ago, I came across an awesome Facebook post by one Steve Hall. It was about the importance of the…
Electromechanics proudly presents SMEKitchen
I have already written about the ongoing campaign of my research group – Electromechanics at Aalto University – to gain more visibility and hopefully students too. For instance, see two of our videos with discussion here and here, or check…
Direction of a rectangle, part 2
Numerical orientation of a polygon continues Hi again! Last time, I wrote about how I was given some a very basic FEM mesh, and had to determine the magnetization direction of a permanent magnet from it. In simpler words, I…
Determining the direction of a rectangle
How to numerically determine the long axis of a polygon? This week, I tweeted some indecipherable-looking scripplings of mine. Although probably not apparent at first glance, I was dealing with computational geometry. Again. This time however, it was not point-in-polygon,…
Making time-stepping FEM faster, part 4
Hi folks! After a couple of serious and not-so-serious lifestyle-esque posts, it’s time to get back to work. Mine, to be exact. If you’ve read the previous instalments in this series, you know that I’m currently working on a faster…
Be a positive force!
This day marks a kind of a branch-out for me. I’ve written some posts about productivity and stuff, but so far I have regarded them as random musings and no more. However, after coming up with the idea for my…
Protein coffee
Having a small writer’s block today, so let’s not bother ourselves (read: me) with any preamble. Straight to business it is. Yesterday, I acted on a whim and developed an awesome recipe: protein coffee. Here goes: Protein coffee Fill a…
Making time-stepping FEM faster, part 3
Hi you, and welcome the the third instalment in my blog series about my ongoing work! In the first post, I explained what time-stepping finite element analysis is and why it should be made faster in the first place. The…
Making time-stepping FEM faster, part 2
In my previous post, I outlined some basics of finite element analysis (FEM) in the context of electrical machines. I explained how the time-dependent behaviour is often analysed with a time-stepping algorithm or another. This approach typically requires solving hundreds…
Making time-stepping FEM faster
Hello folks, it’s been a while! First, there was Wappu (see here for some info) – kind of a big deal for tech students and alumni alike – after which I took a week-long holiday in my home region. Anyway,…