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Matlab versus Python – in numerical analysis

Matlab versus Python – in numerical analysis

Antti (admin) 22nd June 201822nd June 2018 FEM, Matlab, Research and work 2 Comments

Matlab and Python are both popular languages, but which one is better? You won’t find an explicit answer here, but a few factors to consider.

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Video: Circulating and eddy currents with PWM supply

Video: Circulating and eddy currents with PWM supply

Antti (admin) 11th June 2018 Aalto Electromechanics, Electrical engineering, FEM, Matlab, Research and work 2 Comments

Circulating and eddy currents combined with PWM supply, illustrated with a nice video. What more could you wish for, really?

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SMEKlib to be Published OpenSource + Free Course on FEA!

SMEKlib to be Published OpenSource + Free Course on FEA!

Antti (admin) 10th December 201610th June 2017 FEM, General, Marketing, Matlab 5 Comments

SMEKlib – a Matlab library for analysing electrical machines – to be published OpenSource in the near future. Plus some other news.

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Why Matlab is Awesome for FEM Development

Why Matlab is Awesome for FEM Development

Antti (admin) 12th August 201615th January 2017 FEM, Matlab, Research and work No Comments

I love using Matlab for FEM development. It’s easy to use, and it can be surprisingly fast if you know what you’re doing. Click to read my praise in detail.

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Matlab Speed Optimization – Case Example 1 cont.

Matlab Speed Optimization – Case Example 1 cont.

Antti (admin) 11th August 201615th January 2017 Matlab, Research and work No Comments

More tips on improving Matlab speed. Everybody knows vectorization, but what about using simpler algorithms, or the power of your GPU?

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Matlab Speed Optimization – Case Example 1

Matlab Speed Optimization – Case Example 1

Antti (admin) 11th August 201615th January 2017 FEM, Matlab, Research and work No Comments

Here’s how to improve Matlab speed. Some general guidelines followed be more specialized tricks, and a case example. Couldn’t be much better.

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Determining the direction of a rectangle

Determining the direction of a rectangle

Antti (admin) 22nd May 201630th September 2016 FEM, Matlab, Research and work No Comments

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,…

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Matlab2Tikz

Antti (admin) 29th March 201630th March 2016 Matlab, Publishing, Tex No Comments

Today’s post begins with some background ranting. If you want to skip it, feel free. For quite a while, I’ve been thinking about moving my plotting a bit further away from Matlab. And why is that? Well, let’s just say…

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