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…
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,…
How to make science less popular
A couple of days ago, Wired ran a piece titled “Civil War’s Winter Soldier Couldn’t Survive This Giant Jump”. As the title suggests, the column mainly revolved around the author taking issue with the with the jump seen at the…
Our UFO – how it flies
As you may know, we (as in I and my research group) recently became more active in social media, in order to improve our visibility and thus attract more students into our ranks. As a part of our image crusade,…
Random-wound machines and circulating currents, part 3
How to predict and model circulating currents – a major loss component in random-wound electrical machines.
Random-wound machines and circulating currents, part 2
How to analyse a random winding In my previous post, I introduced to you my latest journal article, and briefly explained the concepts of a random-wound machine and circulating currents. So, if you have yet to read that, I suggest you…
Random-wound machines and circulating currents
How to predict and model circulating currents – a major loss components in random-wound electrical machines
Pareto principle
In my previous post, I wrote about accumulated marginal benefit – how small things do count when there are enough of them. However, it would be negligent of me to not write of the polar opposite: the Pareto principle. Pareto…