Antti Lehikoinen

D.Sc. time.

Why a coarse mesh can be a good mesh The following is a post I published on LinkedIn some weeks ago.

Magnetomechanical stuff in FEA and machines both Hi there!

You are not the smartest person in the room.

The good, bad, and ugly of electric aviation Hi there!

How to recruit electromechanical engineers Do you know anything about sales?

How learning works, and why you should do it Hi folks!

How electrical circuit connections are modelled in FEA Technically speaking, electrical machines are very rarely modeled by pure finite element analysis (FEA).

When to care about additional winding losses We academics are often accused of being detached from reality.

What does your colleague mean by convergence, after all?

Comparing SMEKlib and Comsol If you do electromagnetics, you’re certainly familiar with the TEAM workshop problems.

Business coaching No, not by me.

Case Example: Triangulation and simulation quality.

Language check for doctoral thesis done Last week, I finally submitted my doctoral thesis for pre-examination.

What I learned by teaching Numerical Methods in Electromechanics Preamble At the moment, this post has taken me more than one month to write, so let’s get the most important lesson out of the way before anything else: There’s no perfect time for anything –

Skin-effect losses in rectangular and round conductors I freaking love my job.

What are eddy and circulating currents, and why they matter If you have any experience in electromagnetism, you have certainly heard the term skin effect.

New motor inventions from Finland The last few months have been awesome for motors here in Finland.

Representing random functions with the Karhunen-Lòeve expansion The uncertainty quantification series continues Did you end up at this post by chance?

What's up elsewhere in the internet A couple of nice slash and/or interesting new from the last week or two.

Introduction to the polynomial chaos Welcome back to the uncertainty quantification (UQ) series.

Finding the sources of uncertainty In my last post, I introduced to you uncertainty quantification.

Idea and principles of uncertainty quantification Of the big engineering trends of the last decade or two, uncertainty quantification is definitely one of the biggest.

SMEKlib An Open Source 2D FEA Library for Electric Machines in Matlab Hi folks!

Time-tested people skills A couple of days ago, I wrote down some tips for surviving and avoiding clashes with the management.

Hi folks!

Communicating with the Powers That Be Chances are that everybody faces some sort of clash or misunderstanding with their boss, at some point of their career.

Future posts, tailored for You!

How to stop being a lazy frak and get stuff done Hi there folks – hope you had an awesome holiday!

Exactly what the title suggests Hi people!

My recipe for Christmas Coffee As mentioned in my previous post – it’s the Christmas season again.

Stand by for SMEKlib Hi people!

How Frequency Response Analysis is used in electromechanics Remember FEAforAll?

My idea on how the Ansys TDM probably works Recently, the software company Ansys released a new update with something extremely interesting.

Found another cool website&company called Enterfea Hi guys, and gals!

How to manage stress when your brain is your tool?

How to write for other people, really Hello again, people!

Simulation of eddy current losses in a stranded winding Straight to business today: check out this animation I made!

How to compute the impulse response of an eddy current problem?

Enjoy!

Some Finnish culture for ya, with a twist.

Fail.

FEAforAll.com: another blog about finite element analysis Good news, folks!

Meshing a stranded winding Wohoo, I made my first Youtube video this week!

An awesome cheesecake recipe.

Why equivalent circuits should not work, and why they do.

My experiences in the ICEM 2016 conference Long time no see.

Why don't we directly solve for the field in FEM?

Without too much of a preamble, this one here is the best stretch I have discovered so far: The best stretch.

How to make a diet tracking sheet in Excel Let’s directly continue where we left off.