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Key aspects of the current and future automotive industry
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A simple way to encode a text message is to use the ASCII …
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The Mean Effective Pressure (MEP) is a theoretical parameter used to measure the …
What is the Mean Effective Pressure (MEP) of an engine ?
In Computer Engineering and in Systems with Microcontrollers areas of interest, performing bit …
Bit shift and bit rotation algorithms with Scilab implementation
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How to solve a definite integral with Scilab
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How to define and solve polynomials in Scilab
In the tutorial Integration by parts – indefinite integrals we have seen how to …
How to calculate a definite integral
Scilab is quite powerful in handling string variables. Taking into account that sooner …
Mastering strings in Scilab
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State-space system representation lays the foundations for modern control theory. It solves many …
How to get the state-space model of a dynamic system
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Kinematic analysis of the ICE piston
Quite often we need to plot mathematical expressions or values, which are function of …
How to format plot axes with Latex in Scilab
In order to characterize the basic performance of an internal combustion engine, over …
Basic geometric parameters of the ICE’s piston and cylinder
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BMW’s iPerformance plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) powertrain architecture
The Energy Method provides an alternative way to determine the mathematical model (equations …