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P Power; parameter
Q Quality function
Q I Generalised inertial force
i
R Resistance; residuum; radius
S Sensitivity
T Energy
U Voltage
Piston-swept volume
V D
Greek letters
α Ratio at a transmission element; angle of road gradient
α ij Weighting factor for the Gauss–Legendre integration
γ xy ,γ xz ,γ yz Shear strains
Laplace operator
ε 0 Dielectric constant
ε r,eff Effective, relative dielectric constant
Strains
ε xx ,ε yy ,ε zz
ζ Variable for the approximation of continuous
displacements
η Efficiency
λ Fuel mixture ratio
Mass occupancy of element i
µ i
ν Poisson’s ratio
Elastic potential
ρ Density
τ xx ,τ yy ,τ zz ,
τ xy ,τ xz ,τ yz Stresses
φ Solution of a partial differential equation
φ i Potential at node i
ψ Magnetic flux
ω Angular velocity

Vectors / matrices
a Acceleration matrix
B Damping matrix
C Capacitance matrix; material matrix
F Force vector
H Interpolation matrix
I Inertia tensor
J Jacobi operator
J Global Jacobi matrix
k Vector of the generalised, gyroscopic forces
K Stiffness matrix
L Inductance matrix