| Electromagnetic I (63270) |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| major compulsory |
| Prerequisites | P1 : Electrical Circuits I (63211) |
| Course Contents |
| Electrostatic fields; Potential; Dielectrics; Steady Current; Electrical Materials; Boundary conditions; Magneto-static Fields; Differential and integral forms of Maxwell’s equations for static and steady fields. |
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO's) | Student Outcomes
(SO's) | Contribution |
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| 1 | Using vector algebra, vector calculus, and physical principles to solve static and steady field problems | A | 45 % | | 2 | Analysis and design of resistors and capacitors and the calculations of associated parameters. | C | 10 % | | 3 | Solution of electrostatic and magneto-static problems (ie: electrostatic and magnetostatic fields). As well as solving for charges, currents, potentials and energy. Also applying boundary conditions. | E | 45 % |
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| Textbook and/ or Refrences |
| “Engineering Electromagnetics”, William H. Hayt and John A. Buck; 7th Edition; McGraw-Hill International Editions, 2006.“Field and Wave Electromagnetics”, David K. Cheng; Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; Second Edition 1989. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field |
| Assessment Criteria | Percent (%) |
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| First Exam | 20 % | | Second Exam | 20 % | | Quizzes | 10 % | | Final Exam | 50 % |
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| Course Plan |
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| Week | Topic |
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| 1,2 | Vector Analysis: Scalars & vectors; Vector algebra; The Cartesian coordinate system; Vector components and unit vectors; Vector field; Dot product; Cross product; Cylindrical coordinate system; Spherical coordinate system. | | 3,4 | Electrostatics: Coulomb law; Electric field intensity; Field of several point charges; Field of a continuous charge distribution; | | 5 | Electric flux density; Gauss’s law; Examples for Gauss law; | | 6,7 | Divergence; Maxwell’s first equation; The del operator and the divergence theorem; Energy and Electric field; Line integral; Potential difference and potential; First Exam | | 8 | Solution of first exam; Conservative Field; Potential gradient; Electric Dipole; Electric Energy density. | | 9 | Electrical Materials: Current and current density; Continuity of Current; Metallic conductors; | | 10 | Conductor properties and boundary conditions; Method of images; Breif introduction to superconductors and semiconductors | | 11 | Dielectrics, Boundary conditions for dielectrics; Capacitance Second Exam | | 12 | Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations: Examples of the solution of the one dimensional Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations. | | 13 | Magneto-static: Biot-Suvart law; Amperes law; Curl; | | 14 | Stokes theorem; Magnetic flux and magnetic flux density; Vector and scalar Magnetic potential; Summary of Maxwell’s equations for static and steady fields. | | 15 | General review |
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