Lesson plan / ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 5.0
Teaching Language of Instruction İngilizce
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course Learning the fundamentals of electromagnetic field theory, electrostatic fields, magnetostatic fields and time varying fields.
Course Content Vector analysis, vectoral differential operators, static electric field, electric potential, electrostatic field analysis in conductors and dielectric media, electrostatic energy, electrostatic boundary conditions. Magnetostatic field, vector potential, magnetostatic boundary conditions, magnetic circuits, magnetic energy, quasi-static fields, time varying fields. Maxwell's equations.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to the course. History of electromagnetics. Basic concepts. Vector analysis. Review of partial derivatives. Integral calculus.
2Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems. Del operator. Gradient, divergence, curl operators. Product rules. Second derivatives.
3Electrostatics: Electric field, electric force, Coulomb's Law for point charge and charge distribution sources. Boundary conditions for electric field.
4Electrostatics: Electric potential for point charge and charge distributions. Laplace and Poisson's equations. Work done to move a charge. Boundary conditions for electric potential.
5Electrostatics: Electric flux, electrostatic lines, Gauss's Law. Boundary conditions for displacement vector.
6Electrostatics: Special Techniques. Laplace equations. Capacitor. Method of Images.
7Magnetostatics: Lorentz Force Law. Magnetic fields, magnetic forces, Biot-Savart's Law. Steady current. Boundary conditions for magnetic field.
8MIDTERM
9Magnetostatics: Magnetic Flux. Vector potential. Circulation of magnetic field. Stoke's theorem. Boundary conditions of magnetic induction. Straight line currents. Ampère's Law.
10Magnetostatics: Magnetic force. Current element. Work, power, energy.
11Magnetostatics: Magnetization. Magnetic fields in matter. Diamagnets, Paramagnets, Ferromagnets, Ferrimagnets. Inductance. Torques, forces in magnetic dipoles.
12Magnetostatics: Magnetic circuits.
13Electromagnetics: Ohm's Law. Electromotive force. Motional emf. Faraday's Law.
14Electromagnetics: Induced electric field. Electromagnetic induction. Maxwell's equations. Continuity equation.

Resources

1- Field and Wave Electromagnetics, David K. Cheng, 2nd Edition, 1991
2- Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths
3- Elements of Electromagnetics, Matthew N.O. Sadiku