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  • Text and references

    Lecture materials are taken from the following books:

    1- Field and Wave Electromagnetics, 2nd Ed., D. K. Cheng, 1989, Addison-Wesley Inc.

    2- Engineering Electromagnetics, U. S. Inan and A. S. Inan, 1999, Addison-Wesley Inc.

    3- Electromagnetics, B. M. Notaros, 2011, Prentice-Hall Inc.

    4- Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Ed., D. J. Griffiths, 2013, Prentice-Hall Inc.

    5- Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd Ed., E. M. Purcell and D. J. Morin, 2013, Cambridge University Press

    6- Electricity and Magnetism, M. H. Nayfeh and M. K. Brussel, 1985, John Wiley & Sons

 

  • Grading policy

Mid-term exam: 6

Final exam: 12

Homework, quizzes, attendance: 2

Projects (elective): up to +0.5

Quizzes:

Attendance:

  • TENTATIVE course outline based on Cheng's book:

Applications of Electromagnetics (1 lecture)

Chapter 2 : Review of Vector Analysis and Coordinate Systems (~3 lectures)

à    Cartesian (rectangular), cylindrical, and spherical coordinates

à    Vector algebra and vector fields

à    Coordinate transformations

à        Curl, divergence, and gradient

à        Stokes and Gauss’ theorems, Green’s theorem, Helmholtz theorem, important vector identities 

 Chapter 3 : Fundamentals of Electrostatics (~8 lectures)

à    Basic concepts: point, surface, and volume charges

à    Coulomb's law, electric dipole

à    Electric field lines, displacement and flux, flux density

à    Gauss' law and its applications

à    Electric potential, curl of the electric field

à    Conductors in electrostatic field

à    Capacitance

à        Multiple conductors and mutual capacitance, Green's reciprocity theorem

à    Dielectrics in electrostatic field, polarization, permittivity, boundary conditions

à        Energy stored in electrostatic field, forces on dielectrics and conductors 

Chapter 4 : Special Techniques for Calculation of Electrostatic Fields (~3 lectures)

à    Fundamental equations: Laplace and Poisson equations

à    Uniqueness of solutions

à    Theory of images

à    (*) Solution of Laplace equation in simple cases 

 

Mid term exam 94/08/21

Chapter 5 : Steady Electric Current (~2 lectures)

à    Steady electric current, current density, boundary conditions

à    Conservation of charge, continuity equation

à    Ohm's law, resistance

à        Joule's law

Chapter 6 : Fundamentals of Magnetostatics (~8 lectures)

à    Lorentz force law, moving charges and currents, magnetic fields

à    Biot-Savart law and its applications

à    Magnetic flux and lines of force

à    Ampere's circuital law and its applications

à    Vector and scalar magnetic potentials, magnetic dipole

à    Magnetic fields in material media: magnetization, boundary conditions

à    (*) Ferromagnetism, Paramagnetism, Diamagnetism

à    Self and Mutual Inductance

à    Energy stored in magnetic field, magnetic forces

à        Magnetic circuits

Chapter 7 : Time Varying Electromagnetic Fields (~5 lectures)

à    Faraday's law, electromotive force, eddy currents

à    Generalized Ampere's law, displacement current

à    Maxwell's equations, wave equation

à    Time harmonic fields