Lecture 1

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

9:16 PM

Vector Analysis (ECE 301)

Instructor: Engr. Rogelio F. Delgado Jr.
Reference Book: Engineering Electromagnetics by WH Hayt /
Vectors: Quantities having both magnitude and direction
Scalars: Quantities having magnitude only.
Unit Vector: Vector with magnitude of 1
Dot Product:
Where is the smaller angle between vectors A and B

Cross Product:
Where is the smaller angle between vectors A and B.

Rectangular: (x, y, z)
Cylindrical: (, , z)
Spherical: (R, , )
Where is the distance from origin to point in xy plane
Where is the bottom angle between x and y
Where is the top angle between R and Z
Tips and Tricks:
1. Convert everything first to rectangular and check if there are missing components like z!
2. Projection of A on B:

Aa
A X B = 0, if A and B are parallel.
A o B = 0, if A and B are perpendicular

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Cylindrical Coordinates
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

9:43 PM

Cylindrical Coordinates - cylindrical coordinates are a generalization of twodimensional polar coordinates to three dimensions by superposing a height
(z) axis.
(,,z)
Where:
= radius of the base (radial coordinate)
= angle with respect to the x-axis (azimuthal coordinate)
z = similar to rectangular coordinate's z - axis (height coordinate)
Sv.
Conversion from Rectangular to Cylindrical:

Conversion from Cylindrical to Rectangular:

x = cos
Y = sin
Z=Z
Dot Product Table:
a

ax

cos

- sin

ay

sin

cos

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Spherical Coordinates
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

10:25 PM

Spherical coordinates, also called spherical polar coordinates,

are a system of curvilinear coordinates that are natural for
describing positions on a sphere or spheroid.
(r,,)
where:
r = radius from origin to the point (sphere's radius)
= angle should be dependent on the signs of the coordinates
= polar angle, less than 180

Conversion from Rectangular to Spherical

Conversion from Spherical to Rectangular

X = R sin cos
Y = R sin cos
Z = R cos
Conversion from Rectangular to Spherical unit vectors:
aR

ax

sin cos

-sin

cos cos

ay

sin sin Cos

az

cos

cos sin
-sin

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Schaum's Outline
Sunday, December 07, 2014

7:48 PM

1. Use calculator to solve for polar to rectangular.

2. Distance should have units.
3. P1P2 = P2 - P1

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Monday, December 08, 2014

1:53 AM

1.2. Given three points, A(4,3,2),B(2,0,5), andC(7,2,1):

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Midterm
Monday, January 19, 2015

2:00 PM

Coulomb's Law - There is a force between two charges which is directly proportional to the charge
magnitudes and inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance.

Where F = force in newtons (N)

d = distance in meters (m)
= permittivity of the medium C2/Nm or F/m

*unit of charge is in Coulombs (C)

*k = 9.0 x 109
Electric Field Intensity (E)
F = qE

*if charge is positive, the electric field is outwards.

*if charge is negative, the electric field is inwards.
*the intensity of the field gets weaker the farther the small charge q is.
*units is N/C or V/m
Charge Distributions
Charge Density:

Standard Charge Configurations

1. Point Charge (Inverse Square Law) - field of a single point charge

2. Infinite Line Charge - field with a charge that is distributed with uniform density (pe) along an infinite,
straight line, which will be chosen as the z-axis.

3. Infinite Plane Charge - field with a charge that is distributed with uniform density (p) over an infinite
plane.

*get the absolute value, +E is for above the z-axis and -E is for below the z-axis.

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

2:46 AM

pv is c/ m3

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M - Chapter 2 (Schaum's Outline)

Wednesday, February 04, 2015

3:18 PM

2.1 Coulomb's Law

where F = force (Newtons)

D = distance (meters)
Q = charge (C)
o = permittivity of free space (F/m or C2 / Nm)
0 = 8.854 x 10-12 F/m = 10-9/36
2.3 Charge Distributions
Volume Charge
2.4 Standard Charge Configurations
Electric Fields of Point Charge:
Electric Fields of Infinite Straight Line Charge:
where l = uniform density (C/m)
a = perpendicular distance from the point
Sample Problem 1:
A uniform line charge, infinite in extend, with pl = 20nC/m, lies along the z-axis. Find E at (6,8,3)m
Answer: 36ar V/m
Electric Fields in Infinite Plane Charge:

Sample Problem 2:
Charge is distributed uniformly over the plane z = 10cm with a density (1/3) nC/m2. Find E.
Answer: Above the sheet (z > 10cm), 6 V/m.
Below the sheet (z < 10cm), -6 V/m

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F - Electric Flux Density, Gauss's Law, and Divergence

Electric Flux - streams away symetrically from a point charge and is coincident with the streamlines
whenever electric field is present.

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Assignment
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

10:42 PM

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Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Intensity

2.1 The Experimental Law of Coulomb:
*Electricity - greek word of amber
1. William Gilbert (1600)
2. Charles Coulomb
Coulomb's Law:
where charges q1 and q2 = coulombs
radius r = meters
coulomb's constant
permittivity of free space

Mass and Charges of Particles:

Particle

Charge (C)

Mass (kg)

Electron
Proton
Neutron

2.2 Electric Field Intensity

Both Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Intensity follows the Inverse Square Relationship

2.3 Volume Charge Distribution

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2.4 Field of a Line Charge:

Infinite Line Charge:

is the linear charge density

where is the shortest distance from the line to the point
where

Finite Line Charge:

2.5 Field of a Sheet of Chargep11AN4pmpp

Infinite Surface Charge:

2.6 Streamlines and Sketches of Fields
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2.6 Streamlines and Sketches of Fields

Streamlines / Flux lines = pictorial representation of the concept of Electric Field
Kapag everywhere, may three dimensions.

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Prelim Reviewer (Vector Analysis)

Introduction:

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Midterm Reviewer (Vector Analysis)

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