Applied Electromagnetics

Contents

Unit 1 Vector Analysis

1.1 Scalar and vector quantities
1.2 Vector addition and subtraction
1.3 Vector multiplication
1.4 Fields
1.5 Cylindrical coordinate system
1.6 Spherical coordinate system

Unit 2 Electrostatic Field

2.1 Coulomb’s law
2.2 Electric field strength E
2.3 Field due to a line charge
2.4 Field due to a surface charge
2.5 Electric flux  and electric flux density D
2.6 Gauss’s theorem
2.7 Maxwell’s first equation
2.8 Potential
2.9 Potential gradient
2.10 Maxwell’s second equation
2.11 Potential energy of a system of point charges

Unit 3 Conduction Field and Electrostatic Field in Materials

3.1 Types of materials
3.2 Electric current and current density
3.3 The continuity equation
3.4 Ohm’s law
3.5 Dielectrics
3.6 Boundary conditions
3.7 Capacitors and capacitance
3.8 Stored energy in capacitor

Unit 4 Magnetic Field

4.1 Laws of magnetic force
4.2 Maxwell’s third equation
4.3 Maxwell’s fourth equation
4.4 Summary of Maxwell’s equations for static fields

Unit 5 Magnetic Forces and Media

5.1 The Lorentz equation
5.2 Differential current element
5.3 Forces on a closed current loop
5.4 Torque on a current-carrying coil
5.5 Magnetic field in ferromagnetic materials
5.6 Boundary conditions for magnetic media
5.7 Magnetic circuits
 5.8 Magnetic saturation and hysteresis
5.9 Stored energy in magnetic field

Unit 6 Time-varying Field

6.1 Flux linkage and inductance
6.2 Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law
6.3 Displacement current - Maxwell’s hypothesis
6.4 Maxwell’s equations: final forms

Unit 7 Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves

7.1 Maxwell equations
7.2* Poisson’s equation
7.3* Finite difference method for solving the Laplace’s equation
7.4 Electromagnetic waves (non-mathematical description)

Solution to static field problems will be addressed in lab-related sessions.