Module Identifier | PH32510 | ||
Module Title | ELECTROMAGNETISM | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Eleri Pryse | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Dr Xing Li | ||
Pre-Requisite | Core Physics Modules at Levels 1 & 2 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 20 lectures | |
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours end of semester examination for BSc students | 80% |
Semester Exam | 3 Hours end of semester examination for MPhys students | 80% | |
Semester Assessment | Course Work: Two examples sheets Coursework Deadlines (by week of Semester): Examples sheet Week 7 Examples sheet Week 11 | 20% |
Electrostatics:
Electric charge and field, Gauss' law in differential form, electrostatic energy, potential, capacitors, dielectrics, polarisation, electric displacement, boundary conditions for D and E, Poisson's equation, electrostatic calculations.
Magnetic Fields:
Lorentz force, magnetic dipole, Ampere's law in differential form, magnetic vector potential, Biot-Savart law, magnetic flux, magnetisation, magnetic intensity, boundary conditions for B and H, hysteresis.
Electromagnetic Induction:
Faraday's law in differential form, inductance, magnetic energy.
Alternating Currents:
Phasors, resonance.
Transmission Lines:
Wave propagation on lossless line, practical lines, reflections, input impedance, matching.
Maxwell's Equations:
Equation of continuity, displacement current, Maxwell's equations.