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Valid for year : 2007
 
NFYB03 Electromagnetic Fields, 8 ECTS credits.
/Elektromagnetiska fält/

For:   Fys  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 51
Rec. self-study hours: 162

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Physics
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G1

Aim:
The course aims to give an introduction to the field of electromagnetics necessary for further studies in physics.
Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Calculus with One and Several Variables, Vector Analysis, Mechanics, and Wave Motion

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Supplementary courses:
Classical Electrodynamics
Organisation:
The course consists of lectures and problem solving sessions in connection with them, and computer simulations.
Course contents:
  • Electrostatics: Electric Field Intensity, Coulomb's law, Potential, Gauss's law, Poisson's and Laplace's Equations, Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Dipole, Polarization, Electrostatic Energy and Forces, Method of Images. Steady Electric Currents: Current Density, Equation of Continuity, Resistance, Joule's law.
  • Magnetostatics: Magnetic Flux Density, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's Circuital law, Vector Magnetic Potential, Magnetic Materials, Magnetic Circuits, Magnetic Dipole, Magnetization, Magnetostatic Energy and Forces, Motion of Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields.
  • Time-Varying Electromagnetic Fields: Induction, Faraday's law, Inductance, Electromotive Force, Displacement Current Density, Electromagnetic Waves, Poynting Vector. Snell's laws of reflection and refraction, and Fresnel's formulas are derived from electromagnetics. The different parts of the course are presented as specific applications of Maxwell's equations.


Course literature:
Lars Engström : Elektromagnetisk fältteori or David Cheng: Field and Wave Electromagnetics.
Exempelsamling i Elektromagnetism I av Roland Ribberfors.

Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory work
 4 p
1,5 p
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6 ECTS
2 ECTS
 


Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Magnus Boman
Examiner: Rolf Riklund
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Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 12/18/2007