Course
code EC341
credit_hours 3
title Electromagnetics
arbic title
prequisites BA114, BA224.
credit hours 3
Description/Outcomes Review of vector analysis, electromagnetic fields: Coulombs law, electric field and flux density, Gauss?s law, electric potential, conductors and semi ?conductors, dielectric and capacitance, polarization, magnetic field and flux density, Biot Savart law, Ampere?s law, magnetic potential. Maxwell?s equations, and magnetization vectors, analogy between electrostatics and magnetostatic, boundary conditions.
arabic Description/Outcomes
objectives Concise treatment of vector analysis. Analysis of electrostatic field due to different forms of electric charges. Studying of moving charges, conductor, semiconductor and dielectric. Analysis of magnetostatic field due to different forms of current element.
arabic objectives
ref. books Stanley V. Marshall. Electromagnetic Concepts and Applications, Prentice Hall, Inc., Latest Edition.
arabic ref. books
textbook Hayt, Engineering Electromagnetics, by McGraw-Hill, Inc., Latest Edition.
arabic textbook
objective set
content set
Course Content
content serial Description
1 Vector analysis “Scalars and vectors, Vector algebra, The Cartesian coordinatesystems, different types of vector product, Vector components and rnunit vectors,”.
2 Coulomb?s law and electric field intensity ?The experimental law of Coulomb, electric field intensity?
3 Electric field intensity for some sources of charge ?Electric field intensity of line charge, Electric field intensity of surface charge?
4 Electric flux density, Gauss?s law and divergence ?Electric flux density, Gauss?s law, Application of Gauss?s law, Divergence law, Divergence theorem
5 Energy and potential ? Energy expended in moving a point charge in an electric field, Definition of potential differences and potential, The potential field of a point charge , The potential field of a system of charges, Energy density in the electrostatic field?
6 Conductors and Semiconductors ? Current and current density, Metallic conductors, Conductor properties and Boundary conditions, Advantages of semiconductors
7 7th Week Exam
8 Dielectric and capacitance? The nature of dielectric materials, Polarization, Boundary conditions for perfect dielectric materials, Capacitance?
9 The steady magnetic field ?Biot-Savart law, Ampere?s circuital law, Curl, Stocke?s theorem?
10 Magnetic flux and magnetic field ” Determination of the steady magnetic field for different current elements, The scalar and vector magnetic potentials,”.
11 Magnetic forces ?Force on a moving charge, Force on a differential current element, Force between differential current elements?
12 12th Week Exam
13 Magnetic materials “The nature of magnetic materials, Magnetization, Magnetic boundary conditions, Potential energy and forces on magnetic materials,”.
14 Time-varying fields” Faraday‟s law, Displacement current, Maxwell‟s equations, The retarded potential, The magnetic circuit, Inductance,”.
15 Revision ?Overall course revision?
16 Final Examination