Undergraduate Course: Electromagnetism (022506,022504)
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Course Outline |
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School |
School of
Physical Sciences |
Credits |
4 |
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Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all
students |
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Keywords |
Electric fields;
magnetic fields; electromagnetic induction; Maxwell electromagnetic equation |
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Teaching
object |
School of
Physical Sciences, School for the gifted young, School of Nuclear Science and
Technology, School of earth and Space Science, School of Chemistry and Materials
Science, School of Life Sciences, School of
Engineering Science, and other undergraduate students interested in the
course. |
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Course website |
http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~bjye/em/index.htm |
Teaching
language |
Chinese English |
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Text: |
《Electromagnetism and Electrodynamics》，Hu Y.Q, Chen F.Z, Ye B.J, Science press. （for Spring semester） 《Electromagnetism for interdisciplinary science》，Ye,B.J., University of Science and Technology of China Press. （for Fall semester） |
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Reading list |
《The Feynman Lectures on Physics》 Second , R.P.Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M.Sands, Pearson-Wesley Press |
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Course
description |
Electromagnetism is a course on the electromagnetic
phenomena and the electromagnetic interaction. It involves the time-independent
and time-dependent properties of electric and magnetic fields in vacuum,
conductor and media. The main contents include electric fields, magnetic
fields, electromagnetic forces, electromagnetic properties of the conductor
and media, electromagnetic induction, DC and AC circuits, Maxwell’s equations,
and electromagnetic wave. In addition, the latest development of
electromagnetic science and its applications are also discussed in this
course. |
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Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed: mechanics calculus |
Co-requisites |
Vector analysis and preliminary field theory thermal |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes |
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Upon successful completion of this course it is intended that a student will be able to: 1) Formulate and solve the fields produced by electric charge and current. 2) Define and explain charge and current densities (in bulk and on surfaces and lines), and conductivity. 3) Define, and use the concepts of electric and magnetic dipoles; calculate the fields from dipoles and forces and torques on them. 4) Define and explain: polarization and magnetization; the fields D, H, E and B; the relation between E, B and the force on a particle; polarization charges and magnetization currents; boundary conditions on fields at interfaces between media. 5) Define and explain the electromagnetic energy density; nonlinear media such as ferromagnets 6) Formulate and solve boundary-value problems using: uniqueness principles; the method of images; qualitative reasoning based on field lines; the equations of Biot-Savart, Faraday, Ampere, Gauss. 7) Derive and apply the concepts of: Maxwell's displacement current; the continuity equation; self- and mutual inductance; Poynting's vector; energy flux; radiation pressure. 8) Derive and explain electromagnetic radiation using plane-wave solutions of Maxwell's equations, production and propagation of electromagnetic wave, the skin effect in conductors. 9) Understand how to measure electric fields and magnetic fields. |
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Assessment Information |
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Coursework, 20% |
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Special Arrangements |
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Electromagnetism
paper，Visit the
electromagnetics research unit，Electromagnetism project report |
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Additional Information |
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Syllabus |
1)Electrostatics: Coulomb's Law; electric fields; Gauss's Law; the scalar potential; electric field energy; capacitance; resistance; the electric dipole; surface charge and boundary problems；phenomenology of dielectric materials; Ohm's law ; Kirchhoff's law and DC circuit. 2) Magnetostatics: Magnetic force and current, magnetic fields; Biot-Savart Law; Gauss's Law and Ampere's Law , the Lorentz force; the magnetic dipole; surface currents and boundary problems; magnetic materials and magnetization, Hall effect. 3)Induction: electromotive force; Faraday's Law; Vortex electric field; mutual and self- inductance; magnetic field energy; simple AC circuits; transformers. 4) Maxwell's equations: time-dependent properties of electric and magnetic fields in vacuum; the displacement current; electromagnetic radiation; energy in electromagnetic fields; monochromatic plane waves；electromagnetic wave in Conductor; plane waves in media and across boundaries. |
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Contacts |
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Course organiser |
Prof Bangjiao Ye |
Course
secretary |
Miss Xiaohua Liu Tel: (0551)630600719 |