Syllabus Electromagnetics - (BE04000301) Total Credits Assessment Pattern and Marks Total Marks Theory Tutorial / Practical ESE (E) PA / CA (M) PA / CA (I) PBL (I) ESE (V) 3 70 30 20 30 50 200 Sr. No. Course Content 1. Vector Analysis : Scalars and Vectors, Vector Algebra, The Rectangular Coordinate System, Vector Components and Unit Vectors, The Vector Field, The Dot Product, The Cross Product, Other Coordinate Systems : Circular Cylindrical Coordinate System, Spherical Coordinate System, Del Operator, Divergence, Gradient, Curl and Laplacian. (Chapter - 1) 2. Coulomb’s Law and Electric Field Intensity : The Experimental Law of Coulomb, Electric Field Intensity, Field Arising from a Continuous Volume Charge Distribution, Field of a Line Charge, Field of a Sheet of Charge, Streamlines and Sketches of Fields. (Chapter - 2) 3. Electric Flux Density, Gauss’s Law and Divergence : Electric Flux Density, Gauss’s Law and Application of Gauss’s Law: Some Symmetrical Charge Distributions and Differential Volume Element, Divergence and Maxwell’s First Equation, The Vector Operator ∇ and the Divergence Theorem. (Chapter - 3) 4. Energy and Potential : Energy Expended in Moving a Point Charge in an Electric Field, The Line Integral, Definition of Potential Difference and Potential, The Potential Field of a Point Charge, The Potential Field of a System of Charges : Conservative Property, Potential Gradient, The Electric Dipole, Energy Density in the Electrostatic Field. (Chapter - 4) 5. Conductors and Dielectrics : Current and Current Density, Continuity of Current, Metallic Conductors, Conductor Properties and Boundary Conditions, The Method of Images, Semiconductors, The Nature of Dielectric Materials, Boundary Conditions for Perfect Dielectric Materials. (Chapter - 5) 6. Capacitance : Capacitance, Parallel-Plate Capacitor, Several Capacitance Examples, Capacitance of a Two-Wire Line, Using Field Sketches to Estimate Capacitance in Two-Dimensional Problems, Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations, Examples of the Solution of Laplace’s Equation, Example of the Solution of Poisson’s Equation : The p-n Junction Capacitance. (Chapters - 5, 6) 7. The Steady Magnetic Field : Bio-Savart Law, Ampere’s Circuital Law, Curl, Stoke’s Theorem, Magnetic Flux and Magnetic Flux Density, The Scalar and Vector Magnetic Potentials, Derivation of the Steady-Magnetic-Field Laws. (Chapter - 7) 8. Magnetic Forces, Materials and Inductance : Force on a Moving Charge, Force on a Differential Current Element, Hall Effect, Force between Differential Current Elements, Force and Torque on a Closed Circuit, The Nature of Magnetic Materials, Magnetization and Permeability, Magnetic Boundary Conditions, The Magnetic Circuit, Potential Energy and Forces on Magnetic Materials. (Chapter - 8) 9. Time-Varying Fields and Maxwell’s Equations : Faraday’s Law, Displacement Current, Maxwell’s Equations in Point Form, Maxwell’s Equations in Integral Form, The Retarded Potentials. (Chapter - 9) 10. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation : Wave Propagation in Free Space, Lossy and Lossless Dielectrics and in Good Conductors. Reflection of Plane Wave, Poynting Vector, Wave Power, Skin Effect, Wave Polarization and Standing Wave Ratio. (Chapter - 10)
