Unit I: EC8451 Electromagnetic Fields L T P C 4 0 0 4

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EC8451 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS L T P C

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UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Electromagnetic model, Units and constants, Review of vector algebra, Rectangular, cylindrical
and spherical coordinate systems, Line, surface and volume integrals, Gradient of a scalar field,
Divergence of a vector field, Divergence theorem, Curl of vector field, Stoke's theorem, Null
identities, Helmholtz's theorem

UNIT II ELECTROSTATICS 12
Electric field, Coulomb's Gauss's law and applications, Electric potential, Conductors in static
electric field, Dielectrics in static electric field, Electric flux density and dielectric constant,
Boundary conditions, Capacitance, Parallel, cylindrical and spherical capacitors, Electrostatic
energy, Poisson's and Laplace's equations, Uniqueness of electrostatic solutions, Current density
and Ohm's la , Electromotive force and Kirchhoff's voltage law, Equation of continuity and
Kirchhoff's current law

UNIT III MAGNETOSTATICS 12


Lorentz force equation, Law of no magnetic monopoles, Ampere's law, Vector magnetic
potential, Biot-Savart law and applications, Magnetic field intensity and idea of relative
permeability, Magnetic circuits, Behaviour of magnetic materials, Boundary conditions,
Inductance and inductors, Magnetic energy, Magnetic forces and torques

UNIT IV TIME-VARYING FIELDS AND MAXWELL's EQUATIONS 12


Faraday's law, Displacement current and Maxwell-Ampere law, Maxwell's equations, Potential
functions, Electromagnetic boundary conditions, Wave equations and solutions, Time-harmonic
fields
UNIT V PLANE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES 12
Plane waves in lossless media, Plane waves in lossy media (low-loss dielectrics and good
conductors), Group velocity, Electromagnetic power flow and Poynting vector, Normal
incidence at a plane conducting boundary, Normal incidence at a plane dielectric boundary

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