| Course Type | Compulsory Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | 2 |
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| Semester | Fourth Term (Spring) |
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| ECTS | 6 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Gain problem solving ability.
- Determine the field vectors caused by charge and current distributions in electrostatic and magnetostatic problems.
- Know and use the laws constituting bases for the maxwell's Laws in their differential and integral forms.
- Calculate the stored electric and magnetic energies for given geometries.
- Calculate the capacitance and inductance values for given geometries.
- Comment on some natural phenomena based on theoretical knowledge.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | Yes(MATH152) |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | PHYS 110, MATH 230 |
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| Course Description | This course gives basic concepts of static fields. After a brief review of vector calculus, electrostatic field, potential, dielectrics and polarization, capacitance and capacitors, electrostatic force, pressure, energy, steady electric current, static magnetic fields, magnetic vector potential, magnetic materials and magnetization, inductance and inductors, magnetostatic force, and energy topics are covered. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Operations with vectors, Curvilinear coordinate systems |
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2nd Week |
Line, surface, and volume integrals |
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3rd Week |
Divergence, gradient, curl; related theorems and identities |
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4th Week |
Coulomb's law, charge systems and charge distributions |
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5th Week |
Gauss's law, potential |
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6th Week |
Conductors, dielectric materials and static electric field,Polarization and equivalent polarization charges |
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7th Week |
Flux density, dielectric constant, boundary conditions, capacitance |
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8th Week |
Midterm Exam |
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9th Week |
Electrostatic energy and force |
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10th Week |
Current density and Ohm's law, continuity equation, Joule's law, resistance calculations |
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11th Week |
Fundamental magneto-static concepts, magnetic vector potential, Biot-Savart law |
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12th Week |
Magnetic dipole, equivalent currents, magnetic field intensity and relative permeability |
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13th Week |
Boundary conditions, inductance and inductors |
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14th Week |
Magnetic energy and force |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Cheng, D.K. (1993) Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics, Addison Wesley. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Problem Solving
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
10 |
| Quiz |
2 |
20 |
| Total(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
2 |
4 |
8 |
| Individual or group work |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
17 |
17 |
| Course hours |
14 |
4 |
56 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
14 |
14 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
2 |
6 |
12 |
| Total Work Load | 181 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 6.03 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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