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TFE4120

Electromagnetics

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Examination arrangement Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

Electro statics: Coulombs law, scalar potential, Gauss' law, dielectric media, capasitance, currents, resistance, energy. Magnetostatics: Biot-Savarts law, Ampere's law, vector potiential, magnetic materials and circuits, energy and forces.
Electro dynamics: Faraday's law, inductance, transformers, displacement current. Maxwells equations. Electromagnetic waves and Lorenz potentials.
Brief introduction to mechanical wave theory.

Learning outcome

The course will provide a fundamental background in basic electromagnetic principles and components.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures. Theoretical exercises and laboratory exercises. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Course materials

Popovic & Popovic: Introductory Electromagnetics, Prentice Hall 2000. Lecture notes (in Norwegian).

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIE4010 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

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Subject areas

  • Applied Electrical Engineering
  • Electrooptics/Biooptics
  • Electronics
  • Electrical Power Engineering
  • Physical Electronics
  • Physics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Electronic Systems

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2011-05-24 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

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