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SYLLABUS

Unit - 1 :

Electrostatics-I Sources and effects of electromagnetic fields – Coordinate systems – Vector fields – Gradient, Divergence, Curl – Theorems and applications – Coulomb’s law – Electric field intensity – Field due to discrete and continuous charges – Gauss’s law and applications.

Unit - 2 :

Electrostatics-II Electric potential – Electric field and equipotental plots, Uniform and non-uniform field, Utilization factor – Electric field in free space, conductors, dielectrics – Dielectric polarization – Dielectric strength – Electric field in multiple dielectrics – Boundary conditions, Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations, Capacitance, Energy density, Applications.

Unit - 3 :

Magnetostatics Lorentz force, Magnetic field intensity (H) – Biot-Savart’s law – Ampere’s circuit law – H due to straight conductors, circular loop, infinite sheet of current, Magnetic flux density (B) – B in free space, conductor, magnetic materials – Magnetization, Magnetic field in multiple media – Boundary conditions, Scalar and vector potential, Poisson’s equation, Magnetic force, Torque, Inductance, Energy density, Applications.

Unit - 4 :

Electrodynamic Fields Magnetic circuits – Faraday’s law – Transformer and motional EMF – Displacement current – Maxwell’s equations (differential and integral form) – Relation between field theory and circuit theory – Applications.

Unit - 5 :

Electrodynamic Waves Electromagnetic wave generation and equations – Wave parameters: Velocity, Intrinsic impedance, Propagation constant – Waves in free space, lossy and lossless dielectrics, conductors – Skin depth – Poynting vector – Plane wave reflection and refraction.