Electromagnetic Theory ECE 2022 Scheme VTU University 4th SEM Electronic Communication and Engineering | BEC401 notes

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Electromagnetic Theory ECE 2022 Scheme BEC401 Syllabus Copy and notes

Module 1: Revision of Vector Calculus

• Textbook Reference: Chapter 1 (Text 1)
• Topics:
  • Coulomb's Law, Electric Field Intensity, and Flux Density:
    • Experimental law of Coulomb
    • Electric field intensity
    • Field due to continuous volume charge distribution
    • Field of a line charge
    • Field due to a sheet of charge
    • Electric flux density
  • Numerical Problems
• Textbook Reference: Chapters 2.1 to 2.5, 3.1

Module 2: Gauss's Law and Divergence

• Textbook Reference: Chapters 3.2 to 3.7
• Topics:
  • Gauss's Law:
    • Application of Gauss’s law to point charge, line charge, surface charge, and volume charge
    • Point (differential) form of Gauss’s law
    • Divergence
    • Maxwell's First Equation (Electrostatics)
    • Vector Operator (∇) and Divergence Theorem
  • Numerical Problems
• Energy, Potential, and Conductors:
  • Energy expended or work done in moving a point charge in an electric field
  • Line integral
  • Definition of potential difference and potential
  • Potential field of a point charge
  • Potential gradient
  • Numerical Problems
• Current and Current Density:
  • Continuity of current
• Textbook Reference: Chapters 4.1 to 4.4, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2

Module 3: Poisson's and Laplace's Equations & Steady Magnetic Field

• Poisson's and Laplace's Equations:
  • Derivation of Poisson's and Laplace's equations
  • Uniqueness theorem
  • Examples of solutions to Laplace's equation
  • Numerical Problems
  • Textbook Reference: Chapters 7.1 to 7.3
• Steady Magnetic Field:
  • Biot-Savart Law
  • Ampere's circuital law
  • Curl
  • Stokes' theorem
  • Magnetic flux and magnetic flux density
  • Basic concepts of scalar and vector magnetic potentials
  • Numerical Problems
  • Textbook Reference: Chapters 8.1 to 8.6

Module 4: Magnetic Forces, Magnetic Materials & Faraday's Law

• Magnetic Forces:
  • Force on a moving charge
  • Differential current elements
  • Force between differential current elements
  • Numerical Problems
  • Textbook Reference: Chapters 9.1 to 9.3
• Magnetic Materials:
  • Magnetization and permeability
  • Magnetic boundary conditions
  • Magnetic circuit
  • Potential energy and forces on magnetic materials
  • Inductance and mutual reactance
  • Numerical Problems
  • Textbook Reference: Chapters 9.6 to 9.7
• Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction:
  • Integral form and point form
  • Numerical Problems
  • Textbook Reference: Chapter 10.1

Module 5: Maxwell's Equations & Uniform Plane Wave

• Maxwell's Equations:
  • Continuity equation
  • Inconsistency of Ampere’s law with continuity equation
  • Displacement current and conduction current
  • Derivation of Maxwell's equations in point and integral forms
  • Maxwell's equations for different media
  • Numerical Problems
  • Textbook Reference: Chapters 10.2 to 10.4
• Uniform Plane Wave:
  • Plane wave and uniform plane wave
  • Derivation of plane wave equations from Maxwell's equations
  • Solution of wave equation for perfect dielectric
  • Relation between E and H
  • Wave propagation in free space
  • Solution of wave equation for sinusoidal excitation
  • Wave propagation in conducting media (parameters: γ, α, η) and good conductors
  • Skin effect or depth of penetration
  • Poynting's theorem and wave power
  • Numerical Problems
  • Textbook Reference: Chapters 12.1 to 12.4