Course overview
This course extends the level I introduction to electricity and magnetism. Circuit theory: revision of Kirchhoff's laws, RLC and AC circuits; complex impedance and AC circuits; filters, transfer functions. Vector analysis; index notation, line, surface and volume integrals; Curvilinear coordinates; Gauss and Stokes theorem, Gauss's law, Dirac delta function; vector rotation and tensors. Electrostatics and electric potential, Poisson and Laplace equations, boundary value problems and method of images, magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves.
Course learning outcomes
- determine the transient and AC response of circuits containing R, L and C components
- use methods of vector calculus to solve problems in electromagnetism
- describe and explain the relationship between the electric field and the electrostatic potential
- describe and explain the generation of magnetic fields by electrical currents
- describe and explain electrodynamics, and explain Maxwell's equations in vacuum
- make appropriate decisions about the experimental uncertainty associated with every measurement, and analyse uncertainties correctly
- keep a scientific record of experimental work
- analyse the results of experiments and reach non-trivial conclusions about them
- work effectively in a small team to complete a complex set of tasks
- communicate results orally and in writing.
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