ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY BEC401
Course Code: BEC401
Credits: 03
CIE Marks: 50
SEE Marks: 50
Total Marks: 100
Exam Hours: 03
Total Hours of Pedagogy: 40H
Teaching Hours/Weeks: [L:T:P:S] 3:0:0:0
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 Sheet of charge, Electric flux density, Numerical Problems.
Gauss’s Law and Divergence: Gauss ‘law, Application of Gauss’ law to Point Charge, line charge, Surface charge and Volume Charge, Point (differential) form of Gauss law, Divergence. Maxwell‘s First Equation (Electrostatics), Vector Operator and divergence theorem, Numerical Problems. Energy expended or work done in moving a point charge in anElectric field, The line integral Current and Current density, Continuity of current.
Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations: Derivation of Poisson‘s and Laplace‘s Equations, Examples
of the solution of Laplace‘s equation, Numerical problems on Laplace’s equation.
Steady Magnetic Field: BiotSavart Law, Ampere‘s circuital law, Curl, Stokes‘ theorem,
Magnetic flux and magnetic flux density.
Magnetic Forces: Force on a moving charge, differential current elements, Force between
differential current elements, Numerical problems.
Magnetic Materials: Magnetization and permeability, Magnetic boundary conditions, the
magnetic circuit, problems.
Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic Induction –Integral form and Point form, Numerical problems.
Inconsistency of Ampere’s law with continuity equation, displacement current, Conduction
current, Derivation of Maxwell‘s equations in point form, and integral form, Maxwell’s
equations for different media, Numerical problems.
Uniform Plane Wave: Wave propagation in free space, Uniform plane wave, Derivation of
plane wave equations from Maxwell’s equations,Poynting‘s Theorem and wave power, Skin
effect or Depth of penetration, Numerical problems.