Calendar

WEEK # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Review of Maxwell's Equations  Problem set 1 out
2 Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Section 2.16
Flux-Potential Relation for Laplacian Fields

Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Section 4.1-4.3
Problem set 2 out
3 Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Sections 2.18-2.19 Problem set 1 due

Problem set 3 out
4 Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Sections 7.1-7.8
Laws, Approximations, and Relations of Fluid Mechanics

Stress Tensors
Problem set 2 due

Problem set 4 out
5 Electromechanical Dynamics Problem set 3 due
6 Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Sections 7.9-8.9
Pressure–Velocity Relations for Inviscid, Incompressible Fluids
Problem set 4 due

Problem set 5 out
7 Electrohydrodynamic and Ferrohydrodynamic Instabilities Problem set 6 out
8 Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Section 8.12
Plasma Stability (z-θ pinch)
Problem set 5 due
9 Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Section 8.13
Stability of a Perfectly Conducting Spherical Drop (Rayleigh's Limit)

Midterm Exam
Problem set 7 out
10 Stability of a Perfectly Conducting Spherical Drop (Rayleigh's Limit) (cont.) Problem set 6 due
11 Stability of a Perfectly Conducting Spherical Drop (Rayleigh's Limit) (cont.) Problem set 7 due
12 Continuum Electromechanics (Melcher) – Section 8.18
Smoothly Inhomogeneous Systems
Final Exam