6.641 | Spring 2005 | Graduate

Electromagnetic Fields, Forces, and Motion

Lecture Notes

SES # TOPICS
I. Maxwell’s equations and boundary conditions
L1 Integral form of Maxwell’s equations (PDF)
L2 Differential form of Maxwell’s equations (PDF)
L3 Electroquasistatic (EQS) and magnetoquasistatic (MQS) fields and boundary conditions (PDF)
L4 The scalar electric potential and the Coulomb superposition integral (PDF)
L5 Method of images (PDF)
L6 Magnetoquasistatics (PDF)
II. Polarization, conduction, and magnetization
L7 Polarization and conduction (PDF - 1.3 MB)
L8 Magnetization (PDF)
L9 Magnetic diffusion phenomena (PDF)
III. Boundary value EQS and MQS problems
L10 Solutions to Laplace’s equation in cartesian coordinates (PDF)
L11 Solutions to Laplace’s equation in polar and spherical coordinates (PDF)
IV. Electromagnetic fields and forces
L12 Electroquasistatic forces (PDF)
L13 Magnetoquasistatic forces (PDF)
L14 Fields and moving media (PDF - 1.6 MB)
L15 Force densities, stress tensors, and forces (PDF)
V. Electromechanical waves
L16 Elastic waves on a thin rod (PDF)
L17 Transient waves on transmission lines (PDF - 1.2 MB)
L18

Waves and instabilities in elastic media (PDF - 1.3 MB)

Film: Complex Waves I

L19

Waves and instabilities in the presence of motion (PDF)

Film: Complex Waves II

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