Texts
The readings in the table below are separated into textbook sections and video demonstrations. The textbook sections come from the Zahn and Woodson/Melcher textbooks. The video demonstrations accompany the Haus/Melcher textbook. The Haus/Melcher textbook is used as a supplement for the first half of the course in addition to the textbook sections listed below. All three textbooks can be found here.
Required
[Z] = Zahn, Markus. Electromagnetic Field Theory: A Problem Solving Approach. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co., 2003. ISBN: 9781575242354.
[W/M] = Woodson, H. H., and J. R. Melcher. “Part I (Discrete Systems), and Part II (Fields, Forces, and Motion).” In Electromechanical Dynamics. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co., 1985. ISBN: 9780894644597 (Part I) and 9780898748475 (Part II).
Supplementary
[H/M] = Haus, Hermann A., and James R. Melcher. Electromagnetic Fields and Energy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1989. ISBN: 9780132490207.
Readings by Session
The numbering L1, L2, and so forth in the Topics corresponds to the numbering of the lecture notes.
| SES # | TOPICS | DEMONSTRATIONS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L1: Integral form of Maxwell’s equations |
[H/M] 1.4.1 - Magnetic field of a line current out [H/M] 1.6.1 - Voltmeter reading induced by magnetic induction |
[Z] sections 2.1-2.4 and 5.1-5.2 |
| 2 | L2: Differential form of Maxwell’s equations | [Z] sections 1.4-1.5 | |
| 3 | L3: Electroquasistatic (EQS) and magnetoquasistatic (MQS) fields and boundary conditions | [Z] sections 3.3 and 5.6 | |
| 4 | L4: The scalar electric potential and the Coulomb superposition integral | [Z] sections 2.5, 2.3.5, and 5.2.4 | |
| 5 | L5: Method of images | [H/M] 4.7.1 - Charge induced in ground plane by overhead conductor | [Z] sections 2.6-2.7 |
| 6 | L6: Magnetoquasistatics |
[H/M] 8.2.1 - Fields of a circular cylindrical solenoid [H/M] 8.2.2 - Magnetic field of a Helmholtz coil [H/M] 6.6.1 - Artificial dielectric |
[Z] section 5.4 |
| 7 | L7: Polarization and conduction |
[H/M] 7.7.1 - Relaxation of charge on particle in Ohmic conductor [H/M] Supplement: Van de Graaff and Kelvin generators |
[Z] section 3.2 |
| 8 | L8: Magnetization |
[H/M] 9.4.1 - Measurements of B-H characteristic [H/M] 8.6.1 - Surface currents induced in ground plane by overhead conductor |
[Z] section 5.5 and 6.2 |
| 9 | L9: Magnetic diffusion phenomena | [H/M] 10.0.1 - Non uniqueness of voltage in an MQS system | [Z] section 6.1 |
| 10-11 | L10: Solutions to Laplace’s equation in Cartesian coordinates | ||
| Midterm | |||
| 12-13 | L11: Solutions to Laplace’s equation in polar and spherical coordinates | [H/M] 7.5.1 - Distribution of unpaired charge | [Z] section 4.2 |
| 14-16 | L12: Electroquasistatic forces | [H/M] 7.5.2 - Rotation of an insulating rod in a steady current | [Z] section 4.3 |
| 17-20 | L13: Magnetoquasistatic forces | [Z] sections 4.4 and 5.7.2 | |
| 21 | L14: Fields and moving media | [W/M] chapter 3 | |
| 22 | L15: Force densities, stress tensors, and forces | [W/M] chapter 5 | |
| 23-24 | L18: Waves and instabilities in elastic media |
DC, AC, and electromechanically self-excited commutator machines Film Melcher James R. Complex Waves I: Propagation, Evanescence, and Instability. VHS. Produced by the National Committee for Electrical Engineering Films. Newton, MA: Education Development Center, 1968. |
[Z] section 6.3 |
| 25 | L19: Waves and instabilities in the presence of motion |
Film Melcher, James R. Complex Waves II: Instability, Convection and Amplification. VHS. Produced by the National Committee for Electrical Engineering Films. Newton, MA: Education Development Center, 1968. |
[W/M] chapter 8 |
