THE CITADEL
THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
ELEC 318 Electromagnetic Fields
Course Syllabus
Spring 2010
Prerequisites or corequisites: ELEC 202, ELEC 204, ELEC 206, PHYS 222/272, MATH 234,
MATH 335
Course Description:
Static and magnetic fields; experimental laws and their relation to Maxwell’s
equations; Laplace and Poisson’s equations; boundary value problems; timevarying fields and plane waves.
Instructor:
Professor Siripong Potisuk
Office: Grimsley Hall Rm. 312
Phone: (843) 953-4895
E-mail: siripong.potisuk@citadel.edu
Office hours: 1300 – 1400 & 1600 – 1700 Monday
0900 – 1000 & 1500 – 1700 Wednesday
1300 – 1500 Tuesday & Friday
Others by appointment
Class schedule:
Three Credit Hours
0800 – 0850 Monday, Wednesday, & Friday (Section 01 – SCCC)
1845 – 2000 Monday & Wednesday (Section 81 – CGC)
Room: GRIMS 328
Required Text:
Stuart M. Wentworth, Fundamentals of Electromagnetics with Engineering
Applications, 1st Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2005
ISBN: 0-471-26355-9
References:
1) Mattew N. O. Sadiku, Elements of Electromagnetics, 4th Edition,
Oxford University Press, 2007.
ISBN: 0-19-530048-3.
2) Joseph A. Edminister, Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of
Electromagnetics, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993.
ISBN: 0-07-021234-1.
Course Objective:
This course provides electrical engineering students with an understanding of
fundamental electricity and magnetism concepts and enables them to use
these concepts in applications. At completion of the course, students should
- be able to apply mathematical tools to solve field problems both in the
time and frequency domain,
- understand the coupling between electric and magnetic fields through
Maxwell’s equations,
- understand constitutive parameters and boundary conditions and be able to
analyze the relationships between fields and flux densities in material
media,
- be able to determine the capacitance and inductance of simple geometries.
- be able to analyze electromagnetic waves in material media, including
transmission and reflection of these waves between different media,
- be able to interpret the energy and power associated with electromagnetic
fields.
Grading Policy:
Homework
Three In-class Tests
Final Exam (comprehensive)
20%
50%
30%
The following grading system will be adopted as a guideline for assigning a
letter grade. This guideline is subject to change depending upon the overall
class performance as well.
A :
D :
86 – 100
56 – 65.9
B : 76 – 85.9
F : 0 – 55.9
C :
66 – 75.9
Homework:
1) Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis and must be turned in at the
beginning of class on the due date. Only neat and legible work will be
accepted. Thus, it is recommended that all homework be written in pencil
and only on one side of engineering paper. Late homework will incur a 50%
penalty and be accepted no later than one week from the due date.
2) Homework will be graded for effort and correctness. Solutions will be
distributed in class or uploaded to the course webpage
(http://faculty.citadel.edu/potisuk) one week after the due date. It is
imperative that student periodically check the course webpage for updates
and important news pertaining to the class.
3) While it is permissible and recommended to rely on fellow students for
assistance, it is not permissible to copy any portion of another student's work
and pass it off as your own. CHEATING AND/OR PLAGIARISM IN
ANY FORM WILL BE FULLY PROSECUTED UNDER THE
CITADEL HONOR CODE.
Attendance:
Class attendance is mandatory. Student is required to notify the instructor, if
possible, in advance should it be necessary to miss a class for any reason and
will be responsible for any material missed. Absences in excess of 20% of
the class meetings will result in a failing grade for the course. Unexcused
absence from a test or a final exam will result in a zero for that test or exam.
Excused absence will be granted under extreme circumstances only (guard
duty is not considered an extreme circumstance).
Special
Accommodations:
Any students requiring special accommodations for learning disabilities
should provide the instructor with verifiable written documentation of their
needs as early in the semester as possible (i.e., within the first two weeks of
the semester). This will ensure that the students have ample opportunity to
succeed in their academic pursuits.
Important Dates:
Monday, January 18th
Tuesday, January 19th
Monday, January 25th
Wednesday, February 17th
Monday, March 8th
Wednesday, March 17th
Wednesday, March 24th
Friday, April 2nd
Sunday, April 11th
Wednesday, April 21st
Tuesday, April 26th
To be announced
Saturday, May 1st
Martin Luther King Day (No classes)
SCCC Drop/Add ends
CGC Drop/Add ends
Test I
Last Day to Withdraw with grade of “W”for CGC
Last Day to Withdraw with grade of “W”for SCCC
Test II
Spring Break begins
Spring Break ends
Test III
Classes end
CGC Final Examination (1745 − 2045 hrs, GRIMS 328)
SCCC Final Examination (1300 − 1600 hrs, GRIMS 328)
Lesson Plan:
# of
hours
6
12
7
5
8
3
Topic
Reading
Chapter 1
Introduction: Charge; Electric and Magnetic Fields; Units; Vector Analysis;
Appendices A,
Coordinate Systems; line, surface and volume integrals; derivatives
B, C, D
Electrostatics: Static Electric fields; Gauss' Law; Coulomb's Law;
Superposition; Applications of Gauss' Law (Continuous Distributions of
Chapter 2
Charge); Electric Potential; Conductors; Dielectrics; Displacement Field;
Boundary Conditions; Capacitance; Electrostatic Energy; Force; Electric
Currents; Continuity Equation
Magnetostatics: Static Magnetic Fields; Lorentz Force; and Ampere's Law;
Vector Magnetic Potential; Biot-Savart’s Law; Magnetic Dipole;
Chapter 3
Magnetization; Magnetic Circuits & Magnetic Materials; Boundary
Conditions; Inductance; Magnetostatic Energy
Dynamic Fields: Faraday's Law; Transformers; Generators; Maxwell's
Chapter 4
Equations; Potential Functions and Boundary Conditions for time varying
fields; Wave equation; time harmonic fields
Uniform Plan waves: Uniform Plane Wave (UPW); TEM waves;
Chapter 5
Polarization; UPW in lossy media; Power flow; UPW Normal and Oblique
Incidence on Plane Boundary
Three in-class tests