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ELEC 280 Fundamentals of Electromagnetics Units: 3.75
A study of the fundamental aspects of electromagnetic fields. The following topics are covered: the Maxwell's equations and the 3-dimensional wave equation for transmission lines; vector analysis, including orthogonal coordinate systems, and the calculus of field quantities; electrostatic fields including the concepts of electric potential, capacitance, and current and current density; magnetostatic fields including inductance; time-varying fields and the complete form of Maxwell's equations; basic transmission line phenomena including steady-state sinusoidal behaviour and standing waves, transient performance and impedance matching.
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0.25, Tut: 0.5)
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0.25, Tut: 0.5)
Requirements: Prerequisites: APSC 112 or APSC 114, APSC 171, APSC 172, APSC 174
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Offering Term: W
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 27
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 18
Engineering Design 0
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Determine electrostatic fields using Coulomb's law and Gauss's law.
- Determine magnetostatic fields using Biot-Savart's law and Ampere's law.
- Calculate voltage or current across transverse electromagnetic (TEM) transmission lines.
- Calculate the induced voltage in time-varying electromagnetic fields using Maxwell's equations.
- Analyze the transmission line parameters using various techniques including Smith chart, and calculate transient voltage and current of the transmission line.
- Calculate the gradient, divergence, and curl of various scalar and vector fields.
- Calculate the gradient, divergence, and curl of various scalar and vector fields.