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This document outlines the syllabus for an elective course on electromagnetic theory and applications offered at R.B.V.R.R. Women's College. The course is divided into 4 units covering fundamental mathematical concepts in electromagnetism, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic waves, and the production and detection of EM waves. Unit 1 introduces vector calculus concepts and electrostatics, including Gauss's law. Unit 2 covers magnetostatics, including Ampere's law. Unit 3 discusses electromagnetic induction based on Faraday's laws and Maxwell's equations. Unit 4 examines electromagnetic waves, transmission lines, and the generation and detection of EM waves. The course allots different numbers of hours and credits to

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Electromagnetic Theory and Applications PDF

This document outlines the syllabus for an elective course on electromagnetic theory and applications offered at R.B.V.R.R. Women's College. The course is divided into 4 units covering fundamental mathematical concepts in electromagnetism, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic waves, and the production and detection of EM waves. Unit 1 introduces vector calculus concepts and electrostatics, including Gauss's law. Unit 2 covers magnetostatics, including Ampere's law. Unit 3 discusses electromagnetic induction based on Faraday's laws and Maxwell's equations. Unit 4 examines electromagnetic waves, transmission lines, and the generation and detection of EM waves. The course allots different numbers of hours and credits to

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R.B.V.R.R.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)


B.Sc III YEAR– V SEMESTER
PHYSICS PAPER- VI (B)
ELECTIVE
SYLLABUS
ACADEMIC YEAR – 2015-2016
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

No. of credits – 2
No. of hours per week – 3

Total No. of hours:45

Unit – I 10 hrs

Fundamental mathematical concepts


Review of vector algebra, line, surface, volume integrals, vector fields, different coordinate systems
– orthogonal and curvilinear coordinates, polar, spherical and cylindrical coordinates. Vector
calculus – gradient, divergence, curl Gauss, divergence and Stoke’s theorem, Laplacian, Laplace’s
and Poisson’s equation.

Electrostatics
Review of Gauss’s theorem in electrostatics and its applications, electric field and potential due to an
electric dipole in free space, interaction of dipoles. Dielectrics, dielectric polarization, dielectric
constant and displacement vector, electric field in a material medium, Gauss’s law in dielectrics,
boundary conditions on field vectors , capacity and capacitors, energy density of electrostatic field.

Unit – II 11 hrs

Magnetostatics
Force on a current carrying conductor and Lorentz force, Ampere’s law in circuital form, force
between two current carrying parallel wires, magnetic scalar and vector potentials, equivalence of a
small current loop and a magnetic dipole, magnetic materials, magnetization, magnetic field in
multiple media, boundary conditions on B and H.

Unit – III 11 hrs

Electrodynamic fields.
Introduction, Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction (integral and differential form), motional
EMF and Magnetic energy stored in magnetic field. Equation of continuity , Maxwell’s equations
(differential and integral), displacement current., Maxwell’s equations in some particular cases,
relation between field theory and circuit theory, working of a transformer, eddy currents.
Unit – IV 13 hrs

Electromagnetic waves
Generation, electromagnetic wave equation, wave parameters – velocity, intrinsic impedance,
propagation constant, plane electro magnetic waves in free space, non-conducting medium. Brief
mention of waves in conducting medium. Skin effect, poynting theorem, poynting vector, plane
wave reflection and refraction, transmission lines, line equations, standing wave ratio and power.

Production and detection of EM waves


Production and detection of EM waves, Hertz experiment, transmission line wave guides, speed of
the guided waves, wave propagation between parallel conducting planes, propagation in a
rectangular wave guide, polarization of EM waves.

Books
1. Electromagnetics – Kraus – 4th edition McGraw Hill
2. Classical electrodynamics – J.D. Jackson, 2nd edition, Ed. Wiley
3. Classical electrodynamics – S.P. Puri, Tata Mc Graw hill
4. Electronic communications – D. Rody & J. Coolen 4th edition (PHI) 16th chapter for Unit III
5. Electromagnetic theory and electrodynamics – Satyaprakash
6. Electricity and magnetism – D. Chattopadhyay, P.C. Rakshit.
7. The Feyman lecture on Physics – vol – 2

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