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Electromagnetic Concepts and Applications
Subject: Electrical Engineering
Book Language: English
Audience: Anyone who is interested in finding more about applications in electromagnetics
Created date: June 22, 2021
Updated date: September 20, 2021
Target Release Date: 2022-08-31
License:
- Attribution
- Non-Commercial
Needs:
- Proofreaders
- Peer Reviewers
- Classroom Reviewers
Description:
About the Project
The scope of this project is to develop an OER textbook on Electromagnetics. The book will cover the fundamental concepts in the filed, provide the mathematical backgrouond, explain the physical meaning of the different concepts and provide examples of applications. The goal is to make the connection between the concepts and math with the applications that students find interesting or get to use in their everyday life.
Motivators
Students tend to avoid to buy expensive books. Most “good” electromagnetic books tend to be expensive. For that reason, many students do not follow the books suggested by instructors and many times find parts of the material covered from disparate websites. An OER book, may provide the means for these students to start following a book and going through the material in a more consistent way.
Audience
Anyone who is interested in finding more about applications in electromagnetics.
Licensing
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Initial more restrictive license to better develop the project. May change in the future
Structure
The book will be structured in four basic units. Each unit will have chapters that focus on the specific concept and applications. The units and the associated chapters will be:
Unit 1. Static Electric Fields
Fundamental Postulates of Electrostatics in Free Space.
Coulomb’s Law
Gauss’s Law and Applications
Electric Potential
Energy Density
Electrostatic Boundary Conditions
Dielectrics in Static Electric Field
Electric Flux Density and Dielectric Constant
Capacitance
Unit 2 Static Magnetic Fields
Fundamental Postulates of Magnetostatics in Free Space
Amperes Circuital Law
Applications
Magnetic Field Intensity and Relative Permeability
Magnetic Boundary Conditions
Magnetic Energy
Unit 3 Time-Varying Fields & Maxwell’s Equations
Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Maxwell’s Equations
Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions
Wave Equations and their Solutions
Time Harmonic Fields
Unit 4 Plane Electromagnetic Waves
Plane Waves in Lossless Media
Plane Waves in Lossy Media
Group Velocity
Flow of Electromagnetic Power & the Poynting Vector
Normal Incidence at a Plane Conducting Boundary
Normal Incidence at a Plane Dielectric Boundary
Normal Incidence at Multiple Dielectric Interfaces
Oblique Incidence at a Plane Dielectric Boundary
There will be an effort to include a collection of publicly available resources that provide visualization of the concepts through videos, presentations and/or application notes.
Timeline
Provide an approximate timeline for the project. This doesn’t have to be comprehensive, or rigid, but an indicator of dates for major milestones (e.g. chapters submitted, peer review complete, beta testing, initial release, etc.)
Kick off June 2021
Unit 1 completion Nov 2021
Unit 2 completion Feb 2022
Unit 3 completion May 2022
Unit 4 completion July 2022
Feedback from students and/or colleagues Aug 2022 Revisions October 2022
How to Get Involved
If you are interested in providing content, exercises, images, application examples with explanation etc., we would be happy to speak with you about it and add you as a contributor. We are also interested in finding peer reviewers for the chapters, which will be available in the Fall 2022 semester. If you would like to provide content or peer review a chapter, please contact Nicholas Madamopoulos
nmadamopoulos@ccny.cuny.edu
).
Measures of Success
I will know I have met the goals after students study the book and come to the class with a different mentality, a positive mentality, that even though the material and concepts are considered difficult, the vast number of applications trigger their curiosity and makes them study the material in more depth.
Short Description:
The scope of this project is to develop an OER textbook on Electromagnetics. The book will cover the fundamental concepts in the filed, provide the mathematical background, explain the physical meaning of the different concepts and provide examples of applications. The goal is to make the connection between the concepts and math with the applications that students find interesting or get to use in their everyday life.
Outline
Static Electric Fields
Fundamental Postulates of Electrostatics in Free Space.
Coulomb’s Law
Gauss’s Law and Applications
Electric Potential
Energy Density
Electrostatic Boundary Conditions
Dielectrics in Static Electric Field
Electric Flux Density and Dielectric Constant
Capacitance
Static Magnetic Fields
Fundamental Postulates of Magnetostatics in Free Space
Amperes Circuital Law
Applications
Magnetic Field Intensity and Relative Permeability
Magnetic Boundary Conditions
Magnetic Energy
Fundamental Postulates of Magnetostatics in Free Space
Amperes Circuital Law and Applications
Magnetic Field Intensity and Relative Permeability
Magnetic Boundary Conditions
Magnetic Energy
Inductors
Time-Varying Fields & Maxwell’s Equations
Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Maxwell’s Equations
Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions
Wave Equations and their Solutions
Time Harmonic Fields
Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Maxwell’s Equations
Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions
Wave Equations and their Solutions
Time Harmonic Fields
Plane Electromagnetic Waves
Plane Waves in Lossless Media
Plane Waves in Lossy Media
Group Velocity
Flow of Electromagnetic Power & the Poynting Vector
Normal Incidence at a Plane Conducting Boundary
Normal Incidence at a Plane Dielectric Boundary
Normal Incidence at Multiple Dielectric Interfaces
Oblique Incidence at a Plane Dielectric Boundary