Course content

Electrostatics: Coulomb's law, scalar potential, Gauss' law, dielectric media, capacitance, currents, resistance, electrostatic energy. Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart's law, Ampere's law, vector potential, magnetic materials and circuits, energy and forces. Electrodynamics: Electromagnetic induction, Faraday's law, inductance, transformers, displacement current. Maxwells equations. Introduction to electromagnetic waves and Lorenz potentials. Brief introduction to mechanical wave theory in connection with exercise tasks.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: The candidate has - good knowledge of the laws of electrostatics: Coulomb's law, potential, Gaussian law, dielectric media, capacitance, currents and resistance, electrostatic energy. - good knowledge of the laws of magnetostatics: Forces between current elements, Ampere's law, vector potential, magnetic media and circuits, energy and forces. - good knowledge of the generalization of electro- and magnetostatic laws of electrodynamics: electromagnetic induction, Faraday's law, inductance, transformers. Displacement current. Maxwell's equations. Introduction to electromagnetic waves and retarded potentials. - general knowledge of mechanical wave theory Skills The candidate can - apply the laws of electrostatics: Coulomb's law, potential, Gaussian law, dielectric media, capacitance, currents and resistance, electrostatic energy. - use the laws of magnetostatics: forces between current elements, Ampere's law, vector potential, magnetic media and circuits, energy and forces. - understand the physical principles in classical electromagnetism - solve problems in classical electromagnetics using mathematics and physical understanding. - use the fundamental theory of electromagnetics to see possibilities and limitations in circuit theory. - understand the relevance of electromagnetics for the description of physical phenomena and technology. General competence - work individually with theory exercises - solve simple exercises.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and exercises.

Compulsory assignments

• Exercises

Recommended previous knowledge

Basic mathematics, vector analysis.

Course materials

Lecture notes (in Norwegian). Introduction to electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths (should be available at university bookstore Akademika Gløshaugen).

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