Electromagnetic field theory
This page lists video lectures that deal with electromagnetic field theory, which is a prerequisite for this course on computational electromagnetics. Thus, these lectures are not the lectures for this course!
Hand-in assignment #2 and #3: View the video lectures with this color!
Introduction
Electromagnetic field theory -- definition (Links to an external site.)
Matter -- electrons, protons, neutrons (Links to an external site.)
Electric charge (Links to an external site.)
Important materials -- metals and insulators (Links to an external site.)
Electrically charged objects (Links to an external site.)
Electrostatics
Coulomb's law -- principle (Links to an external site.)
Coulomb's law -- position vectors wrt coordinate system (Links to an external site.)
Superposition principle (Links to an external site.)
Electric field -- definition (Links to an external site.)
Electric field -- position vectors wrt coordinate system (Links to an external site.)
Flux through open surface (Links to an external site.)
Continuum charge densities -- definition (Links to an external site.)
Superposition of continuum charge densities -- electric field (Links to an external site.)
Superposition -- infinitely long straight line charge (Links to an external site.)
Field lines (Links to an external site.)
Gauss' law (Links to an external site.)
Gauss' law -- one point charge at the origin (Links to an external site.)
Gauss' law -- many point charges (Links to an external site.)
Gauss' law -- infinitely long straight line charge (Links to an external site.)
Conservative electric field (Links to an external site.)
Electrostatics -- postulates for vacuum (Links to an external site.)
Electric potential -- motivation and background (Links to an external site.)
Electric potential -- infinitely long straight line charge (Links to an external site.)
Electric potential -- potential difference and electric field (Links to an external site.)
Electric potential -- charge distributions (Links to an external site.)
Metal enclosures (Links to an external site.)
Perfect electric conductor (Links to an external site.)
Electric dipole -- potential and field (Links to an external site.)
Polarization of an atom (Links to an external site.)
Polarization of macroscopic objects (Links to an external site.)
Polarization vector and bound charge densities (Links to an external site.)
Polarization vector and bound charge densities (Links to an external site.)
Gauss' law for dielectric media (Links to an external site.)
Permittivity of dielectric media (Links to an external site.)
Boundary conditions (Links to an external site.)
Boundary conditions -- two important examples (Links to an external site.)
Electrostatics -- postulates for dielectric media (Links to an external site.)
Capacitance (Links to an external site.)
Laplace's and Poisson's equation (Links to an external site.)
Energy -- assemble point charges (Links to an external site.)
Energy -- continuum charge density in vacuum (Links to an external site.)
Energy -- dielectric media (Links to an external site.)
Torque and net force on electric dipole (Links to an external site.)
Work to turn electric dipole (Links to an external site.)
Uniqueness (Links to an external site.)
Imaging in metal plane (Links to an external site.)
Imaging in metal cylinder (Links to an external site.)
Steady currents
Volume current density (Links to an external site.)
Ohm's law (Links to an external site.)
Equation of continuity (Links to an external site.)
Steady current (Links to an external site.)
Relaxation (Links to an external site.)
Resistance (Links to an external site.)
Resistance bounds (Links to an external site.)
Capacitance and resistance (Links to an external site.)
Power dissipation (Links to an external site.)
Electromotive force (Links to an external site.)
Magnetostatics
Magnetostatics (Links to an external site.)
Current density (Links to an external site.)
Magnetic force (Links to an external site.)
Biot-Savart's law (Links to an external site.)
Infinitely long line current (Links to an external site.)
Closed line and surface integral of B (Links to an external site.)
Infinitely long line current (Links to an external site.)
Magnetostatics (Links to an external site.)
Magnetic vector potential (Links to an external site.)
Magnetic flux (Links to an external site.)
Magnetic dipole (Links to an external site.)
Magnetization vector and bound current density (Links to an external site.)
Magnetization vector and bound current density (Links to an external site.)
Ampère's law for magnetic media (Links to an external site.)
Permeability of magnetic media (Links to an external site.)
Boundary conditions (Links to an external site.)
Magnetostatics (Links to an external site.)
Inductance (Links to an external site.)
Inductance (Links to an external site.)
Magnetic circuits (Links to an external site.)
Energy (Links to an external site.)
Torque and force on magnetic dipole (Links to an external site.)
Quasi-statics
Faraday's law (Links to an external site.)
Total time-derivative of the flux (Links to an external site.)
Moving wire in time-varying magetnic flux density (Links to an external site.)
Faraday's law on differential form (Links to an external site.)
Electric field expressed in terms of potentials (Links to an external site.)
Coil (Links to an external site.)
Magnetic energy (Links to an external site.)
jw-method (Links to an external site.)
Eddy currents (Links to an external site.)
Electric motor (Links to an external site.)
Electric generator (Links to an external site.)
Ideal transformer (Links to an external site.)
Displacement current (video lecture #1) (Links to an external site.)
Displacement current (video lecture #2) (Links to an external site.)
Ampere's law (Links to an external site.)
Electrodynamics
Maxwell's equations (Links to an external site.)
Maxwell's equations (Links to an external site.)
Maxwell's equations for time-independent problems (Links to an external site.)
Plane waves (Links to an external site.)
Wave equation (Links to an external site.)
Wave equation -- lossless, homogeneous and source-free medium (Links to an external site.)
Wave equation -- one space dimension (Links to an external site.)
Plane wave -- three space dimensions (Links to an external site.)
Plane wave in Maxwell's equations (Links to an external site.)
Polarization (Links to an external site.)
Dispersion relation (Links to an external site.)
Wave impedance (Links to an external site.)
Lossy media (Links to an external site.)
Complex permittivity -- no losses (Links to an external site.)
Complex permittivity -- good insulator (Links to an external site.)
Complex permittivity -- good conductor (Links to an external site.)
Propagation constant (Links to an external site.)
Poynting vector and Poynting's theorem -- time domain (Links to an external site.)
Poynting vector and Poynting's theorem -- frequency domain (Links to an external site.)
Complex power and average power (Links to an external site.)
Doppler effect (Links to an external site.)
Index of refraction (Links to an external site.)
Snell's laws (Links to an external site.)
Total internal reflection (Links to an external site.)
Brewster angle (Links to an external site.)
Normal incidence at planar interface (Links to an external site.)
Oblique incidence at planar interface -- perpendicular polarization (Links to an external site.)
Oblique incidence at planar interface -- parallel polarization (Links to an external site.)