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MODULE CODE
MODULE TITLE
LECTURERS
SOE3203
MODULE LEVEL
Electromagnetics and Wave Propagation A
CREDIT VALUE
15
PRE-REQUISITES
Engineering Core Course
CO-REQUISITES
DURATION OF MODULE
TOTAL STUDENT STUDY TIME
ECTS VALUE
3
7.5
1 Semesters(1)
Lectures: 20. Tutorials: 5. Private Study: 125. Total: 150.
AIMS
To introduce the fundamental principles of electromagnetics and apply theory to areas of technological importance including
field computation and communication systems.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Subject Specific Skills.
By the end of this module, the students should be able to:
(a) describe: the physical origins of electric and magnetic fields, the relationships between charge, current and fields in terms
of Gauss's law, Ampere's law and Faraday's law, field relationships in dielectric and magnetic materials and the relationship
with capacitance and inductance, the mathematical form of a 1-D travelling wave and the significance of the 3-D wave
equation, the form of electrical disturbances travelling in transmission lines, and the important aspects of antenna design.
(b) apply this knowledge to the solution of 'real-world' engineering problems.
2. Core Academic Skills.
By the end of this module, the students should be able to:
(c) use mathematical software (Matlab) to model (electromagnetic) phenomena and systems.
3. Personal and Key Skills.
By the end of this module, the students should be able to:
(d) monitor their own progress through tutor-marked assignments (TMA) and self-assessment questions (SAQ);
(e) assess the effectiveness of their learning strategies, including time management, and modify appropriately;
(f) use a variety of information sources to understand and supplement lecture material.
LEARNING / TEACHING METHODS
Two lectures per week are used to deliver the basic theoretical principles underlying the course, to introduce real-work
applications (particularly in the areas of communications and scanning probe microscopy) and to review worked-examples.
Understanding of the materials is consolidated by tutorials, directed reading and exercises, the latter in the form of both SAQs
(not contributing to course assessment) and TMAs (contributing to course assessment). In addition, all students submit an
'electromagnetic' simulation or design study completed with the aid of MATLAB software.
ASSIGNMENTS
3 sets of SAQs, 2 TMA problems sheets (each worth 5% of module mark), 1 MATLAB-based simulation/design study (worth
30% of module mark).
ASSESSMENT
Examination (60%) 2 hour closed-book, formula sheet provided.
Coursework (40%) 10 % TMAs (3hrs work each).
30% MATLAB simulation/design study (12 hrs work).
SYLLABUS PLAN
Eleven teaching weeks as follows:
1. Historical perspective; impact and application of electromagnetism; Coulombs Law;
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2. Electric field intensity; scalar potential; Gauss' Law;
3. Fields in conductors and dielectrics; polarisation and electric flux density;
4. Capacitance and capacitors; applications of electrostatics;
5. Magnetic charges and poles; magnetic flux density and field intensity; magnetic materials;
6. Magnetic fields from current carrying wire; fields from dipole and solenoid; Ampere's Law; Lorentz force;
7. Case Study: Field computation applied to scanning magnetic, electric and capacitance microscopy;
8. Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's Law; inductance and inductors;
9. Maxwell's equations; travelling waves; the wave equation in 1 and 3 dimensions; plane waves and spherical waves; TE,
TM and TEM waves;
10. Wave propagation in twisted-wire pairs; co-axial cables and waveguides; standing waves; optical waveguides;
11. Antennas: the Hertzian dipole; directivity, gain and effective area; halfwave, folded and multi-element dipole.
INDICATIVE BASIC READING LIST
Popovic, Z and Popovic, B "Introductory Electromagnetics" , Prentice Hall (1999), ISBN: 000-0-201-32678-7 (
EXTENDED READING LIST
Inan, U and Inan, A "Engineering Electromagnetics" , Addison-Wesley (1999), ISBN: 978020147
DETAILED LEARNING OUTCOMES
DATE OF LAST REVISION
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