ISRA UNIVERSITY

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Course Code
TCET-362

Course Name
Electromagnetic Field Theory

Credit Hours
3 (3 + 0)

Objectives:
At the end of this course, the student:
1. Know the vector analysis and coordinate systems.
2. Know the electromagnetic field and different laws and their applications related to fields of
communication engineering.
3. Know the Maxwells equations.
4. Know the characteristics of uniform plane waves in free space and different types of media.

Chapters (Theory)
1. Review of Vectors
1.1. Introduction to vector analysis
1.2. Scalar and Vector quantities, fields and vector operations
1.3. Vector Algebra
1.3.1. Addition
1.3.2. Subtraction
1.3.3. Multiplication
1.3.4. Unit vector
1.3.5. Scalar or dot product
1.3.6. Vector or cross product
1.4. Vector Analysis
1.4.1. Vector differentiation
1.4.2. Differential operator , del
1.4.3. Gradient
1.4.4. Divergence
1.4.5. Curl
1.5. Close and Open surfaces
1.6. Line, surface & volume Integral
1.7. Divergence and Stokes theorem
2. Static Electric Field and Steady Electric Current
2.1. Electromagnetism, electric charge, conductor and insulator
2.2. Coulombs law and its vector form
2.3. Continuous charge distribution
2.4. Electric field and the electric field of point charge
2.5. The electric Dipole, Electric field of continuous charge distribution
2.6. Electric field lines, A dipole in an electric field
2.7. The flux of a vector field

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2.8. Electric flux density and the electric field of the electric flux
2.9. Gauss law
2.10. Potential energy and the electric potential energy
2.11. Poissons value problem
Mid Term Review + Class Test

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3. Static Magnetic Field and Steady Electric Current

3.1. The magnetic field, magnetic poles, Magnetic properties
3.2. Magnetism and moving charges, Combined Electric and Magnetic field
3.3. Magnetic field due to a moving charges
3.4. The magnetic field of a current, Current density
3.5. Boit-savart Law
3.6. Magnetic field of a linear conductor of infinite length
3.7. Amperes law of force
3.8. Force between two long parallel linear wires
3.9. Magnetic flux and magnetic flux density, Amperes circuital law
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3.10. The divergence of magnetic induction, problems
4. Electromagnetic Field and Its Radiation
4.1. Introduction, Equation of continuity
4.2. Displacement current
4.3. Maxwells equations
4.4. Derivation of Maxwells equations in differential form
4.5. Maxwells equations in integral from
4.6. Physical significance of Maxwells equations
4.7. Boundary condition of electric and magnetic fields
4.8. Plane wave equation and its solution in linear medium
Full Term Review + Class Test

Total Chapters: 04

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Total Hours: 48

Recommended Textbook:
1. J. D. Kraus, Electromagnetics 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN:
2. David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Kenneth S.Krane Physics volume 2 Extended
Latest version.
3. T Cheng,T Fundamentals of Engineering & Electromagnetic , Addison Wesley