Prerequisites and co-requisites |
None |
Language of instruction |
English |
Type |
Required |
Level of Course |
Bachelor's |
Lecturer |
Asst. Prof. Çağdaş ALLAHVERDİ |
Mode of Delivery |
Face to Face |
Suggested Subject |
None |
Professional practise ( internship ) |
None |
Objectives of the Course |
The course introduces students to the laws of electricity and magnetism, electric circuits, the properties of electromagnetic waves. |
Contents of the Course |
The topics covered in this course include:
• electric charge, electric fields, Gauss’s law, electric potential;
• electric properties of materials, conductors and dielectrics;
• electric current, resistance, Ohm’s law;
• simple DC electric circuits, Kirchhoff’s circuit laws;
• AC circuits, phasors, phasor diagrams for AC circuits;
• magnetic fields and force, Biot-Savart law, Amper’s law;
• magnetic induction, Faraday’s law;
• Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves;
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Learning Outcomes |
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To be able to understand Coulomb's Law and use it for solving physics problems |
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To be able to understand Kirchhoff's current laws and use it for solving physics problems. |
3 |
To be able to understand Maxwell's equations.
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4 |
Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively. |
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Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for investigating engineering problems. |
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Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually. |
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Subjects |
Teaching Methods and Technics |
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Introduction to electricity and magnetism. Electrical charge and its properties.
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Lecture |
2 |
Electric fields. Electric fields of simple charge configurations. Concept of the flux of a vector field.
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Lecture |
3 |
Flux of electric field, Gauss’ law. Fields of simple charge configurations using Gauss’ law. Electric potential and work of electric field. Relation between electric potential and energy, example of electric circuits.
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Lecture |
4 |
Examples of calculating electric potential for simple configurations of charges. Electrostatic properties of conductors. Electrostatic properties of dielectrics, polarization and electric dipoles.
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Lecture |
5 |
Electrostatic potential in conductors and capacitance. Capacitance of a capacitor. Introduction to electric current: flow of electric charge in conductors.
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Lecture |
6 |
Basics of electric circuits, electromotive force, change of electric potential in a circuit, motion of current in a circuit. Kirchhoff’s rules. Examples: series and parallel connections of resistors, ideal and real batteries, example of a multi-loop circuit.
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Lecture |
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Magnetic field and magnetic force. Biot-Savart Law. Example magnetic field of a long straight wire. Ampere’s law. Example magnetic field of a long straight wire, magnetic field of a solenoid. Homestudy/handout: Vector product of vectors; magnetic field/force using vector product.
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Lecture |
8 |
Midterm Exam
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Exam |
9 |
Magnetic properties of matter, magnetic dipoles, diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic materials. Amplification of magnetic field in ferromagnetics, hysteresis.
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Lecture |
10 |
Magnetic inductance, Faraday’s law. Example solving problems using Faraday’s law. Self and mutual inductance for a solenoid. Homestudy/handout: Transient phenomena in RC and RL circuits; energy of electric and magnetic fields.
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Lecture |
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Maxwell-Ampere’s equation, displacement current, and Maxwell’s equations. Electromagnetic waves as a solution of Maxwell equations. Main properties of electromagnetic waves: spectrum, polarization states, speed in materials. Overview of Fresnel formulas for reflection and refraction.
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Lecture |
12 |
Maxwell equations and special relativity, Lorentz transformation, basic effects of special relativity. Basics of wave optics; superposition and interference of EM waves. Diffraction of EM waves. Example diffraction on two slits. Example interference from thin film.
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Lecture |
13 |
Alternating current. Properties of AC, phasor representation of AC waves. Resistance, capacitance and inductance in AC circuits.
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Lecture |
14 |
Kirchhoff’s voltage rule for AC circuits, phasor diagrams. RLC circuit, impedance, phase shift, power factor.
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Lecture |
15 |
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16 |
Final Exam |
Exam |
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Material / Resources |
Information About Resources |
Reference / Recommended Resources |
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H.D. Young, R.A. Freedman and A.L. Ford, Sears and Zemansk's University Physics with Modern Physics Technology Update, 13th Edition, ISBN 10: 0-321-89470-7, 2014 |
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D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics Extended, 9th Edition, Wiley, 2009
ISBN-10: 0-321-64363-1, 2010. |
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Raymond A. Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th edition, Saunders College Pub, 1996
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Learning Outcomes |
Program Outcomes |
Method of Assessment |
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To be able to understand Coulomb's Law and use it for solving physics problems |
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To be able to understand Kirchhoff's current laws and use it for solving physics problems. |
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3 |
To be able to understand Maxwell's equations.
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4 |
Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively. |
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5 |
Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for investigating engineering problems. |
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Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually. |
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