Analysis of Electromagnetic Systems, 5 op

Ydinsisältö

• Analysis of resistive circuits and the steady field conduction problem.
  Setting up simulation model to find the resistance of a conducting object, basics of finite element method simulations (Comsol).
  Interpretation of field and circuit quantities in case of materials with different conductivities.
  Related in-class hands-on tasks where e.g. breadboards and DAQ -devices are utilized.
• Analysis of capacitive systems and the electrostatic field problem.
  Analysis of inductive systems and the magnetostatic field problem.
  Energy and potentials in electric and magnetic problems.
  Setting up simulation models for simple capacitive and inductive systems. Related in-class hands-on tasks.
  Multivariable analysis and its applications in electromagnetic theory.
  
• Analysis of the magnetoquasistatic field problem, electromagnetic induction, electromotive force. Time-harmonic field quantities.
  
• Ampere-Maxwell law. Analysis of monochromatic electromagnetic plane waves. Basics of wave propagation in nonconducting and conducting media. Basics of origin of waves, Hertz dipole.

Täydentävä tietämys

• Assumptions underneath the electric circuit analysis (with lumped parameters). KVL, KCL, and the resistive circuit element interpreted in terms of field quantities.
  
• Boundary conditions to define circuit elements in terms of field quantities. Well-posedness of static EM problems.
  
• Basics about electromagnetic compatibility.
• Elementary concepts of electromagnetic metamaterials.Application examples: metamaterials in antenna designs, EM cloaking.