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FY503: Electromagnetism I (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07003401

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: per@ifk.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
vvp@ifk.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 08-10 U144 35-39
Common I Wednesday 10-12 U144 38-39
Common I Thursday 08-10 U144 35-37
S1 TE Monday 14-16 U144 39-40
S1 TE Tuesday 14-16 U144 36-37
S1 TE Wednesday 08-10 U144 38-40
S1 TL Thursday 14-18 IFK 39-41
S1 TE Friday 10-12 U144 36-38
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The courses of the Science Year must have been attended.

Course introduction
To give the student a solid basic knowledge of electromagnetic phenomena and theories.

Expected learning outcome
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

  • Describe and evaluate expressions for a number of electric- and magnetic phenomena
  • Analyze experimental setups shown in the text or met in the laboratory course, and explain their applications, and discuss the resulting data from experiments with these setups.
  • Describe and explain the function and applications of the most common electric components used in direct-current circuits.
  • Discuss and evaluate expressions for magnetic fields, originating in electric direct currents in conductors.
  • Analyze the force of a magnetic field acting on a moving electrically charged particle.
  • Discuss the magnetic properties and behavior of different (magnetic) materials, and some typical applications of these materials.
  • Continue studies of electromagnetism in the course FY506.
Subject overview
Theoretical part:

  • Electric charge and electric fields. Coulomb’s law and Gauss’ law.
  • Electric potential energy and the electric potential.
  • Electric materials properties.
  • Capacitance and DC circuits.
  • Magnetic fields and the magnetic field of a current.
  • The Lorentz force on an electrical conductor.
  • Faraday’s law of induction.
  • Magnetic properties of materials.

The instruction of this course will make use of computer software to support students with the calculations of mathematical expressions for fields and potentials etc., in order to prepare them for an all-electronic exam.

Experimental part
3 experiments:

  1. Experiments with solar cells and fuel cells
  2. Experiments with batteries, capacitors and DC circuits
  3. Experiments with magnetic fields, induction and magnetic materials
Literature
  • Halliday, Resnick and Krane: Physics, Volume 2, Fifth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.


Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
(a) Labwork, pass/fail and internal marking by the teacher. The labwork, which accounts for 1 out of 5 ECTS should be passed to attend the written exam.
(b) A 4 hour written exam with computer, which counts for 4 out of 5 ECTS with external censorship and grades according to the Danish 7-point scale.

Re-examination after 2nd quarter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forelæsninger (20 timer), eksaminatorier (20 timer) og laboratorieøvelser (9 timer).
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
See fees for single courses.