ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Course:- Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering)

Semester Subject Title Computational Electromagnetics Code TEE

Course Components Credits L T P

Contact Hours
Foundation Course (FC) 03 03 01 00
Examination Duration Theory Practical WEIGHTAGE:EVALUATION CWA MSE ESE
(Hrs) 03 01 25 25 50
Course Objectives
CO 1 Understand the basic concepts of electromagnetics.
CO2 Understand computational techniques for computing fields.
CO3 Apply the techniques to simple real-life problems.
CO4
CO5
CO6
Unit No. Content Hours
Introduction
Conventional design methodology, Computer aided design aspects – Advantages.
Unit -1 Review of basic fundamentals of Electrostatics and Electromagnetics. Development 10
of Helmhotz equation, energy transformer vectors- Poynting and Slepian, magnetic
Diffusion-transients and time-harmonic.
Analytical Methods
Unit -2 Analytical methods of solving field equations, method of separation of variables, 8
Roth’s method, integral methods- Green’s function, method of images.
: Finite Difference Method (FDM)
Finite Difference schemes, treatment of irregular boundaries, accuracy and stability
Unit -3 8
of FD solutions, Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method- Uniqueness and
convergence.
Finite Element Method (FEM)
Overview of FEM, Variational and Galerkin Methods, shape functions, lower and
Unit -4 8
higher order elements, vector elements, 2D and 3D finite elements, efficient finite
element computations.
Special Topics and Applications
{Background of experimental methods-electrolytic tank, R-C network solution, Field
plotting (graphical method)}, hybrid methods, coupled circuit - field computations,
Unit -5 electromagnetic – thermal and electromagnetic - structural coupled computations, 6
solution of equations, method of moments, Poisson’s fields. Low frequency
electrical devices, static / time-harmonic / transient problems in transformers,
rotating machines, actuators. CAD packages.
Total Hours 42

Text/References:
1. P. P. Silvester and R. L. Ferrari “Finite Element for Electrical Engineers”, Cambridge University
press, 1996
2. M. N. O. Sadiku, “Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics”, CRC press, 2001.