INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

NAME OF DEPTT. /CENTRE: DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

1. Subject Code: PHN-008 Course Title: Electromagnetic Theory

2. Contact Hours: L: 3 T: 1 P: 0

3. Examination Duration (Hrs.): Theory: 3 Practical: 0

4. Relative Weight: CWS: 25 PRS: 00 MTE: 25 ETE: 50 PRE: 00

5. Credits: 4 6. Semester: Spring 7.Subject Area: DCC

8. Pre-requisite: None

9. Objective: To introduce basic concepts of electromagnetism and their

applications in engineering.

10. Details of Course:

S.No. Contents Contact

Hours
1. Vector Calculus: Review of cartesian, cylindrical and spherical 6
coordinate systems, constant coordinate surfaces, del operator,
gradient, divergence of a vector and Gauss divergence
theorem, curl of a vector and Stokes theorem, gradient,
divergence, curl and Laplacian in the three coordinate systems,
Laplacian of a scalar, scalar & vector fields, classification of
vector fields
2. Electrostatics: Coulomb’s law, electric field intensity due to 12
continuous charge distribution, Gauss’s law and its applications,
electric potential, line integral, electric dipole and flux lines,
energy density in an electrostatic field, metallic conductors,
conductor properties and boundary conditions, polarization in
dielectrics, nature of dielectric materials and related boundary
conditions, electrostatic boundary-value problems, Laplace’s
and Poisson’s equations, uniqueness theorem, general
procedure for solving Laplace’s and Poisson’s equation in one-
dimension, resistance and capacitance
3. Magnetostatics: current, current density, Biot-Savart’s law, 12
Ampere’s circuital law, applications of Ampere’s law, magnetic
flux and magnetic flux density, scalar and vector magnetic
potentials, magnetic dipole, force due to magnetic field on a
differential current element, force between two differential
current elements, force and torque on a closed circuit, magnetic
materials, magnetization and permeability, magnetic boundary
conditions, inductors, inductances, magnetic energy, magnetic
circuits, potential energy and force on magnetic materials
 4. Time varying electric and magnetic fields, Electromagnetic 12
waves:
Faraday’s law, displacement current, Maxwell’s equations for
time varying fields, electromagnetic wave equation in free
space, plane waves in free space, polarization, Poynting vector
and power associated with electromagnetic waves, plane
waves in lossless, homogeneous, and isotropic dielectric
medium, reflection and transmission of plane waves at dielectric
interface, normal and oblique incidence, plane waves in good
conductors, skin depth
Total 42

11. Suggested Books:

S. Name of Authors /Books / Publishers Year of

No. Publication/
Reprint
1. Sadiku M N O, “Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics” , 2003
Oxford University Press, 3rd Ed.
2. Griffiths D J, “Introduction to Electrodynamics”, Prentice Hall, 2000
3rd Ed.
3. Hayt W H Jr and Buck J A, “Engineering Electromagnetics”, Tata 2005
McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, New Delhi, 7th Ed.
4. Purcell E, “Electricity and Magnetism”, Berkeley Physics 2011
Course, volume 2
5. Jackson J D, “Classical Electrodynamics” John Wiley & Sons; 1998
3rd Ed.