10ES36 FT VTU Syllabus

FIELD THEORY (Common to EC/TC/ML/EE)

Sub Code	:	10ES36	IA Marks	:	25
Hrs/ Week	:	04	Exam Hours	:	03
Total Hrs.	:	52	Exam Marks	:	100

PART – A

UNIT 1:

a. Coulomb’s Law and electric field intensity: Experimental law of Coulomb, Electric field intensity, Field due to continuous volume charge distribution, Field of a line charge. 3 Hours

b. Electric flux density, Gauss’ law and divergence: Electric flux density, Gauss’ law, Divergence, Maxwell’s First equation(El ectrostatics), vector

operator and divergence theorem. 3 Hours

UNIT 2:

a. Energy and potential : Energy expended in moving a point charge in an electric field, The line integral, Definition of potential difference and Potential, The potential field of a point charge and system of charges, Potential gradient , Energy density in an electrostatic field. 4 Hours

b. Conductors, dielectrics and capacitance: Current and current density, Continuity of current, metallic conductors, Conductor properties and boundary conditions, boundary conditions for perfect Dielectrics, capacitance and examples. 4 Hours

UNIT 3:

Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations: Derivations of Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations, Uniqueness theorem, Examples of the solutions of Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations. 6 Hours

UNIT 4:

The steady magnetic field: Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s circuital law, Curl, Stokes’ theorem, magnetic flux and flux density, scalar and Vector magnetic potentials. 6 Hours

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PART – B

UNIT 5:

a. Magnetic forces: Force on a moving charge and differential current element, Force between differential current elements, Force and torque on a closed circuit. 4 Hours

b. Magnetic materials and inductance: Magnetization and permeability, Magnetic boundary conditions, Magnetic circuit, Potential energy and forces

on magnetic materials, Inductance and Mutual Inductance.	4 Hours
UNIT 6:
Time varying fields and Maxwell’s equations: Faraday’s	law,

displacement current, Maxwell’s equation in point and Integral form, retarded potentials. 6 Hours

UNIT 7:

Uniform plane wave: Wave propagation in free space and dielectrics, Poynting’s theorem and wave power, propagation in good conductors – (skin effect). 6 Hours

UNIT 8:

Plane waves at boundaries and in dispersive media: Reflection of uniform plane waves at normal incidence, SWR, Plane wave propagation in general directions. 6 Hours

TEXT BOOK:

1. “Engineering Electromagnetics”, William H Hayt Jr. and John A Buck,

Tata McGraw-Hill, 7th edition, 2006.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.“Electromagnetics with Applications”, John Krauss and Daniel A Fleisch, McGraw-Hill, 5th edition, 1999.

2.“Electromagnetic Waves And Radiating Systems,” Edward C. Jordan and Keith G Balmain, Prentice – Hall of India / Pea rson Education, 2ndedition, 1968.Reprint 2002.

3.“Field and Wave Electromagnetics”, David K Cheng, Pearson Education Asia, 2nd edition, - 1989, Indian Reprint – 2001.