Syllabus

This course covers the following subjects: Vectors Calculus, Static Electric Fields, Solution of Electrostatic Problems; Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations, Boundary value problems in Cartesian Coordinates, Steady Electric Currents; Ohm’s law, Equation of Continuity and Kirchhoff’s law, Power Dissipation, Static Magnetic Fields, Time-Varying Fields and Maxwell’s Equations.

Course Content:

1. Vector Analysis;

2. Gradient of a Scalar Fields, Divergence of vector fields, Helmholtz’s Theorem.

3. Static Electric Fields;  Postulates of Electrostatics, Coulomb’s  law, Gauss’s law and applications,

4. Capacitance and Capacitors, Electrostatic Energy and Forces.

5. Solution of Electrostatic Problems; Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations.

6. Solution of Electrostatic Problems; Boundary Value Problems in Cartesian Coordinates.

7. Exam week

8. Steady Electric Currents; Current Density, Ohm’s Law, Boundary Condition for Current Density,

9. Equation of Continuity and Kirchhoff’s Law, Power Dissipation.

10. Static Magnetic Fields; Postulates of Magnetostatics, Vector Magnetic Potential,

11. Biot-Savart Law.

12. Inductance and Inductors.

13. Magnetic Energy, Magnetic Forces and Torques.

14. Time-varying fields and Maxwell’s Equations; Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction, Maxwell’s Equations.

Textbook: Åžener G., Temel Mühendislik ElektromanyetiÄŸi, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2023. ISBN: 978-625-397-500-5.

Overall Assessment: %60 quizzes + %40 final exam

Quizzes = %60 = %90 written exam + 10% lab exam. 

70% lecture attendance is compulsory to pass this course.

You can have at most four weeks to be absent. You will get an NA grade if you are absent for five weeks, regardless of your exam scores.