PHYSICS II
Stampa
Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
FIS/03 (MATERIAL PHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Energia
Year of study
Period
1st semester (01/10/2018 - 18/01/2019)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
50 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
BAJONI DANIELE (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Student's are supposed to be familiar with the basic concepts Mechanics (Newton's Laws, cinematics, Energy and Momentum conservation principles and Thermodynamics), Mathematical Analysis (Module A and B) and Geometry
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce the basic concept of Electromagnetism.
Course contents
Electrostatics

Electric Charge: phenomenology.
Coulomb's Law, Superimposition Principle
Electric Field
Electric Flux, Gauss Law
Electrostatic Potential Energy and Electrostatic Potential
Maxwell's Equation for the Electrostatics

Electric Field in the Matter

Behaviour of Conductors in presence of an Electrostatic Field
Capacitance
Electric Dipole
Dielectrics and Polarization (microscopic and macroscopic description)
boundary conditions for E and D fields

Electric Current

Drude model of Electrical Conduction
Ohm's Law, Resistance
Charge Conservation Principle, Continuity Equation
Kirchhoff laws
RC circuits

Magnetostatic

Phenomenology of Magnetism
Gauss Law for Magnetic Field
Charge in motion in a Magnetic Field, Lorentz Force
Biot-Savart Law
Ampere's Law

Magnetic Fields in the matter

Phenomenological consideration
Dia- Para- and Ferro-Magnetism
M and H vectors
Ampere's Law for H field
Electromagnets and Hysteresis Cycle

Non-Stationary Fields

Faraday's Law of Induction, non-conservative Fields
Displacement current and Ampler-Maxwell equation
Energy of the magnetic field, Inductance
RL circuits
Maxwell Equations in non-stationary conditions

Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves

Electromagnetic wave's equation
Plane wave solution
Properties of the pane waves
Poynting Vector
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 38
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 12
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
There are many beautiful books treating all the arguments presented in this course, especially in English. Just to mention some of them...

Giancoli, D. C.. Physics for Scientists & Engineers. Vol. 2. Prentice Hall.

Serway and Jewett. Physics for Scientists and Engineers 6E .

Paul Tipler. Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Vol. 2: Electricity and Magnetism, Light .

E. Purcell. Electricity and Magnetism (Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 2).
Assessment methods
The first part of the exam will test the student's ability in solution of problems (script: 6 problems/2 hours). The oral part of the exam is not compulsory. More information (in italian) are available in the official website of the course https://sites.google.com/site/fisica2ingind/corso
Further information
The first part of the exam will test the student's ability in solution of problems (script: 6 problems/2 hours). The oral part of the exam is not compulsory. More information (in italian) are available in the official website of the course https://sites.google.com/site/fisica2ingind/corso
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