EE-353

Electromagnetic Field Theory

Dr. Imran Aziz

imran.aziz@must.edu.pk

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 Course Outline
• Review of vectors and coordinate systems, Coulomb’s law and electric field,
Gauss’ law and divergence of electric flux density, Work, potential, potential
gradient and energy in electrostatic field. Current and current density,
conductor, dielectrics, boundary conditions, capacitance, Laplace’s and
Poisson’s equations, Steady magnetic field, Biot-Savart Law, Ampere’s law,
Curl of H, Stoke’s theorem, magnetic boundary conditions, magnetic
material, and boundary conditions, magnetic flux density, vector magnetic
potential, inductance, Time varying fields, Faraday’s law, displacement
current density, Maxwell’s equations in differential and integral form,
Retarded potential, Wave Equation. Plane wave in free space, perfect
dielectric, lossy dielectrics, Poynting theorem and power density,
propagation through good conductors, loss tangent and skin effect.
Polarization of plane wave.

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 EE-353 Electromagnetic Field Theory

• Grading: Midterm 30%, Final exam 50%, Assignment 10%, Quiz 10%,

• Attendance: 75% required to appear in exam

• Text Book: Engineering Electromagnetic by Hayt & Buck 7th or 8th

Edition

• Ref Books: Elements of EM by Sadiko and any other EM book for

Undergraduate Course

• Quizzes: 10%
• Assignments: 10%

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 Vector Analysis (Ch – 1)
• 1.1 Scalars and Vectors
• 1.2 Vector Algebra
• 1.3 The Rectangular Coordinate System
• 1.4 Vector Components and Unit Vectors
• 1.5 The Vector Field
• 1.6 The Dot Product
• 1.7 The Cross Product
• 1.8 Cylindrical Coordinates
• 1.9 The Spherical Coordinate System

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 1.1 Scalars and Vectors
• Scalar: A quantity whose value can be represented by a real number.
• Examples: Distance, Speed, Mass, Time, Density, Electric Potential,
Energy/Work, Temperature, Electric Charge

• Vector: A quantity which has both magnitude and direction.

• Examples: Displacement, Velocity, Force, Momentum, Electric Field, Magnetic
Field, Gravitational Field Torque

• Scalar and Vector Fields:

• Our work will mainly concern scalar and vector
fields
• The value of a field varies in general with both
position and time.
• A field (scalar or vector) may be defined
mathematically as some function that connects
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 1.2 Vector Algebra

• The rule for the subtraction of vectors: A-B as A+(-B)

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1.3 The Rectangular Coordinates System

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• P (1,2,3) and Q (2,-2,1)

• Moving P (x,y,z) to P’(x+dx, y+dy, z+dz)

• The six planes make a parallelepiped with volume dv = dxdydz
• The surfaces have differential areas dS = dxdy, dydz and dzdx.
• Distance from P to P’ is the diagonal of parallelepiped
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1.4 Vector Components & Unit Vector

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Unit vector in the direction of B:

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 1.5 The Vector Field
• A vector field is a field which has vectors at every point in space
• A vector field can be plotted as a function of position in two
dimensions.
• The magnitude and direction of the vector function will change
as we move in the region

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1.6 The Dot Product

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Example

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 1.7 Cross Product

If,
and

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1.8 Circular Cylindrical Coordinates

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 aφ az

φ
az ay
90-φ aφ
aρ
φ

P
ay

ax aρ
ax
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(Example)

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1.9 Spherical Coordinate System

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The three mutually
perpendicular
surfaces of the spherical
coordinate system

The three unit vectors of

spherical coordinates:
ar × aθ = aφ.

The differential volume

element in the spherical
coordinate
system

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 az

ar

cos θ
ar
P
ay
cos θ

sin θ sin φ
θ
90-Φ

sinθ xy plane

ax

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 az

aθ
ay
cos θ sin φ
90-Φ

ax

z z
ar
P P

θ aθ θ aθ
90- θ 90- θ
cos θ x y
θ xy plane θ
aθ aθ

az . aθ = cos (90 + θ) = -sin θ 37

 aφ

φ
az ay
90-φ aφ
φ

ax

ax . aφ = cos (90 + φ) = - sin φ

ay . aφ = cos φ
az . aφ = cos 90 = 0

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Spherical Coordinate System

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