Course detail
General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism)
FSI-TF2 Acad. year: 2019/2020 Summer semester
The course gives an explanation for classical electromagnetism. The description of electrostatic field is based on the Coulomb interaction. The description of magnetism, electromagnetic induction and temporally variable fields is based on the description of basic experiments towards the formulation of the Maxwell equations and towards the description of the electromagnetic wave in a vacuum. The field of stationary and quasistationary flux in a conductor is assumed in the electric circuits for the solution of which the Kirchhoff laws are formulated. The properties of conductors, dielectrics and magnetics are described with respect to understanding of effects in the materials and of significance of materials constants. Topics of lectures correspond to the extent of university basic-course textbooks.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
7
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course provides students with the competence to apply differential, integral and vector calculus to the calculation of intensity and potential of electric and magnetic fields and of the behaviour of charged particles in these fields. The course develops the competence of abstract thinking, as well as the ability to generalise experimental knowledge during the process of the physical-laws formulation.
Prerequisites
Students are expected to have working knowledge of differential, integral, and vector calculus, and of the physics on the secondary-school level.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The overall classification depends on the result of continuous examination in the form of tests during the exercises and on the final examination which contains a test, solving of tasks and an oral part.
Aims
The goal of the course is to inform students about the electromagnetic interaction and related processes in a vacuum and in matters, to clarify mutual relation between an electric and a magnetic field, and the significance of the Maxwell equations, and to show the relation of electromagnetism, optics and the theory of circuits.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at the exercises is obligatory.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-FIN-P: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, Bachelor's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Electric charge.
Intensity of electrostatic field.
The Gauss’ law.
Potential of electrostatic field.
Capacity and capacitors. Dielectrics.
Electric conductivity and the Ohm’s law. The Kirchhof’s laws and solution of electric circuits.
Impact of the magnetic field on the charged particle and on the conductor with the flux.
The Ampére’s law. The Biot-Savart’s law.
Magnetic field in substances.
Electromagnetic induction. Induction.
Oscillation in RLC circuit.
The Maxwell equations.
Electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic waves.
Exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Solving problem related to the topics of lectures.