Physics Fundamentals: Electromagnetics

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Physics Fundamentals: Electromagnetics

Instructors: Pilar Candelas

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

The knowledge necessary to smoothly tackle the electric and magnetic field portion of the first-year physics course in any engineering program
The electric field
Magnetic induction
The magnetic field

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electromagnetics

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There are 4 modules in this course

In this course, we explore the fundamental principles and underlying causes of electromagnetic interaction, one of the key forces that shape the physical world. Electromagnetism plays a crucial role in our everyday lives—many of the natural phenomena we observe, from chemical reactions to biological processes, arise from the electromagnetic forces acting between atoms and molecules.

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2 readings7 assignments18 plugins

2 readings Total 60 minutes

Proposed problems Unit 1 30 minutes
Fundamental Ideas Electromagnetics Unit 1 30 minutes

7 assignments Total 50 minutes

1. Introduction: phenomenon of electrization 4 minutes
2b. Principle of superposition 4 minutes
3c. Electric field problems. Discrete loading systems 2 minutes
3d. Electric field problems. Continuous charge systems 2 minutes
4c. Electric Potential. Continuous Charge Systems 4 minutes
5e. Gauss's Theorem Problems. Volume Charge Distribution 4 minutes
Unit 1 Exam 30 minutes

18 plugins Total 205 minutes

1. Introduction: phenomenon of electrization 15 minutes
2a. Coulomb's law 12 minutes
2b. Principle of superposition 12 minutes
3a. Electric Field. Discrete Charge Systems 11 minutes
3b. Electric Field. Continuous Charge Systems 12 minutes
3c. Electric field problems. Discrete loading systems 12 minutes
3d. Electric field problems. Continuous charge systems 14 minutes
4a. Electric Potential 13 minutes
4b. Electric Potential. Discrete Charge Systems 14 minutes
4c. Electric Potential. Continuous Charge Systems 10 minutes
4d. Electric Potential Problems. Discrete Charge Systems 8 minutes
4e. Electric Potential Problems. Continuous Charge Systems 10 minutes
5a. Gauss's Theorem. Introduction 10 minutes
5b. Gauss's Theorem. 10 minutes
5c. Gauss's Theorem Problems. Linear Charge Distribution 10 minutes
5d. Gauss's Theorem Problems. Surface Charge Distribution 11 minutes
5e. Gauss's Theorem Problems. Volume Charge Distribution 11 minutes
6. Applying What We've Learned. Oscilloscope 10 minutes

What's included

2 readings5 assignments7 plugins

2 readings Total 45 minutes

Proposed problems Unit 2 30 minutes
Fundamental Ideas Electromagnetics Unit 2 15 minutes

5 assignments Total 46 minutes

7. Magnetic Field. Introduction 4 minutes
8b. Types of Movements of Charges in Uniform Magnetic Fields 4 minutes
9b. Magnetic Force on currents. Magnetic Force Problems 4 minutes
10. Magnetic Field Created by Moving Charges and Electric Currents 4 minutes
Unit 2 Exam 30 minutes

7 plugins Total 89 minutes

7. Magnetic Field. Introduction 13 minutes
8a. Magnetic Force on Moving Charges 13 minutes
8b. Types of Movements of Charges in Uniform Magnetic Fields 13 minutes
9a. Magnetic Force on currents 14 minutes
9b. Magnetic Force on currents. Magnetic Force Problems 11 minutes
10. Magnetic Field Created by Moving Charges and Electric Currents 13 minutes
11. Applying What We've Learned.Speaker 12 minutes

What's included

2 readings5 assignments7 plugins

2 readings Total 45 minutes

Proposed problems Unit 3 30 minutes
Fundamental Ideas Electromagnetics Unit 3 15 minutes

5 assignments Total 46 minutes

12. Magnetic Induction. Introduction 4 minutes
13b. Magnetic Flux Problems 4 minutes
14b. Problems of Induced EMF 4 minutes
15. Induction coefficients 4 minutes
Unit 3 Exam 30 minutes

7 plugins Total 81 minutes

12. Magnetic Induction. Introduction 13 minutes
13a. Magnetic flux 8 minutes
13b. Magnetic Flux Problems 13 minutes
14a. Induced EMF and Faraday's Law 13 minutes
14b. Problems of Induced EMF 13 minutes
15. Induction coefficients 11 minutes
16. Applying What We've Learned. Microphone 10 minutes

What's included

1 assignment

Instructors

Pilar Candelas

Universitat Politècnica de València

3 Courses 299 learners

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Universitat Politècnica de València

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