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TFYB05 · 4 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Teknisk fysik

Electromagnetic Field Theory I

Active · next start HT 2026

55%

passed the latest ordinary exam

TEN1 · 16 Jan 2026 · 82 students

48%

passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years

TEN1 · 155 students

92%

Harder than 92% of courses at basic level

Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 121 students.

Part of 1 programme

Exam

TEN1 Written examination

  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • U

Ordinary exams

48% passed · 155 students

  • 55%82
  • 31%39
  • 53%34

Re-exams

37% passed · 173 students

  • 53%53
  • 20%35
  • 29%28
  • 50%24
  • 24%17
  • 31%16
  • Pass the re-exam: 37% (173 students), compared with 48% (155 students) on the ordinary exam
  • Get 4 or 5: 19% (328 students)

About the course

Aim

The overall goal is that the student - with the Maxwell equations, MW, as starting point, should be able to define, derive and use basic electromagnetic laws and theorems on problems in physics and electrical engineering. This implies that the student should:

  • be familiar with and able to use time independent electromagnetic laws and theorems
  • be able to formulate idealized models for time independent electromagnetic problems
  • be able to apply time independent electromagnetic theory to solve problems primarily in physics and electrical engineering
  • be able to explain in a well structured and logical concise way derivations/relations within time independent electromagnetics as well as between the central concepts of the theory

Content

  • Electrostatics: Electric Field Intensity, Electric Flux Density, Coulomb's law, Potential, Gauss's law, Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Dipole, Polarization, Poisson's and Laplace's equations, the mirror charge method, the finite element method.
  • Steady Electric Currents: Current Density, Equation of Continuity, Resistance, Joule's law.
  • Magnetostatics: Magnetic Flux Density, Magnetic Field Intensity, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's Circuital law, Vector Magnetic Potential, Magnetic Materials, Magnetic Dipole, Magnetization.
  • The different parts of the course are presented as specific applications of Maxwell's equations.
Examiner
Joel Davidsson
Scheduled hours
38 h
Main field of study
Teknisk fysik
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