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Archived Version 2010 - 2011
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Description Module Aims: To give students a broad, rigorous introduction to electricity and magnetism treated as distinct phenomena in the statics approximation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Explain the basic electric and magnetic interactions due to charged particles and currents 2. Describe how the electric interactions due to single or collection of charged particles are embodied in the concepts of the electric field and the electric potential 3. Predict the motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields 4. Explain the basic physics of capacitors and resistors 5. Predict the behaviour of simple and complex direct current circuits using the fundamental conservation laws. 6. Write a project on an application or a natural phenomenon based on the fundamental laws of electricity and magnetism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Electric charge and Electric fieldElectric charge, Structure of matter, conservation of charge, conductors, insulators, induced charge. Coulomb's law, electric field and forces. Electric field calculations. Field lines. Electric dipolesElectric PotentialElectric potential energy: Electric potential energy in uniform fields,electric potential energy of point charges.Electric Potential: Calculation of potential, potential as an integral of E, the electron volt. Equipotentials and field lines.Capacitance, Capacitors and dielectricsCapacitance in vacuum, capacitors in series and parallel, capacitors network. Energy storage in capacitors. Dielectrics: Induced charge and polarisationCurrent, Resistance and Electromotive forceCurrent, current flow and drift velocity. Resistivity: Resistance, temperature dependence, I-V plot. Electromotive force and electric circuits. Energy and power in electric circuits.Direct Current CircuitsResistors in series and parallel. Kirchoff's rules and analysis of complex circuits. Measuring instruments. RC circuits.Magnetic Field and Magnetic ForcesMagnetism and magnetic field, magnetic forces on moving charges, magnetic field lines. Motion of charged particles in magnetic field: mass spectrometers. Magnetic force on current carrying conductor, force and torque on a current loop.Sources of Magnetic fieldMagnetic field of: a moving charge, current element, Biot and Savart law. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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