Overview
Apply superposition, Gauss's law and integration to determine electric fields of charge distributions, Determine the electric potential for a class of problems involving charged objects and charge distributions, Understand how conductors, capacitors and dielectrics work, Know the main components of electric circuits and how to apply Kirchhoff's and Ohm's laws, Understand magnetic fields and electromagnetism, and how to apply Ampere's law and the Biot-Savart law, Understand electromagnetic induction and how to apply Faraday's law
Current physics students who have taken mechanics and want to be at the top of their class, First year university physics and engineering students, Any person who wants to improve their understanding and problem solving skills in physics, Any person who has taken physics a while ago and wants a quick refresher course
Basic calculus and algebra, Basic understanding of introductory physics (mechanics)
This course is designed to make learning Physics (Electricity and Magnetism) easy. It is well-arranged into targeted sections of focused lectures and extensive worked examples to give you a solid foundation while enhancing your understanding in key Physics topics.
The course is ideal for:
Current physics students who have taken mechanics and want to be at the top of their class
First year university students who are taking Physics or Engineering
Any person who wants to improve their understanding and problem solving skills in Physics
Any person who has taken physics a while ago and wants a quick refresher course
At the end of this course, you will have a strong foundation in one of the most important discipline in Physics, which you will definitely come across if you are from a science or engineering (applied science) background.
I welcome any questions and provide a friendly Q&A forum where I aim to respond to you in a timely manner.
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The course covers the following core units and topics of Electricity and Magnetism:
1) Electric Charges, Fields and Gauss's Law
a) Electric charge, force, Coulomb's law, superposition
b) Conservation of electric charge, induction, grounding
c) Electric fields, maps, superposition, electrostatic equilibrium
d) Electric fields of charge distributions
e) Electric flux
f) Gauss's law
2) Electric Potential
a) Electric potential energy
b) Electric potential
c) Conservation of electric energy
3) Conductors and Capacitors
a) Conductors, electrostatics
b) Charge redistribution between conductors, grounding
c) Capacitors (capacitance, electric field, voltage)
d) Dielectrics
4) Electric Circuits
a) Electric current, electromotive force, current density, drift velocity
b) Simple electric circuits (open, closed and short circuits)
c) Resistance, resistivity and Ohm's law
d) Electric power
e) DC circuits, resistors in series and parallel, batteries
f) Kirchhoff's loop rule, electric potential vs position graphs
g) Kirchhoff's junction rule
h) Resistor-capacitor (RC) circuits, charging and discharging, capacitors in series and parallel, ODE
5) Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetism
a) Intro to magnetism, magnetic fields, magnetic dipoles, permeability
b) Magnetism and moving charges
c) Biot-Savart law, magnetic fields, and electric current
d) Ampere's law, solenoids, superposition
6) Electromagnetic induction
a) Magnetic flux
b) Faraday's law, electromagnetic induction
c) Induced current and magnetic forces
d) Inductance, energy stored in inductor
e) Inductor-resistor (LR) circuits, charging and discharging, ODE
f) (Inductor-capacitor (LC) circuits, ODE
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