SK1110 Electromagnetism and Waves 7.5 credits

• Educational level

  First cycle

• Academic level (A-D)

  A

• Subject area

  Physics
  Techonology
  

• Grade scale

  A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

• Course webpage

• Course page on KTH Social

Learning outcomes

After the course, the student will be able to:

• solve technical problems, relevant for the program, which are related to electrical fields, magnetic fields, mechanical waves, and electromagnetic waves
• explain physical problems, conditions and restrictions to cooperation partners with non technical educations
• estimate size and reasonableness in physical problems
• use and understand restrictions in physical measurements and instruments
• evaluate and present physical measurements in text and in diagrams.

“Physical” in the text above, means that part of physics that is included in the syllabus (se below).

Course main content

Electrostatics: Field and potential, Gauss’s theorem, metals and dielectrics, the capacitor, electrostatic energy.

Magnetism: Sources of the field, force and torque, magnetic materials and magnetic energy, technical applications, induction and inductance, mechanical waves.

Electromagnetic waves: Geometrical optics, polarization, interference and diffraction, coherence.

Eligibility

Recommended previous knowledge:
Introductory courses in Mathematics and Mechanics.

Literature

Young and Freedman: University Physics, Pearson (the edition used will be announced on the course home page at least four weeks prior to the start of the course).

Instructions to lab experiments.

Examination

• INL1 - Hand in Assignments, 1.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• LAB1 - Laboratory Work, 2.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• TENA - Examination, 4.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Requirements for final grade

Written exam (TEN1; 4.5 credits, grading scale A-F)
Hand-in assignments (INL1; 1 credit, grading scale P/F)
Passed lab experiments (LAB1; 2 credits, grading scale P/F).

Offered by

SCI/Applied undergraduate Physics

Examiner

U Göran Manneberg <mabego@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 08.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.