| In Fall 2009 Bob York is teaching |
ECE 134 - Introductory Field Theory |
| Lecture: TR 12:30 - 1:45 in Psych 1924 Bob's Office hours: TR 3:00-5:00PM, or by appointment, Rm 2215F ESB |
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HW8 due Friday Nov 20 |
Course Syllabus (pdf) Info on TAs and Discussions...
The Dog ate my Disk... Hey, Dude!... York's views on homework and grading
| Regarding Software for the course: You will need access to a PDE solver. There are several options on campus for solving 134 problems: Matlab has a PDE toolbox, and COMSOL MultiPhysics is also available in the ECI Lab. One simple commercial package called FlexPDE has a free student edition (link below). This runs on a PC, so if you want to use Flex, be sure you arrange for the download and installation prior to week#3. The homework solutions and example files will be presented using FleX PDE. For most other homework problems, Mathematica or MATLAB shoudl prove useful. A simple Mathematica tutorial can be found here. Note: The FlexPDE site also has a free .ZIP file which contains a book ("Fields of Physics") that describes how to use FlexPDE and a set of example files. The example files are useful. |
| Due Date |
Solutions |
Supplementary |
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| HW1 | Oct 2 |
HW1solns R Yukawa |
Note
on Fields
Vector
Calculus Mathematica Tutorial York's Intro to Charge and Matter |
| HW2 | Oct 9 | HW2solns |
How to Plot Field Lines
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| HW3 | Oct 16 | HW3solns | |
| HW4 (Cu wire for #5) |
Oct 23 | HW4solns |
Some Notes on Metals and Wires Joule Heating Notes Physics of the Light Bulb Finding I-V Curve for Incandescent Bulb |
| HW5 | Oct 30 | HW5solns |
Flex Conduction
Example (Trapezoid) |
| HW6 | Nov 6 | HW6solns |
Ideal Transformers Magnetism & Relativity |
| HW7 | Nov 13 | HW7solns | Inductance Calculations |
| HW8 | Nov 20 |
Review of Basic EM |
| MidTerm: Solutions Grade Distribution |
| Final Exam: Tuesday Dec 8 noon-3pm Example Final Exam for Studying |
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