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Course Code Course Title L T P C

BEVD202L Electromagnetic Field Theory 3 0 0 3
Pre-requisite NIL Syllabus version
1.0
Course Objectives:
This course is aimed to:
1. Acquaint the students with basic concepts and properties of Electrostatics and
magnetostatics.
2. Making the students understand the propagation of EM waves through time-
varying Maxwell’s equations and analyze the EM Wave propagation in
different conducting and dielectric media.
3. Making the students comprehend the concept of transmission and reflection
in various transmission lines and design different transmission lines using
Smith chart

Course Outcomes:
After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Evaluate and analyze Electric Fields and Electric Potential due to different
Charge distributions.
2. Compute and analyze magnetic fields in different material media.
3. Understand the propagation of EM waves through time-varying Maxwell’s
equations
4. Comprehend the EM wave propagation in conducting as well as in dielectric
materials.
5. Calculate the power of an EM wave while propagating through different
materials.
6. Illustrate the wave mechanism in different transmission lines at high
frequencies using transmission line parameters.

Module:1 Vector Analysis 5 hours

Cartesian coordinates: Vector Algebra - Vector Operations, Vector Algebra:
Component Form, Triple Products, Position, Displacement, and Separation Vectors,
How Vectors Transform. Differential Calculus: Gradient, Divergence, Curl, Product
Rules, Second Derivatives. Integral Calculus: Line, Surface, and Volume Integrals.
The Fundamental Theorem for Gradients, The Fundamental Theorem for
Divergences, The Fundamental Theorem for Curls. Curvilinear Coordinates:
Spherical Coordinates, Cylindrical Coordinates

Module:2 Electrostatics 8 hours

The Electric Field, Coulomb’s Law, The Electric Field due to Continuous Charge
Distributions (line, surface and volume charge), Field Lines, Flux, and Gauss’s Law
– The divergence of Electric field, Applications of Gauss’s Law, The Curl of Electric
field. Electric Potential, Poisson’s Equation and Laplace’s Equation, The Potential
of a Localized Charge Distribution (line, surface, volume charge), Boundary
Conditions, The Work It Takes to Move a Charge, The Energy of a Point Charge
Distribution, The Energy of a Continuous Charge, Conductors: Basic Properties,
Induced Charges, Surface Charge and the Force on a Conductor, Capacitors.
Laplace’s Equation in One, and Two Dimensions, Boundary Conditions and
Uniqueness Theorems, Conductors and the Second Uniqueness Theorem, The

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Method of Images: The Classic Image Problem, Induced Surface Charge, Force and
Energy. Separation of Variables: Cartesian Coordinates, Spherical Coordinates.
The Electric Field of a Dipole.

Module:3 Electric Fields in Matter 5 hours

Electric Fields in Matter: Dielectrics, Induced Dipoles, Alignment of Polar Molecules,
Polarization. The Field of a Polarized Object: Bound Charges, Physical
Interpretation of Bound Charges, The Field Inside a Dielectric. The Electric
Displacement: Gauss’s Law in the Presence of Dielectrics, Boundary Conditions.
Linear Dielectrics: Susceptibility, Permittivity, Dielectric Constant, Boundary Value
Problems with Linear Dielectrics, Energy in Dielectric Systems, Forces on
Dielectrics.

Module:4 Magnetostatics & Magnetic Fields in Matter 8 hours

The Lorentz Force Law, Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Forces, Currents, The Biot-
Savart Law, Steady Currents, The Magnetic Field of a Steady Current, Straight-Line
Currents, The Divergence and Curl of B, Ampère’s Law, Comparison of
Magnetostatics and Electrostatics, The Vector Potential, Boundary Conditions.
Magnetic Fields in Matter: Diamagnets, Paramagnets, Ferromagnets, Torques and
Forces on Magnetic Dipoles, Effect of a Magnetic Field on Atomic Orbits,
Magnetization. The Field of a Magnetized Object: Bound Currents, Physical
Interpretation of Bound Currents, The Magnetic Field Inside Matter. The Auxiliary
Field H, Ampère’s Law in Magnetized Materials, Boundary Conditions. Linear Media:
Magnetic Susceptibility and Permeability.

Module:5 Electrodynamics & Conservation Laws 5 hours

Ohm’s Law, Electromotive Force, Motional emf, Electromagnetic Induction,
Faraday’s Law, The Induced Electric Field, Inductance, Energy in Magnetic Fields,
Electrodynamics Before Maxwell, How Maxwell Fixed Ampère’s Law, Maxwell’s
Equations, Magnetic Charge, Maxwell’s Equations in Matter, Boundary Conditions.
Charge and Energy, The Continuity Equation, Poynting’s Theorem, Newton’s Third
Law in Electrodynamics, Conservation of Momentum, Angular Momentum.

Module:6 Electromagnetic Waves 6 hours

The Wave Equation, Sinusoidal Waves, Boundary Conditions: Reflection and
Transmission, Polarization. Electromagnetic Waves in Vacuum: The Wave
Equation for E and B, Monochromatic Plane Waves, Energy and Momentum in
Electromagnetic Waves. Electromagnetic Waves in Matter: Propagation in Linear
Media, Reflection and Transmission at Normal Incidence. Absorption and
Dispersion: Electromagnetic Waves in Conductors, Reflection at a Conducting
Surface.

Module:7 Transmission Lines & Smith Chart 6 hours

Types, Parameters, Transmission Line Equations, Primary and secondary
Constants, Expressions for Characteristic Impedance, Propagation Constant,
Phase velocity, input impedance, Reflection Coefficient, VSWR. Characterization of
lossless, low loss and distortionless transmission lines. Significance of short circuit
and open circuit lines. Smith Chart and applications: Input impedance, admittance,
VSWR, Reflection Coefficient, return loss, standing wave pattern.

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Module:8 Contemporary Issues 2 hours

Guest lecture from Industries and R & D Organizations
Total Lecture Hours: 45 hours
Text Book(s)
1. David. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 2020, Fourth edition,
Cambridge University Press, India.
2. D. K. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics, 2014, Second edition, Pearson
Education.
Reference Books
1. D. K. Cheng, Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics, 2014, Pearson
India
2. Mathew N. O. Sadiku, and S. V. Kulkarni, Principles of Electromagnetics, 2015,
Sixth edition, Oxford University Press.
3. Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Umberto Ravaioli, Fundamentals of Applied
Electromagnetics, 2015, Pearson Global Edition.
4. William H. Hayt, J. A. Buck and M. Jaleel Akhtar, Engineering Electromagnetics,
2020, 9th Edition, McGraw Hill.
Mode of Evaluation: Continuous Assessment Test, Digital Assignment, Quiz and
Final Assessment Test
Recommended by Board of Studies 03-11-2023
Approved by Academic Council No. 72 Date 13-12-2023

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