Electricity and Magnetism
| Code |
School |
Level |
Credits |
Semesters |
| ENGFF013 |
Engineering (Foundation) |
0 |
10 |
Autumn Malaysia |
- Code
- ENGFF013
- School
- Engineering (Foundation)
- Level
- 0
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn Malaysia
Summary
This module is designed to provide students with basic understanding of electric fields (and its relationship with electric potential and current), basic idea of electric circuits (resistivity, resistor combinations, electrical power, electromotive force, internal resistance and potentiometer), circuit theories (Kirchhoff's Laws, branch current analysis, Mesh currents method), capacitor (capacitance, charging and discharging process), the force on charged particle/current due to magnetic fields and its applications.
Classes
- One 1-hour tutorial
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
- One 2-hour laboratory each week for 11 weeks
One 2-hours lecture per week, one 1-hour example class per week, plus 6 hours of laboratory per semester.
Assessment
- 15% Laboratory: Laboratory reports
- 20% Test: 1.5 hours In Class Exam
- 65% Exam 1 (2-hour): 2 hours Final Exam
Educational Aims
The aim of this module is to establish students’ basic concepts of electricity and magnetism in preparation for undergraduate studies in engineering.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, the students will be able to:
show an understanding of the concept of an electric field as an example of a field of force and define electric field strength as force per unit positive charge.represent an electric field by imaginary field lines.state Coulomb’s Law and use its formula.recall and use E = V/d to calculate the uniform electric field strength.describe the effect of a uniform electric field on the motion of charged particles.define electric potential and use its formula.understand equipotential surface.show an understanding that electric current is the rate of flow of charged particles and use the equation Q = It.understand the concept of drift velocity and use the equation I = neAv.define potential difference and volt.state Ohm’s Law.sketch and explain the I-V characteristics of a metallic conductor at constant temperature, a semiconductor diode, a filament lamp and a NTC thermistor.use the equations of energy and electrical power.define resistance and the ohm: recall and solve problems using R = pl/A; solve problems using the formula for the combined resistance of two or more resistors in series/parallel.show an understanding of the use of voltage divider rule and current divider rule to solve d.c. circuit problems.define e.m.f. in terms of the energy transferred by a source in driving unit charge round a complete circuit.show an understanding of the effects of the internal resistance of a source of e.m.f. on the terminal potential difference and output power.recall and solve problems using the principle of the potentiometer as a means of comparing potential differences.recall Kirchhoff's first law and appreciate the link to conversation of charge.recall Kirchhoff's second law and appreciate the link to conversation of energy.show an understanding of the use of circuit theories (branch current analysis and Mesh currents method) to solve d.c. circuit problems.show an understanding of the function of capacitors in simple circuits.define capacitance and the farad; recall and solve problems (series/parallel capacitors) using C = Q/V.understand the charge redistribution process when two capacitors are connected in parallel.show an understanding of the charging and discharging process of a simple RC circuit.show an understand that a magnetic field is an example of a field of force produced by moving charged particles/current-carrying conductors.define magnetic flux density and the tesla.show an appreciation that a force might act on a moving charged particle/current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field.derive the formula ô = NIAB for torque on a coil placed in a magnetic field.explain the working principles of a moving coil galvanometer and loudspeakers.introduce and explain the working principles of a cyclotron.explain the Hall effect and describe the use of Hall effect.
Conveners