Electromagnetics for Practicing Engineers, Second Edition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friesen, Dean James.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Norwood : Artech House, 2025.

Summary:

This book serves as a comprehensive guide for practicing engineers, focusing on the principles and applications of electromagnetics. It covers foundational topics such as vector analysis, Coulomb forces, electric fields, Gauss' law, and Maxwell's equations. The text also delves into real-world engineering problems, including electromagnetic compatibility, antenna engineering, and practical solutions for challenges in the aerospace and defense industries. Designed for professionals entering the field, the book emphasizes self-study and practical application, providing detailed explanations, problem-solving techniques, and references for further learning. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Electromagnetics for Practicing Engineers, Second Edition

CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART 1 ELECTROSTATICS: BASIC PRINCIPLES

1 VECTOR ANALYSIS

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 VECTOR NOTATION

1.3 VECTOR ALGEBRA

1.4 COORDINATE SYSTEMS

1.5 DIFFERENTIAL VOLUME, SURFACE, AND LINE ELEMENTS

1.6 VECTOR FIELDS

1.7 TRANSFORMATIONS BETWEEN COORDINATE SYSTEMS

1.8 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: VECTOR ANALYSIS

References

2 COULOMB FORCES AND ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITY

2.1 COULOMB'S LAW

2.2 ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITY

2.3 CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS

2.4 STANDARD CHARGE CONFIGURATIONS

3 ELECTRIC FLUX AND GAUSS' LAW

3.1 NET CHARGE IN A REGION

3.2 ELECTRIC FLUX AND FLUX DENSITY

3.3 GAUSS' LAW

3.4 RELATION BETWEEN FLUX DENSITY AND ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITY

3.5 SPECIAL GAUSSIAN SURFACES

3.6 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: ELECTRIC FLUX AND GAUSS' LAW

4 DIVERGENCE AND THE DIVERGENCE THEOREM

4.1 DIVERGENCE

4.2 DIVERGENCE IN CARTESIAN COORDINATES

4.3 DIVERGENCE OF D

4.4 THE DEL OPERATOR

4.5 DIVERGENCE THEOREM

4.6 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: DIVERGENCE AND THE DIVERGENCE THEOREM

5 ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL OF CHARGE SYSTEMS

5.1 WORK DONE IN MOVING A POINT CHARGE

5.2 ELECTRIC POTENTIAL BETWEEN TWO POINTS

5.3 POTENTIAL OF A POINT CHARGE

5.4 POTENTIAL OF A CHARGE DISTRIBUTION

5.5 GRADIENT

5.6 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN E AND ∇

5.7 ENERGY IN STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS

5.8 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS : ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL OF CHARGE SYSTEMS

6 CURRENT, CURRENT DENSITY, AND CONDUCTORS

6.1 INTRODUCTION

6.2 CHARGES IN MOTION

6.3 CONVECTION CURRENT DENSITY, J

6.4 CONDUCTION CURRENT DENSITY, J

6.5 CONDUCTIVITY, Σ

6.6 CURRENT, I

6.7 RESISTANCE, R

6.8 CURRENT SHEET DENSITY, K

6.9 CONTINUITY OF CURRENT.

6.10 CONDUCTOR: DIELECTRIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

6.11 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: CURRENT, CURRENT DENSITY, AND CONDUCTORS

7 CAPACITANCE AND DIELECTRIC MATERIALS

7.1 POLARIZATION P AND RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY

7.2 FIXED VOLTAGE D AND E

7.3 FIXED CHARGE D AND E

7.4 BOUNDARY CONDITIONS AT THE INTERFACE OF TWO DIELECTRICS

7.5 CAPACITANCE

7.6 MULTIPLE-DIELECTRIC CAPACITORS

7.7 ENERGY STORED IN A CAPACITOR

7.8 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: CAPACITANCE AND DIELECTRIC MATERIALS

8 LAPLACE'S EQUATION

8.1 INTRODUCTION

8.2 POISSON'S EQUATION AND LAPLACE'S EQUATION

8.3 EXPLICIT FORMS OF LAPLACE'S EQUATION

8.4 UNIQUENESS THEOREM

8.5 MEAN VALUE AND MAXIMUM VALUE THEOREMS

8.6 CARTESIAN SOLUTION IN ONE VARIABLE

8.7 CARTESIAN PRODUCT SOLUTION

8.8 CYLINDRICAL PRODUCT SOLUTION

8.9 SPHERICAL PRODUCT SOLUTION

8.10 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: LAPLACE'S EQUATION

PART 2 MAGNETOSTATICS: BASIC PRINCIPLES

9 AMPERE'S LAW AND THE MAGNETIC FIELD

9.1 MAGNETOSTATICS

9.2 BIOT-SAVART LAW

9.3 AMPERE'S LAW

9.4 CURL

9.5 CURRENT DENSITY J AND ∇ × H

9.6 MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY B

9.7 VECTOR MAGNETIC POTENTIAL A

9.8 STOKES' THEOREM

9.9 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

10 FORCES AND TORQUES IN MAGNETIC FIELDS

10.1 MAGNETIC FORCE ON PARTICLES

10.2 ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS COMBINED

10.3 MAGNETIC FORCE ON A CURRENT ELEMENT

10.4 WORK AND POWER

10.5 TORQUE

10.6 MAGNETIC MOMENT OF A PLANAR COIL

10.7 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

11 INDUCTANCE AND MAGNETIC CIRCUITS

11.2 INDUCTORS AND INDUCTANCE

11.3 STANDARD FORMS

11.4 INTERNAL INDUCTANCE

11.5 MAGNETIC CIRCUITS

11.6 NONLINEARITY OF THE B-H CURVE

11.7 AMPERE'S LAW FOR MAGNETIC CIRCUITS

11.8 CORES WITH AIR GAPS

11.9 MULTIPLE COILS

11.10 PARALLEL MAGNETIC CIRCUITS.

11.11 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

12 DISPLACEMENT CURRENT AND INDUCED EMF

12.1 DISPLACEMENT CURRENT

12.2 RATIO OF JC TO JD

12.3 FARADAY'S LAW

12.4 CONDUCTORS IN MOTION THROUGH TIME-INDEPENDENT FIELDS

12.5 CONDUCTORS IN MOTION THROUGH TIME-DEPENDENT FIELDS

12.6 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS1

PART 3 PRINCIPLES OF FREE-SPACE ELECTROMAGNETICS

13 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

13.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

13.1.1 Radiating Far-Field Region Versus Radiating Near-Field Region

13.2 PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

14 BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

14.1 INTRODUCTION

14.2 BOUNDARY RELATIONS FOR MAGNETIC FIELDS

14.3 CURRENT SHEET AT THE BOUNDARY

14.4 SUMMARY OF BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

15 MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS

15.1 MAXWELL'S FIRST EQUATION

15.2 MAXWELL'S SECOND EQUATION

15.3 MAXWELL'S THIRD EQUATION

15.4 MAXWELL'S FOURTH EQUATION

15.5 OTHER IMPORTANT EQUATIONS

15.6 A SUMMARY OF THE PHYSICS-BASED RAMIFICATIONS OF MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS

16 PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO REAL-WORLD ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING PROBLEMS

16.1 ANECDOTES IN ELECTROSTATICS

16.2 ANECDOTES IN MAGNETOSTATICS

16.3 ANECDOTES IN ELECTROMAGNETICS

16.4 LESSONS LEARNED

16.5 FINAL REMARKS TO THE READER

A SCIENTIFIC PREFIXES

B SCIENTIFIC CONSTANTS

C RULES BY WHICH TO PERFORM VECTOR ANALYSIS

C.1 PARALLELOGRAM RULE

C.2 HEAD-TO-TAIL RULE

D ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AND FREQUENCY BAND DESIGNATIONS

E TRANSMISSION LINE EQUATIONS , GENERAL LINE EXPRESSIONS, AND IDEAL LINE EXPRESSIONS

F MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS

F.1 FREE SPACE SET

F.2 GENERAL SET

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX.

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ISBN:

1-68569-150-1

9781685691509