Electrical Materials and Fields

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Understand the principles governing electrostatic, electricity and electromagnetism
• Have basic knowledge of electrical materials and their behaviour to electromagnetic fields
• Develop knowledge of energy storage, batteries and sustainable energy

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use mathematical skills to analyse real problems
• Apply underlying principles to solve practical problems
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific intellectual learning outcomes of ELEC1029

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Perform range of electrical measurements on dc motor performance
• Relate B-H loop to hysteresis loss of magnetic materials
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific practical learning outcomes of ELEC1029
• Identify material applications based on its behaviours under electromagnetic fields

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Understand engineering principles and apply them to analyse key engineering processes
• Have ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies
• Record and report laboratory work
• Meet this module's contribution to the transferable and generic learning outcomes of ELEC1029
• Undertake laboratory experiment as part of a small team

Oscillations and Waves

• Simple harmonic oscillation
• Coupled oscillators
• Wave equation
• Interference of waves
• Standing waves and resonance
• Transmissions lines
• Optical waveguiding
• Electromagnetic waves

Electromagnetism

• Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law.
• Electric field and flux.
• Gauss Law and its application
• Electric Potential and equipotential surfaces
• Capacitance and Capacitors inc. ultracapacitors
• Current, Resistance, Resistors inc. temperature coefficient
• Circuits and power dissipation
• Magnetic Fields and Hall effect
• Magnetic fields due to current and Ampere's law
• Inductance, Inductors, and Faraday's law
• Magnetism of Matter (inc. hysteresis) and Maxwell equations

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Anderson J C, Lever K D, Alexander J M & Rawlings R D (1990). Materials Science. Chapman & Hall.

Kasap S O (1997). Principles of Electrical Engineering Materials and Devices. McGraw-Hill.

Hammond, P. (1997). Electromagnetism for Engineers - An Introductory Course. Oxford University Press.

Halliday D, Resnick, Walker. Principles of physics. John Wiley.

Assessment strategy

The technical labs relate to Ferromagnetic Materials and Performance Characteristics of DC Motors, addressing the above-listed learning outcomes. The technical labs are conducted under the umbrella of the zero-credit ELEC1029 but the marks contribute towards this module only.

Skills labs are conducted under the umbrella of the zero-credit ELEC1029 module and address its learning outcomes. The marks contribute to a number of ELEC12xx modules, including this one.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External