Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I

Electric charge, current and voltage, conservation of charge, continuity equation, Kirchhoff’s current and voltage law. Resistor, on-linear resistor, temperature dependence of resistors, Voltage-Current characteristics. Voltage and current sources. DC electric circuits, circuit analysis and theorems. 

Charge distributions. Electric field, Coulomb’s law of electric force, electric field strength, Gauss law of electric field, work of electric force, electric potential energy, irrotational electrostatic field. Electric potential, voltage. Electric dipole. Conductor and electric field, image theory, dielectric material and electric field, polarization, electric flux density, electric flux, dielectric permittivity, boundary conditions of electric field, dielectric breakdown. Capacitance, capacitor. Electric field energy, electric force and torque. Capacitor circuits. 

Current field, electric current density, Ohm’s law, Joule’s law, specific electric conductivity, boundary conditions of current field. Resistance and conductance, grounding resistance. Electric and current field duality. 

To acquire fundamental knowledge on electrostatic field, current field and DC electric circuits. The acquired knowledge serves as a basis for further electrotechnical studies.To acquire fundamental knowledge on electrostatic field, current field and DC electric circuits. The acquired knowledge serves as a basis for further electrotechnical studies.

Lectures, exercises, laboratory work (practicum), homeworks and seminars, IT assisted teaching (video, animations, web materials, simulation examples, …).