Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering II

Basic information

Course coordinator Iztok Humar, Marko Meža

Course type: Obvezni –strokovni

Number of ECTS credits: 8

Semester: 2. semester

Course code: 64107

Subject description

Magnetic field. Current element, Ampere’s law of magnetic force. Magnetic flux density and Biot-Savart law. magnetic flux, Gauss law of magnetic field, Ampere’s circuital law. Lorentz force, moving charge in electromagnetic field. Torque and work of magnetic force. Magnetic dipole, magnetic material and magnetic field, magnetization, magnetic field strength, permeability, boundary conditions of magnetic field. Magnetomotive force, scalar magnetic potential, elements of magnetic circuits. 

Faraday induction law. Electromotive force voltage and electric field, Stokes’ theorem of electric field, motional and transformer electromotances. Magnetic flux linkage, self and mutual inductances, coils and coupled coils. Magnetic field energy, lifting force. Electromagnets. Displacement current. Maxwell’s equations. 

AC electric circuits. Transients. Sinusoidal steady-state electric circuits and analysis in complex domain: phasors, impedance and admittance, complex power, resonance, oscillators. Theorems. Transformer. Three-phase circuits. Rotating magnetic field. 

Objectives

To acquire fundamental knowledge on magnetic field, induced field as well as AC electric circuits, three phase systems and transient circuit analysis. The acquired knowledge serves as a basis for further electrotechnical studies.

Teaching and learning methods

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

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