Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Perform range of electrical measurements on dc motor performance
- Identify material applications based on its behaviours under electromagnetic fields
- Relate B-H loop to hysteresis loss of magnetic materials
- Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific practical learning outcomes of ELEC1029
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
- Develop knowledge of energy storage, batteries and sustainable energy
- Have basic knowledge of electrical materials and their behaviour to electromagnetic fields
- Demonstrate understanding of key network theory concepts for resistive circuits
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific intellectual learning outcomes of ELEC1029
- Apply underlying principles to solve practical problems
- Use mathematical skills to analyse real problems
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Record and report laboratory work
- Undertake laboratory experiment as part of a small team
- Meet this module's contribution to the transferable and generic learning outcomes of ELEC1029
- Have ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies
- Understand engineering principles and apply them to analyse key engineering processes
Syllabus
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
Learning and Teaching
Type | Hours |
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Preparation for scheduled sessions | 24 |
Lecture | 60 |
Wider reading or practice | 28.25 |
Follow-up work | 24 |
Revision | 20 |
Completion of assessment task | 5.75 |
Total study time | 162 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Halliday D, Resnick, Walker. Principles of physics. John Wiley.
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.
Assessment
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final Assessment | 70% |
Continuous Assessment | 30% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External