Lecturer: Federico Pirzio  

Course name: Fisica II
Course code: 502126
Degree course: Ingegneria Industriale
Disciplinary field of science: FIS/01
L'insegnamento costituisce attività di base per: Ingegneria Industriale
University credits: CFU 6
Course website: http://sites.google.com/site/fisica2ingind

Specific course objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce the basic principles of classic electromagnetism theory

Course programme

Electrostatics in vacuum
Coulomb Force, Electric Field, Gauss Law, Electrostatic Energy and Potential

Electrostatics in matter
Conductors, Capacitors, Polarization and Dielectrics, Current, Ohm's Law

Magnetostatics in vacuum
Lorentz Force, Magnetic Field, Biot-Savart Law, Ampere's Law, Electromagnetic Induction, Hall effect

Magnetic Field in matter
Ferromagnetism, Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism, Magnetization vector M, field H

Maxwell's Equations and EM waves
Derivation of the EM waves equation, EM plane waves, Polarization, Poynting vector

Course entry requirements

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 40
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 10
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

Testing and exams