Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Have ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies
- Undertake laboratory experiment as part of a small team
- Meet this module's contribution to the transferable and generic learning outcomes of ELEC1029
- Record and report laboratory work
- Understand engineering principles and apply them to analyse key engineering processes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Develop knowledge of energy storage, batteries and sustainable energy
- Have basic knowledge of electrical materials and their behaviour to electromagnetic fields
- Understand the principles governing electrostatic, electricity and electromagnetism
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Relate B-H loop to hysteresis loss of magnetic materials
- Identify material applications based on its behaviours under electromagnetic fields
- Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific practical learning outcomes of ELEC1029
- Perform range of electrical measurements on dc motor performance
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
- Use mathematical skills to analyse real problems
- Apply underlying principles to solve practical problems
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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Revision | 20 |
Follow-up work | 24 |
Wider reading or practice | 28.25 |
Lecture | 60 |
Completion of assessment task | 5.75 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 24 |
Total study time | 162 |
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.
Halliday D, Resnick, Walker. Principles of physics. John Wiley.
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 |
---|---|
Coursework | 5% |
Coursework | 5% |
Technical Laboratories | 10% |
Skills Laboratories | 10% |
Exam | 35% |
Exam | 35% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Exam | 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 |
---|---|
Exam | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External