SECTION-A
Coordinate systems and transformation: Cartesian coordinates, circular cylindrical coordinates, spherical
coordinates Vector calculus: Differential length, area and volume, line surface and volume integrals, del
operator, gradient of a scalar, divergence of a vector and divergence theorem, curl of a vector and Stoke’s
theorem, Laplacian of a scalar
SECTION-B
Electrostatics: Electrostatic fields, Coulombs law and field intensity, Electric field due to charge distribution,
Electric flux density, Gausses’s Law – Maxwell’s equation, Electric dipole and flux lines, energy density in
electrostatic fields. Electric field in material space: Properties of materials, convection and conduction
currents, conductors, polarization in dielectrics, dielectric constants, continuity equation and relaxation time,
boundary condition. Electrostatic boundary value problems: Poission’s and Laplace’s equations, general
procedures for soling Poission’s or Laplace’s equations, resistance and capacitance, method of images.
SECTION-C
Magnetostatics: Magneto-static fields, Biot-Savart’s Law, Ampere’s circuit law, Maxwell’s equation,
application of ampere’s law, magnetic flux density- Maxwell’s equation, Maxwell’s equation for static
fields, magnetic scalar and vector potential.
Magnetic forces, materials and de vices: Forces due to magnetic field, magnetic torque and moment, a
magnetic dipole, magnetization in materials, magnetic boundary conditions, inductors and inductances,
magnetic energy
SECTION-D
Waves and applications: Maxwell’s equation, Faraday’s Law, transformer and motional electromotive
forces, displacement current, Maxwell’s equation in final form.
Electromagnetic wave propagation: Wave propagation in lossy dielectrics, plane waves in lossless
dielectrics, plane wave in free space, plain waves in good conductors, power and the pointing vector,
reflection of a plain wave in a normal incidence. Transmission lines: Transmission line parameters,
Transmission line equations, input impedance, standing wave ratio and power,