Physics

Teacher(s)

Walmsley Hagendorf Christian;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

The course is divided into two parts. The first part is a week-by-week presentation of the basic laws of electromagnetism, and their applications. It begins with an introduction to the laws of electrostatics in a vacuum, drawing on concepts studied in Physics 1. Students are shown how these laws are adapted to the study of dielectric and conducting materials. This is followed by lectures on aspects of the theory of circuits and magnetic fields in a vacuum and in matter. This part of the course ends with a study of magnetic induction phenomena and the development of an integrated approach towards the phenomenon of electromagnetism. The second part expands the concept of waves introduced in Physics 1 to the study of electromagnetic waves and ends with an introduction to optics. The experimental approach adopted in Physics 1, focused on determining the orders of magnitude in circuits and simple mechanical systems, is pursued in this course.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	General introduction to electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves

Content

Electrostatics in a vacuum - Electrostatics in matter - Electric potential and energy - Ohm's and Kirchhoff's Laws - Aspects of electric circuits - source, resistance, capacity concepts - Magnetostatics in a vacuum - Magnetostatics in matter - Phenomena of magnetic induction - Aspects of electromagnetic waves and optics

Teaching methods

The course is given in the form of :

• lectures: the lecturer defines theoretical concepts and illustrates them with examples, applications or experiments of electromagnetism in the lecture hall;
• exercise sessions: the teacher presents problems to the students and suggests solution methods; the students are invited to actively participate in the solution of the problems.

Evaluation methods

The evaluation consists of a written exam including a theoretical and an exercise part. The exam questions can be open or in the form of QCMs.

Other information

Course entry requirements: It is recommended that the student has a good knowledge of mathematical analysis such as developed in LINGE1114 Mathematics: analysis (or equivalent) and of basic physics such as developed in LINGE1122 Physics I (or equivalent).

Online resources

https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=7467

Bibliography

Tout est déposé sur le Moodle du cours, à l'exception du livre de référence

Teaching materials

• Livre de référence Harris BENSON, Physique. Tome 2 Electricité et Magnétisme, Traduction française, De Boeck Université.

Faculty or entity

ESPO