Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
20
CM-0136L
2015/6
Semester 1
A
FHEQ Level 4
Linked 10+10
Computer Science
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Dr S.M.R. Jones
Dr H.S. Rajamani
None
ENG1073L
Underpinning electrical and electronic engineering.
Material is delivered by a combination of formal lectures, seminars, laboratory classes and directed and private study supported by reading lists, worked examples and tutorial problem sheets.
Study Hours: | ||||||
Lectures: | 36.00 | Directed Study: | 60.00 | |||
Seminars/Tutorials: | 12.00 | Other: | 66.00 | |||
Laboratory/Practical: | 24.00 | Formal Exams: | 2.00 | Total: 200.00 |
On successful completion of this module you will be able to...
i) describe and explain fundamental principles of circuit theory, signals, electromagnetism
and waves.
On successful completion of this module you will be able to...
(ii) apply steadystate and transient analysis of passive d.c. and a.c. circuits.
(iii) solve routine problems in electromagnetics and waves.
(iv) make, record and evaluate routine measurements on electrical circuits, signals and electromagnetic systems.
On successful completion of this module you will be able to...
(v) record, analyse and report data, communicating outcomes in a written report
001. | Assessment Type | Duration | Percentage |
Coursework | 50% | ||
Description | |||
Portfolio of laboratory and coursework, demonstrating basic competencies | |||
002. | Assessment Type | Duration | Percentage |
Examination - closed book | 2.00 | 50% | |
Description | |||
Examination - closed book |
As Original
Field concepts, electrostatics, electrical properties of materials, dielectric breakdown, corona discharge and arcing, capacitance. Magnetostatics, magnetic properties of materials. Electromagnetism: Laws of Ampere, BiotSavart, Lorentz and FaradayLenz.
Coils and inductance, basic principles of motors and generators, mutual inductance and transformers, eddycurrents and lamination, magnetic circuits. Energy stored in fields. Hall effect. Sinusoidal a.c. signals, amplitude, power, frequency and phase. Phasors, impedance, admittance, superposition of waves and phasor diagram. A.C. measurements, peak and mean power, mean and r.m.s. voltage.
Transient responses of first order RL/RC circuits. Steady-state frequency response of passive RC and RL filters. Resonance. Bode plot representation of frequency. Batteries, d.c. and a.c. supplies. Transformers in a.c. circuits.
Electromagnetic waves and spectrum: speed of light; plane waves; polarisation; application to microwaves and radio waves. Geometrical optics: reflection, refraction, total internal reflection; optical fibres and other applications; curved reflectors; imaging and focusing, diffraction, interference; aperture diffraction; standing waves. Coherent and incoherent sources and signals.
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