E E C S  MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Spring 2003 Catalogue Supplement

6.974 Electromagnetic Fields, Forces, and Motion (H)

L TR10, 34-304, R1 WF10, 38-136, R2 WF11, 38-136
Professor Mark Zahn, Room 10-174, 3-4688
Prereq.: 6.013
4-0-8

Electric and magnetic quasistatic forms of Maxwell's equations applied to dielectric, conduction, and magnetization boundary value problems. Electromagnetic forces, force densities, and stress tensors, including magnetization and polarization. Thermodynamics of electromagnetic fields, equations of motion, and energy conservation. Applications to synchronous, induction, and commutator machines; sensors and transducers; microelectromechanical systems; propagation and stability of electromechanical waves; and charge transport phenomena.

Students may also register under 6.641 on registration day.


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