FISICA II A - L
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: VINCENZO MINISSALEExpected Learning Outcomes
Aim will be to give basics of electromagnetisms (steady state or time-dependent, in vacuum) and of its propagation. At the end, students will be able to solve simple electromagneticm tasks, basing on the Maxwell equations.
In particular, among the learning objectives, the following skills will be assessed:
- knowledge and understanding
- applying knowledge and understanding
- making judgements
- communication skills
- learning skills
Should the circumstances require online or blended teaching, appropriate modifications to what is hereby stated may be introduced, in order to achieve the main objectives of the course.
Exams may take place online, depending on circumstances.
Course Structure
Lectures and problem solving.
Cooperative learning session.
End-term written tests.
Required Prerequisites
Text comprehension, basic of geometry, algebra, trigonometry
Differential and integral calculus of one-variable functions. Differential equations of the first and second order
Scalar and vector quantities. vector operations
Newton's laws and equations of motion. Translational and rotational dynamics. Force field. Kinetic and potential energy.
Detailed Course Content
1. Electrostatics
2. Electrodynamics
3. Magnetostatics
4. Electromagnetic induction and Maxwell equations
Textbook Information
1. R.A. Serway, J. W. Jewett, Jr, Fisica per Scienze ed Ingegneria, Vol. 2, Quinta edizione, EdiSES
2. P. Mazzoldi, M. Nigro, C. Voci, Fisica volume II Seconda edizione, EdiSES 2000.
3. Edward M. Purcell, La Fisica di Berkley 2, Elettricità e Magnetismo, Zanichelli.
4. S. Mirabella S. Plumari, Problemi e soluzioni di Fisica 2, Città Studi 2021.
5. C. Mencuccini, V. Silvestrini, Fisica Eletromagnetismo e ottica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2017
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical charge, Coulomb law, electrostatic field | text 1, chap 23; text 2, chap 1 |
| 2 | Point-like and extended charges, superposition principle | text 1, chap 23; text 2, chap 1 |
| 3 | Electric field flux, Gauss law, conductors in electrostatic equilibrium | text 1, chap 24; text 2, chap 3 |
| 4 | Conservative field, work, energy and electrostatic potential, electric dipole | text 1, chap 25; text 2, chap 2 |
| 5 | Conductors, electrical capacitance, capacitors | text 1, chap 26; text 2, chap 4 |
| 6 | Electrical current, electric charge consevation, electrical resistance and Ohm's law, resistivity and microscopic mechanism of electrical conduction, Joule effect | text 1, chap 27; text 2, chap 6 |
| 7 | electric networks and conservation principles | text 1, chap 28; text 2, chap 6 |
| 8 | Magnetic field and its effects on the motion of a charge, Lorentz force and its applications | text 1, chap 29; text 2, chap 7 |
| 9 | Magnetic force on current-carrying wire, coil and magnetic moment, Hall effect | text 1, chap 29; text 2, chap 7 |
| 10 | Magnetic field generated by currents (Laplace elementary law), indefinite straight wire (Biot-Savart law), coil and solenoid (infinite and finite) | text 1, chap 30; text 2, chap 8 |
| 11 | Magnetic force between parallel wires, Ampere law (magnetic field circulation) | text 1, chap 30; text 2, chap 8 |
| 12 | Induced electromotive force, Faraday-Neumann-Lenz law | text 1, chap 31; text 2, chap 10 |
| 13 | Non-conservative induced electric field, generators and electric motors | text 1, chap 31; text 2, chap 10 |
| 14 | Electromagnetic inductance, self induction, RL circuit, magnetic field energy | text 1, chap 32; text 2, chap 10 |
| 15 | Displacement Current and Ampere-Maxwell Law, Maxwell Equations (Electromagnetism in Vacuum) | text 1 chap 34; text 2, chap 10 |