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Fundamentals of Electrodynamics: Electric and Magnetic Fields, Maxwell's Equations, and Applications for Engineers

Fundamentals of Electrodynamics: Electric and Magnetic Fields, Maxwell's Equations, and Applications for Engineers

King, John M.

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ISBN13: 9798170255436
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.91
Height: 0.77 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Every antenna, transmission line, radar system, and printed circuit board in modern engineering ultimately obeys the same four equations Maxwell assembled in the nineteenth century - and this book is built so you finish it able to say not just what those equations are, but what they predict for the antenna, cable, or shielded enclosure in front of you.

That gap between reciting field theory and using it is a familiar frustration. Electrodynamics is routinely taught as an abstract mathematical exercise, dense with vector identities and boundary-value derivations that feel disconnected from the transmission line a student will size or the antenna a student will design. Most texts then compound the problem by choosing one side of the gap: rigorous theory a reader cannot yet apply, or applied formulas a reader cannot yet adapt to an unfamiliar problem.

This comprehensive, applications-oriented textbook is built to close that gap on both sides at once. Beginning with the vector calculus tools the entire subject depends on, it builds steadily through electrostatics, magnetostatics, and time-varying fields to the full statement of Maxwell's equations, then carries every consequence through wave propagation, reflection and refraction, transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas into the engineered systems electrical engineers design every day. Its master table of symbols is set once and never redefined, and each chapter builds strictly on the last, so the sixteen chapters function as one continuous, coherent framework rather than a set of loosely connected topics.

Working through the book helps you build a physically grounded command of vector calculus across Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates; derive and apply Coulomb's law, Gauss's law, and electric potential to real charge distributions; solve boundary-value problems with the method of images and analyze dielectric and conducting media; apply the Biot-Savart and Ampère laws to magnetic fields, materials, and induction; unify these results into Maxwell's equations and follow their consequences into guided and radiated waves; and translate that framework directly into applied systems such as power transmission, electromagnetic shielding, wireless power transfer, radar, and high-speed signal integrity.

Key topics include vector analysis and coordinate systems; electrostatic fields, potential, and boundary-value techniques; dielectrics and polarization; steady conduction currents; magnetostatics and magnetic materials; electromagnetic induction; the unified Maxwell's equations; wave propagation, reflection, and refraction; transmission lines, waveguides, and resonant cavities; antenna fundamentals and link budgets; and applied electrodynamics spanning power systems, electromagnetic compatibility, wireless power transfer, radar, and biomedical and semiconductor engineering.

This book is written for the upper-level undergraduate electrical engineering student who has completed a first-year physics sequence in electricity and magnetism together with multivariable calculus and is ready for a rigorous, applications-oriented treatment of field theory. It is equally valuable to self-study engineers, graduate students refreshing their field-theory foundations, and practicing professionals in RF, power, radar, EMC, or signal-integrity work who want one dependable reference connecting the governing equations to the numbers an engineering design actually requires.

Open this book and begin developing the knowledge needed to approach electric and magnetic fields with genuine clarity and confidence - from the first vector derivative to the last applied engineering system.

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