Course Highlights
This course features a complete set of downloadable problem sets and solutions in the assignments section. In addition, the course features exams with solutions for multiple years in the exams section.
This course also features an online textbook with video demonstrations related to electromagnetism concepts covered in the book.
Course Description
6.641 examines electric and magnetic quasistatic forms of Maxwell's equations applied to dielectric, conduction, and magnetization boundary value problems. Topics covered include: 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.
Special Features
Technical Requirements
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .rm.
