Electricity and Magnetism (3 cr)
Code: TKV22EL01-3004
General information
Enrollment
03.02.2024 - 03.03.2024
Timing
03.03.2024 - 05.05.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Faculty of Technology and Seafaring
Campus
Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33
Teaching languages
- Svenska
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
- Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
- Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
- Degree Programme in Industrial Management
Teachers
- Jan Berglund
Teacher in charge
Jan Berglund
Groups
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PRE23D-VIngenjör (YH), produktionsekonomi, 2023 dagstudier
Objective
The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.
Content
Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources
Application according to specific education may occur.
Location and time
Period 4 academic year 2023-2024
Materials
Compendium.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Practical calculation
Simulations
Self studies
Exam schedules
April 2024.
Completion alternatives
Written exam.
Student workload
Altogether 81 hours, of which 36 hours are given as classroom education.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances
Assessment criteria, good (3)
- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.
Assessment methods and criteria
The exam consists of questions from the different sections.
Assessment criteria, fail (0)
Less than 33,3 % points from the written exam.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
Grade 1: 33,3 % - 47,2 % of total points.
Grade 2: 47,3 % - 61,1 % of total points.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
Grade 3: 61,2 % - 74,9 % of total points.
Grade 4: 75,0 % - 88,8 % of total points.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
88,8% of total points or more.
Qualifications
No prerequisites