Course Description

ECE 438a/b Introductory Computational Electromagnetics

Review of electromagnetic theory. Finite difference methods for static and time domain problems. Variational methods. Introduction to the finite element method: one- and two-dimensional cases for the Laplace, Poisson and Helmholtz equations using linear elements and triangular discretization. Higher order finite element method. Finite element method for non-linear problems. MSC/EMAS finite element modelling package.

Antirequisite: The former ES 438a/b
Prerequisites: Completion of third year of the Electrical Engineering program or permission of the Department, ECE 336a/b, Applied Mathematics 376a/b or the former Applied Mathematics 377a/b .
2 lecture hours, 1 laboratory hour, half course.


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