Topic outline

  • See the link for the zoom-session bellow.

    The course will focus on materials this year

    The learning outcomes are:

    • Explain the behavior of materials for electrical engineering
    • Understand the field-material interaction
    • Develop models of soft and hard magnetic materials
    • Explain how materials affect the operation of electrical devices
    • Account for material properties in the design of electrical devices
    • Understand the operation of some innovative electrical devices

    Course Schedule

    schedule of the course

    Course contents:

    Introduction about materials
    Electromagnetic fields
    Magnetic materials
           Soft magnetic materials
           Soft Magnetic Composites
    Permanent magnets
    Electric field and related materials
           Piezoelectric materials
           Insulators
    Superconductivity and its applications


    A small inductor made of rolled steel sheet, soft magnetic composite, and permanent magnets

    https://mycourses.aalto.fi/mod/resource/view.php?id=715547
    a video showing how the eddy current is flowing in a steel sheet when a rotating flux density is enforced through it