Topic outline

  • General

    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

    Week

    Day

    Time

    Topic

    AS

    HW

    1

    10.3

    Le 1

    Introduction

    2

    17.3

    Le 2

    Electromagnetic Fields

    3

    24.3

    Le 3-4

    Soft Magnetic Materials

    5

    31.3

    Le 5

    Hard Magnetic Materials

    AS-1 Deadline

    HW-1 Deadline

    6

    7.4

    Le 6

    Dielectric Materials

    7

    14.4

    Le 7

    Dielectric Materials

    8

    21.4

    Le 8

    Superconducting Materials

    HW-2 Deadline

    9

    28.4

    Le 9

    Semiconductor Material

    5.5

    AS-2 Deadline

    HW-3 Deadline

    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
    a video showing how the eddy current is flowing in a steel sheet when a rotating flux density is enforced through it:
    https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=34174§ion=4