Slide Presentations for ECE 329,
Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields,
to supplement “Elements of Engineering
Electromagnetics, Sixth Edition”
by
Nannapaneni Narayana Rao
Edward C. Jordan Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Distinguished Amrita Professor of Engineering
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
1.2
Cartesian
Coordinate System
1.2-3
Cartesian Coordinate System
z
az
O
ay
ax
y
x
az
ax
ay
z
x
y
1.2-4
Right-handed system
a x a y a z
a y a z a x
xyz xy…
a z a x a y
ax, ay, az are uniform unit vectors, that is, the
direction of each unit vector is same everywhere in
space.
1.2-5
(1) Vector from P1 x1 , y1 , z1 to P2 x2 , y2 , z2
z
r1 R12 r2
P1
R12 r2 r1
P2
r2
r1
O
x2ax y2a y z2az
x1ax y1a y z1az
R12
x
x2 x1 ax y2 y1 a y z2 z1 az
y
1.2-6
z
R12
P1
(x 2 – x1)ax
x1
x
x2
r1
O
z1
r2
(y2 – y1)ay
y1
P2
(z2 – z1)az
z2
y2
y
1.2-7
P1.8 A(12, 0, 0), B(0, 15, 0), C(0, 0, –20).
(a)
Distance from B to C
=(0 – 0)a x (0 – 15)a y (–20 – 0)a z
= 15 2 20 2 25
(b) Component of vector from A to C along
vector from B to C
= Vector from A to C
• Unit vector along vector from B to C
1.2-8
12ax 20az
15a
y
20az
15a y 20az
400
16
25
(c)Perpendicular distance from A to the line through B
and C
(Vector
from A to C) (Vector from B to C)
=
BC
12ax 20az 15a y
25
20az
1.2-9
=
(2)
180a z – 240a y – 300a x
25
= 12 2
Differential Length Vector (dl)
az
dl
P x, y , z
Q x dx, y dy, z dz
dx
dz
ax
dy
ay
dl dx a x dy a y dz a z
1.2-10
dl
dx
y = f(x)
z = constant plane
dy = f (x) dx
dz = 0
dl = dx ax + dy ay
= dx ax + f (x) dx ay
Unit vector normal to a surface:
dl1 dl 2
an
dl1 dl 2
an
dl2
dl1
Curve 2
Curve 1
1.2-11
D1.5
Find dl along the line and having the projection dz on
the z-axis.
(a)
x 3, y –4
dx 0, dy 0
dl dz a z
x y 0, y z 1
(b)
dx dy 0, dy dz 0
dy – dz, dx – dy dz
d l dz ax dz a y dz az
ax a y az dz
1.2-12
(c)Line passing through (0, 2, 0) and (0, 0, 1).
dy
dz
x 0,
0 – 2 1 –0
dx 0, dy – 2 dz
d l 2 dz a y dz az
2a y az dz
1.2-13
(3)
Differential Surface Vector (dS)
dS dl1 dl2 sin
d l1 × d l2
an
dl2
dS
dl1
Orientation of the surface is defined uniquely by the
normal ± an to the surface.
dS dS a n dl1 dl 2 a n dl1 dl 2
For example, in Cartesian coordinates, dS in any plane
parallel to the xy plane is
az
dx dy a z dx a x dy a y
dy
dx dS
x
y
1.2-14
(4)
Differential Volume (dv)
dv dl1 • dl 2 dl3
dl2
dl3
dv
dl1
In Cartesian coordinates,
dv dx a x • dy a y dz a z
dx dy dz
dz
z
dy
dx
y
x