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PHYS-F205

Physique 2

academic year
2025-2026
2026-2027

Course teacher(s)

Michel TYTGAT (Coordinator) and Michele SFERRAZZA

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Electricity: electric charge, Coulomb’s law, electric force, electric field, Gauss’s law, electric potential, capacitance & capacitors

Direct currents: batteries, resistors, electric power, RC circuits, charging/discharging of a capacitor

Magnetism: magnets and magnetic field, electrodynamics; Ampère’s law, Biot–Savart law, magnetic force, electric motors

Electromagnetic induction: induced electromotive force (emf), Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, generators, self-induction, inductance, RL and RLC circuits in alternating current

Introduction to electromagnetic waves

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

To give a basic knowledge in electromagnetism with special emphasis on concepts and applications used in biology and in Earth sciences. The formalism, though limited, has nevertheless the rigor required by the subject. The matter is presented in the context of the modern physics.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Vectors in the plane (and in space); dot product, later cross product
Newton’s laws (and applications) and motions: uniform rectilinear motion (URM), uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion (UARM), and uniform circular motion (UCM).

Required and corequired courses

Cours co-requis

Courses requiring this course

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory: 12 lectures of 2 hours. Exercises: 8 sessions of 2 hours. Practicals: 6 sessions of 3 hours, 2x1h with supplementary material (error estimation; initiation to spreadsheets)

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

M. Tytgat "Electricité & Magnétisme" - course notes - ULB

J. Kane and M. Sternheim, "Physique" - Dunod
E. Hecht, "Physique" - De Boeck
H. Benson, "Tome 2: Electricité et magnétisme" - De Boeck

Other information

Contacts

Michel Tytgat, Campus Plaine, building NO, local 2N7.208, ext. 5570
michel.tytgat@ulb.be

Campus

Plaine

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

The exam (first and second session) is written (duration: 3 hours). Precise instructions will be provided during the year. The written exam grade counts for 80% of the final mark.
Laboratory reports are evaluated and account for 20% of the final mark. Attendance at laboratories is mandatory. There is no second session for the laboratories.

 

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

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