Use of a spreadsheet program in electromagnetics

被引:13
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作者
Yamani, A [1 ]
Kharab, A
机构
[1] King Fahd Univ Petr & Minerals, Dept Elect Engn, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
[2] King Fahd Univ Petr & Minerals, Dept Math, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
关键词
capacitance; electric field; electromagnetic; macro; spreadsheet;
D O I
10.1109/13.941003
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This paper describes how a spreadsheet program can assist electromagnetics education at the undergraduate level. Spreadsheet software has proven to be an important pedagogical tool for a variety of problems in electrical engineering education. Using the power of the 123 macros, a menu driven spreadsheet program is used to compute the solution of some electrostatic boundary value problems for an introductory-level electromagnetics course. With the on-screen numerical and visual feedback and the ease of entering data, students will be able to take a close look at the effects of varying the input data of the model problems.
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页码:292 / 297
页数:6
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