Field and Wave Electromagnetics

by David K. Cheng

Respected for its accuracy, its smooth and logical flow of ideas, and its clear presentation, Field and Wave Electromagnetics has become an established textbook in the field of electromagnetics. This book builds the electromagnetic model using an axiomatic approach in first for static electric fields, then for static magnetic fields, and finally for time-varying fields leading to Maxwell’s equations. This approach results in an organized and systematic development of the subject matter. Applications of derived relations to fundamental phenomena and electromagnetic technologies are explained.

Genres: Physics, Engineering, School, Science, Reference, Technical, Textbooks

703 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1982

Reviews

[Molino · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit heavy to read but perfectly adequate as referential literature and rich with (very interesting) information. The pictures are not that good though, since they're very blurry.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this as a text in a two-semester undergraduate Electromagnetic Theory course I taught several years ago as an adjunct professor at a local university. For that purpose it was a very suitable text, progressing from a review of Vector Analysis to Stattics, including electric fields, currents, and magnetic fields. From there it takes us through Maxwell's equations and adds time variance into the mix before proceeding on to plane waves. From that point it gets into applications, covering transmission lines, waveguides, cavity resonators and finally antennas.

The discussion was always clear and consistent, the examples helping to illustrate the major points under discussion and the exercises well suited for driving it home. I was particularly impressed by the chapter on transmission lines, all of the students were able to grasp the usefulness of Smith Charts when we were done. Were I to teach another course of the same type I would not hesitate to use this text again.

[Mohamed · Rating 2 out of 5]

it is a heavy book , it is supposed to be for engineers book so it was strange somehow for me
it uses a complicated formal mathematical language so for someone like who takes his electrodynamics classes from Griffith it is very complicated when I compared the 9 chapters which I read from this book

it is personal review based on my background as a physics undergrad student

[Azar · Rating 3 out of 5]

اینقد سخت کتاب نخونده بودم!!!

[Amir Kasra Arman · Rating 3 out of 5]

برای کسی که میخواد از پایه و با کلی طول و تفصیل نویسنده الکترومغناطیسو بخونه خوبه، اما برای کسی که خلاصه و حرفه ای میخواد شاید دلچسب نباشه

[Ali Frz · Rating 4 out of 5]

سخت ترین و اساسی ترین درس کارشناسی، در میان کلیه رشته های مهندسی

[Miguel Pereira]

Great

[Hosein · Rating 4 out of 5]

خواندنش کند پیش میرفت، اما برام جذاب بود
نیمه دومش مربوط به درس "میدان و امواج" مخابرات است که خیلی اعصاب خوردکنه

[Pouya · Rating 4 out of 5]

فکر کنم تنها رفرنس عمرمه که کامل خوندمش. :)))))

[Matthew Crespo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly before starting this book I was slightly worried that it wouldn’t even compare to Intro to Electrodynamics by Griffiths but honestly, I can confidently say that it at least comes close to the greatness of Griffiths. In terms of mathematical rigor it definitely is more relaxed, however, it at least makes up for skipping some derivations and mostly proofs by giving some reasoning as to why things are being done. I really appreciated the explanations for certain concepts/equations due to the fact that sometimes proofs for some things get slightly convoluted and distract the reader from the main point.

When it comes to examples given, I thought that they were pretty insightful for the most part and I really liked that most (if not all) of the steps were written out along with some reasonings.

I would definitely recommend that this book either be read along with Griffiths or before just because it does a really great job in emphasizing concepts and assumptions being made without overwhelming you with too much math.

[YourLovelyMan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m counting this one among books I finished this year—between 2020 and now I read it cover to cover. Good textbook for electromagnetics courses, but I have so say—and I don’t say this often about textbooks—it’s due for an update. Ideally maybe double up on the worked examples as well, it’s almost impossible to develop an intuition on one example per concept. But in the meantime, this and a Schaum’s guide should get you through.

[Daniel Osterman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inte lika bra som Lars Jon men nära

[Özge Döşeme]

masterpiece

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good introductory text to the study of electromagnetics. From an Electrical Engineering perspective it gives a good mix of practical and theoretical problems. However it could have better figures to help with physical understanding of the subject matter. Introduction to Electrodynamics by David Griffiths definitely does a better job at giving a physical understanding of the subject matter.

[Marc Antunes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book to get all about waves: propagation, reflection, stubs, smith diagram, TM, TE, TEM waves, waves guides calculation, electric and magnetic fields and so on.
Start with basic concept leading to concrete know-how about waves
A lot of explained examples and exercises from basic to more in-depth.
Use black and red writing to help the reader to keep track on the examples.

[Mehtap · Rating 4 out of 5]

good

[Hildur · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't recommend reading it page for page unless you're trying to fall asleep or confuse yourself, but it's good for flipping through and finding bits of useful information.

[Mo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was a bit boring, but did ok in the class. At least the material was really interesting.

[Sher Ali]

nothing