ASSIGNMENT 1

FIELDS AND WAVES

1. Let a uniform surface charge density of 5 nC/m
2
be present at the z = 0 plane, a uniform
line charge density of 8 nC/m be located at x = 0, z = 4, and a point charge of 2C be
present at P(2, 0, 0).If V = 0 at M(0, 0, 5), find V at N(1, 2, 3).
Solution: 1.98 kV

2. Three identical point charges of 4 pC each are located at the corners of an equilateral
triangle 0.5 mm on a side in free space. How much work must be done to move one
charge to a point equidistant from the other two and on the line joining them?
Solution: 576 pJ

3. It is known that the potential is given as V = 80r
0.6
V. Assuming free space conditions,
find:
a. E
b. the volume charge density at r = 0.5 m
c. the total charge lying within the surface r = 0.6.
Solution: 48r
0.4
r V/m,

C/m
3
, 1.79 nC/m
3


4. Within the spherical shell, 3 r 4 m, the electric flux density is given as D = 5(r 3
)3
a
r
C/m
2

a. What is the volume charge density at r = 4
b. What is the electric flux density at r = 4?
c. How much electric flux leaves the sphere r = 4
d. How much charge is contained within the sphere, r = 4?
Solution: 17.50 C/m
3
. 5 a
r
C/m
2
, 320 C, 320 C

5. A point charge Q lies at the origin. Show that div D is zero everywhere except at the origin
Replace the point charge with a uniform volume charge density
v0
for 0 < r < b. Relate
v0
to Q
and b so that the total charge is the same. Find div D everywhere.

6. Volume charge density is located as follows:
v
= 0 for < 1mm and for > 2 mm,
v
= 4 C/m
3

for 1 < < 2 mm.
a. Calculate the total charge in the region 0 < <
1
, 0 < z < L, where 1 <
1
< 2 mm
b. Use Gauss law to determine D at = 1
c. Evaluate D at = 0.8mm, 1.6mm, and 2.4mm

Solution:

],

].0. 3.6 10
6
C/m
2
. 3.9 10
6
C/m
2

7. Two uniform line charges, each 20 nC/m, are located at y = 1, z = 1 m. Find the total flux
leaving a sphere of radius 2 m if it is centered at A(3, 1, 0), B(3, 2, 0)
Solution: 139 nC, 113 nC





8. Let a point charge Q = 125 nC be located at P
1
(4,2, 7) and a charge Q
2
= 60 nC be at P
2
(3,
4,2). find
a. E at P
3
(1, 2, 3),
b. At what point on the y axis is Ex = 0
Solution: 4.58a
x
0.15a
y
+ 5.51a
z
, y = 6.89,n 22.11

9. A uniform volume charge density of 0.2 C/m
3
is present throughout the spherical shell extending
from r = 3 cm to r = 5 cm. If
v
= 0 elsewhere: find
a. the total charge present throughout the shell:
b. find r
1
, if half the total charge is located in the region 3 cm < r < r1
Solution: 82.1 pC, 4.24 cm

10. Find E at the origin if the following charge distributions are present in free space: point charge,
12 nC at P(2, 0, 6); uniform line charge density, 3nC/m at x = 2, y = 3; uniform surface charge
density, 0.2 nC/m2 at x = 2.
Solution:3.9a
x
12.4a
y
2.5a
z
V/m

11. A circular disk of radius a is uniformly charged with Ps C/m 2 . If the disk lies on the z = 0 plane
with its axis along the z-axis is,
a. Show that at point (0, 0, h)
( )
|
|
|
.
|

\
|
+

=
2
2 2
s
z
a h
h
1
2
E
b. From this, derive the E field due to an infinite sheet of charge on the z = 0 plane.
c. If a << h, show that E is similar to the field due to a point charge.


12. Express the following points in cylindrical and spherical coordinates: P( 1, - 4, - 3)

13. Transform the following vectors to cylindrical and spherical coordinates:
a. D = (x + z)a
y

b. E = (y
2
- x
2
)a
x
+ xyza
y
+ (x
2
Z
2
)a
z


14. Find the gradient of the these scalar fields:
a. U = 4xz
2
+ 3yz
b. W = 2(Z
2
+ 1) cos
c. H = r
2
cos cos

15. Find the divergence and curl of the following vectors:
a. A == e
xy
a
x
+ sin(xy) a
y
+ cos
2
(xz) a
z

b. B =
2
za +
3
a

+ 3z
2
a

c.
u

= a
r
r
a
r
C
2
cos
2
sin

16. Concentric cylinders = 2 and = 6 cm are maintained at V = 60 V and V = - 20 V,
respectively. Calculate V, E, and D at = 4 cm.