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31035 Engineering Electromagnetics

Homework 2 Fall 2015

HWK 2-1
Consider two point charges Q1 and Q2 located at P1=(0, 5, -1) m and P2=(0, -2, 6) m, respectively. The
two point charges results in an electric field E at an observation point P=(0, 2, 3) m. What ratio Q1/Q2
between the charges leads to a zero electric field component in the y-direction at point P?
HWK 2-2
The outwards flux associated with an electric field is found to be 1.8810+5 Vm for a 1 1 m2
rectangular surface S. The rectangular surface is placed 0.5 meter in front of a point source with
unknown charge Q and otherwise centered symmetrically with respect to the point source. What is the
charge Q of the point source?

HWK 2-3
An electric field in free space is described in cylindrical coordinates as E=2010-3/r2 r V/m. What is
the charge density v at the point (3, -4, 1) cm?

HWK 2-4
Consider two points located at P1=(0, 3) m and P2=(-3, 0) m. What is the potential difference V21
between points P2 and P1 if an electric field E = xx yy exits in free space?
HWK 2-5
A thin spherical shell of radius a contains an uniformly distributed surface charge density s. The
electric potential with reference to infinity is given as
s
a fo R < a
V(R ) = 0 2
s a fo R > a
0 R

where R is the radial distance from the origin of a spherical coordinate system and 0 is the free-space
permittivity. What is the expression for the electric field valid at all points of space?

HWK 2-6
A point source with charge q=+1 C is placed in a dielectric media 1 meter above a perfectly
conductive ( =) plane. The dielectric media has a relative dielectric constant of r=4.0. What is the
induced surface charge s at the point on the conductive plane directly under the point source?

Tom K. Johansen

2015-10-28

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