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College of Engineering
EEEB253
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS & WAVES
Semester I 2015/2016
Test 2
(Total marks is 30%)

Answer ALL questions on this paper

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1. Point charges of Q1 = -5 nC, Q2 = 8 nC and Q3 with unknown amount of charge are located
at (0, 2, -5) m, (1, -1, 3) m and (3, -4, 3) m, respectively. Determine the charge of Q3 if the
z-component of the total electric force due to Q1, Q2 and Q3 at the origin (0, 0, 0) is ZERO.
[8 marks]
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2. Point charges Q1 = - 7 nC and Q2 = 12 nC are located at (2, 2, 2) m and (3, 3, 3) m

respectively. Coordinate point G is located at (1, 1, 1) m while point H is at (2, -2, 3) m.
Assuming that the potential at infinity is zero and only two point charges of Q1 and Q2 that
are available, determine the potential difference between point G and H, VGH. [6 marks]
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3. The polarization of an unknown dielectric material is given by P = (3.8 ax + 5.5 ay + 2.9

az) nC/m2. An experimental setup was used to measure the electric field intensity through
the dielectric material and the y-component of the electric field (Ey) was measured and
found to be 207.3 V/m. With suitable formula and calculation, and based on the Table 1
below, state the dielectric material in which it is made of.
[5 marks]
Table 1
Material Relative permittivity ( )
Paper 7
Glass (Pyrex) 3.8-5
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) 3.2-3.6
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4. Figure 1 below shows a capacitor which is made of a 900 sector. The two conducting plates
are at the plane z = 0 and z = t while there is a layer of dielectric material for 0 < z < t. The
top conducting plate (z = t) is at V = Vo and the bottom conducting plate (z = 0) is at V =
0. For the geometry as in Figure 1 below, derive the formula for the capacitance in terms
of a, b, t, and . [11 marks]

Figure 1
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FORMULA

Laplacian:

2V 2V 2V
2V
x 2 y 2 z 2

1 V 1 2V 2V
V
2
( ) 2
2 z 2

Gradient:

V V V
V a x ay az
x y z

V 1 V V
V a a aZ
Z