King Saud University College of Engineering Electrical Engineering Department EE213: ELECTROMAGNETICS (1)

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Mid-Term Exam I 2nd Semester 1431-32. Date: 26/4/1432 H (31/03/2011G) Time Allowed: 90 Minutes

Solve the following two problems. Problem I (10 Marks: 1 +2+3+4) (a) (b) (c) State Coulombs law. Point charges of 10 nC each are located at A(1, 0, 0), B(-1,0, 0) and C(0, 1, 0), and D(0, -1, 0) in free space. Find the total force on the charge at A. Three infinite uniform sheets of charge are located in free space as follows: nC/m2 at , 5 nC/m2 at , and 5 nC/m2 at . A uniform line charge nC/m is also located along the z-axis. Find at the points: M(0, 0, 0), N(-5,-5,-5) and P(5,5,5). A charge density is given as Calculate: C/m3 in the region , where and are constants.

(d)

i. The total charge included in this region. ii. The electric field intensity everywhere. Solution: (a) The force between two very small objects separated in vacuum or free space by a distance which is large compared to their size is proportional to the charge on each and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The force acts along the line joining the two charges and is repulsive if the charges are alike in sign and attractive if they are of opposite sign. (b)

Q=10-8 C

nN (c) Since M lies on the line charge, EM is infinite.

=5 nC/m2 and

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(d) i. The charge Q is calculated from the charge density as:

ii. Choose gauss surface to be a sphere of radius r. For: For:

For:

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Problem II (10 Marks: 1, 2, 3 + 4) (a) Given the flux density: i. The charge density at point ii. iii. in free space. Calculate: .

The total charge enclosed by the shown cylinder of radius with . Use the volume side of the divergence theorem. The total charge enclosed by the same cylinder in (ii) using the surface side of the divergence theorem (Gauss's law).
Flux through Top Flux through Sides

Flux through Bottom

(b)

Find the total charge within the volume in this region is defined as: F/m
&

in free space given that the flux density .

Solution:

(a) i. The charge density is:

At point
ii.

Using the volume side of the divergence theorem, the total charge is:

iii.

Using Gausss law, it can be seen that has no component along for the top , for and for

(the sides) and , thus:

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Which is the same obtained in (ii) (b) In Cartesian coordinates, we find the total charge within the volume
the volume divergence theorem: where by using

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