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Electrostatics Problems

1. The document discusses electrostatics and provides 24 problems involving calculating the electric field and force between different charge distributions including point charges, line charges, and surface charges distributed on planes, disks, and sheets. The problems cover using Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems to determine the electric field and force between these different charge distributions.

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Electrostatics Problems

1. The document discusses electrostatics and provides 24 problems involving calculating the electric field and force between different charge distributions including point charges, line charges, and surface charges distributed on planes, disks, and sheets. The problems cover using Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems to determine the electric field and force between these different charge distributions.

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Electrostatics

Dr. Rajveer Singh (ARSDC,University of Delhi)


1. Two point charges, Q1 = 50 μC and Q2 = 10 μC are located at (-1, 1,
-3) m and (3, 1, 0) m, respectively. Find the electric force on Q1.
2. Refer to fig given below. Find the force on a 100 μC charge at (0, 0, 3) m if

four like charges of 20 μC are located on the x and y axes at ∓ 4 m.

3. Refer to fig (given below). Point charge Q1 = 300 μ C, located at (1, -1,

-3)m, experience a force = 8ax − 8ay + 4az N due to point charge Q2 at

(3, -3, -2) m. Determine Q2.


z

y
x

(3, -3, -2)


Q1 Q2
(1, -1, -3)
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4. Find the force on a point charge of 50 μC at ( 0, 0, 5)m due to charge of 500

π μC that is uniformly distributed over the circular disk r ≤ 5 m, z = 0.

P (0, 0, 5)

5. Find the force in the above question if the radius of disk is reduced to 2 m.
6. Find the expression for the electric field at P due to a point charge Q at
( x1, y1, z1). Repeat the charge placed at the origin.
7. Find the electric field E at the origin due to point charge of 64.4nC located
at (-4, 3, 2)m in cartesian coordinates.

8. Find the electric field E at (0, 0, 5)m due to Q1 = 0.35μC at ( 0, 4, 0)m and

Q1 = -0.55 μ at ( 3, 0, 0) m.

9. Charge is distributed along an infinite straight line with constant density

ρl. Develop the expression for E at the general point P.

10. On the line described by x = 2 m, y = -4 m there is a uniform charge

distribution of density ρl = 20 nC/m. determine the electric field E at (-2,

-1, 4).

11. As shown in Fig, two uniform line charge density ρ l = 4nC/m lie in the x =

0 plane at y = ∓ 4 m. Find E at ( 4, 0, 10) m.


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Dr. Rajveer Singh (ARSDC,University of Delhi)

12. Develop an expression for E due to charge uniformly distributed over an

infinite plane with density ρs for the given fig.

P (r, ϕ, 0)

dQ

x
(r, ϕ, 0)

13. As shown in Fig, the plane y = 3 m contain a uniform charge distribution of

density ρs = (10-8/6π) C/m2. Determine E at all points.

14. Two infinite uniform sheets of charge, each with density ρ s, are located at
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x = ∓ 1 ( As shown in the fig.). Determine E in all regions.

15. Repeat prob. 14 with ρs, on x = -1 and -ρs on x = +1.

16. A uniform sheet charge with ρs = (1/3π) nC/m2 is located at z = 5 m and a

uniform line charge with ρl = (-25/9) nC/m at z = -3m, y = 3m. Find E at ( x,

-1, 0).

17. Determine E at ( 2, 0, 2) m due to three standard charge distributions as

follows: a uniform sheet at x = 0 m with ρs1 = (1/3π) nC/m2, a uniform sheet

at x = 4 m with ρs2 = (-1/3π) nC/m2, and a uniform sheet at x = 6 m, y = 0 m

with ρl = -2 nC/m.

18. As shown in the fig., charge is distributed along the z-axis between z = ∓

5 m with uniform density ρ l = 20 nC/m. Determine E at ( 2, 0, 0) in

cartesian coordinates. Also express the answer in cylindrical coordinates.

19. Charge is distributed along the z-axis from z = 5 m to infinite and z = -5 m

to -infinite ( as shown in the fig) with the with uniform density ρl = 20 nC/m.

Find E at (2, 0, 0) m.

20. Find the electric field intensity E at ( 0, ϕ, h) in cylindrical coordinates due

to the uniformly charged disk r ≤ a, z = 0.

21. Charge lie on the circular disk r ≤ a, z = 0 with density = 0 sin2 .

Determine E at ( 0, ϕ, h).
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22. Charge lie on the circular disk r ≤ 4, z = 0 with density = C/m2

Determine E at r =0, z = 3 m.

23. Charge lie in the z = -3 m plane in the form of square sheet defined by -2
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Dr. Rajveer Singh (ARSDC,University of Delhi)
≤ x ≤ 2 m, -2 ≤ y ≤ 2 m, with density = 2( 2
+ 2
+ 9)3/2 nC/m2.

Determine E at the origin.

24. A charge of uniform density ρs = 0.3 nC/m2 covers the plane 2x − 3y + z =

6 m. Find E on the side of the plane containing the origin.

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