Tutorial3 3
Tutorial3 3
Tutorial 3
Symbols have their usual meaning. Date: October 15, 2019
1. Two long parallel wires are 10cm apart in air and carry current
of 6Amp each. Calculate the force on each meter length of wire
if the currents are
4. How do you satisfy the Ampere’s law inside the capacitor after
the introduction of the displacement current term?
7. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area 5cm2 and plate sepa-
ration of 3mm has a voltage 50 sin 103 t V applied to its plates.
Calculate the displacement current assuming = 20 .
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9. Determine the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave travel-
ing in free space at 30GHz.
10. An electromagnetic wave of 15GHz is propagating in free
space. Amplitude of the electric field is E0 = 1V /m. Calcu-
late the speed, wavelength, propagation constant, characteris-
tic impedance of the medium, and magnetic field amplitude.
11. A plane EM wave of 10GHz is propagating in free space and
Ex = 1v/m. Find
(a) Phase velocity, wavelength, and propagation constant K
of the wave.
(b) Characteristic impedance Z.
(c) Amplitude and direction of magnetic field.
12. An electromagnetic plane wave is propagating inside a con-
~ t) = E0 e−κz cos(kz − ωt + δE )x̂.
ductor with electric field E(z,
Calculate the intensity of the wave inside the conductor.
13. Find the frequency for which the skin depth in aluminium is
0.01mm. Given σ = 3.54 × 107 S/m and µ = µ0 .
14. An observer is 2m from a point light source whose power out-
put is 100W . Calculate the rms values of the electric and
magnetic fields, and the radiation pressure at the position of
the observer. Assume that the source radiates uniformly in
all directions.
15. Calculate the current density corresponding to the given mag-
~ = y 2 x̂ + x2 ŷ.
netic vector potential A
~=
16. Consider a scalar potential V = 0 and a vector potential A
A0 sin(kx − ωt)ŷ, where A0 , ω, k all are constants.
(a) Compute the electric and magnetic fields.
(b) Show that these fields are the valid solutions of Maxwell’s
equations in vacuum provided a condition is satisfied,
what is that condition?
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