UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCHOOLOF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

ENEL2FT FIELD THEORY TEST NO.2 20th OCTOBER 2010 Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Instructions to candidates: i) Answer ALL questions ii) Questions carry marks as indicated against them iii) All working must be shown, and any assumptions made clearly stated. If this is not done, no marks will be awarded.
Question 1 (60 marks) A square conducting loop of side 2a lies in the z=0 plane and carries a current I in the counterclockwise direction. If its centre is at (0,0,0), show that at the centre of the loop, the magnetic field intensity is given by:

2I H z a
Question 2 (40 marks) Verify that the following potentials satisfy Laplaces equation 2V 0 : a) V 15x yz 5 y z
2 3

b) V c) V

cos
10 sin sin r2