Subject: Principles of Electromagnetic Fields

Course Code: 18EC/EE/TC 35

Year: 2019-20

Assignments -01
SET-01
Q Questions
No
1 Point charges 25 nC and -12 nC are located at (2,-3, 4) and (-3,4, 5), respectively.
(a) Determine the force on a 10nC point charge located at (1, 3, 7).
(b) Find the electric field E at (1, 3 , 7).
2 Point charges Q1 and Q2 are, respectively, located at (4,0, -5) and (2,0, 1). If Q2 = 4 nC,
find Q1 such that
(a) The E at (5, 2, 6) has no z-component
(b) The force on a test charge at (5, 2, 6) has no x-component.
3 Let E = x2y ax + x2 y ay, find
(a) Electric flux density D.
(b) The volume charge density pv.
4 It is required to hold four equal point charges each in equilibrium at the corner of a
square. Find the point charge which will do this, if placed at the center of the square.
5 Charges + Q and + 3Q are separated by a distance 3 m. A third charge is located such
that the electrostatic system is in equilibrium. Find the location and the value of the third
charge in terms of Q.

SET-02

QNo Questions
1 Three point charges Q1 = 1 mC and Q2 = 2m C and Q3 = - 3mC are respectively
placed at (0, 0, 4) , (-2,6,1) and (3, -4, -8), respectively. Determine the force on Q1.
2 A square plate described by -2≤ x ≤ 2, -2≤ y ≤ 2,,z = 0 carries a charge 12 \y\ mC/m2.
Find the total charge on the plate and the electric field intensity at (0, 0, 10).
3 In free space, D = 2xy ax+ x2y ay C/m2. Find the total charge stored in the region
0 < x < 1 , 0 < z < 1 & y=1.
4 It is required to hold four equal point charges each in equilibrium at the corner of a
square. Find the point charge which will do this, if placed at the center of the square.
5 A point charge of 20 nC is located at the origin while plane y = 4 carries charge
20nC/m2. Find D at (-1, 2, 5).
 SET-03

Q Questions
No
1 Five identical 15µC point charges are located at the center and corners of a square
defined by - 1 < x, y < 1, z = 0.
(a) Find the force on the 10µC point charge at (0, 0, 2).
(b) Calculate the electric field intensity at (0, 0, 2).
2 A point charge 100 pC is located at ( 4 , 1 ,- 3) while the x-axis carries charge 2 nC/m.
If the plane z = 3 also carries charge 5 nC/m2, find E at (1, 1, 1).
3 A point charge of 30 nC is located at the origin while plane y = 3 carries charge
10nC/m2. Find D at (0,4, 3)..
4 It is required to hold four equal point charges each in equilibrium at the corner of a
square. Find the point charge which will do this, if placed at the center of the square.
5 Plane z = 10 m carries charge 20 nC/m2. Find the electric field intensity at the point
(2, 3 ,4)

SET-04
QNo Questions
1 Point charges 15 nC and -12 nC are located at (2,3, 4) and (3,4, 5), respectively.
(a) Determine the force on a 10-nC point charge located at the origin
(b) Find the electric field E at origin
2 Planes x = 4 and y = — 2, respectively, carry charges 20 nC/m2 and 5 nC/m2. If the
line x = 0, z = 3 carries charge 10π nC/m, calculate E at (1, 1, 1) due to the three
charge distributions.
3 It is required to hold four equal point charges each in equilibrium at the corner of a
square. Find the point charge which will do this, if placed at the center of the square.
4 If D = (2y2+z) ax + 4xyay + xaz C/m2, find
(a) The volume charge density at (- 1, 0, 3)
(b) The flux through the cube defined b y 0≤ x ≤ 1, 0≤ y ≤ 1, -0≤ z ≤ 1
(c) The total charge enclosed by the cube
5 Plane z = 10 m carries charge 20 nC/m2. Find the electric field intensity at the origin.

SET-05
QNo Questions
1 Line y = 3, z = - 2 carries charge 50 nC/m while plane x = 2 carries charge
30 nC/m2. Find E at the origin.
2 Determine the total charge
(a) On line 0 < x < 5 m if pL =12 x2 mC/m
(b) On the cylinder ρ = 3, 0 < z < 4 m if ρs = ρ z2 nC/m2
(c) Within the sphere r = 4 m if ρv = (10)/(r sinθ) C/m3
3 A point charge 50 pC is located at ( 2 , -1 ,4) while the x-axis carries charge
20nC/m. If the plane z = 2 also carries charge 5 nC/m2, find E at (1, 2, 3).
4 It is required to hold four equal point charges each in equilibrium at the corner of a
square. Find the point charge which will do this, if placed at the center of the square.
5 Point charges Q1 = -15 µC and Q2 = -4 µC are placed at (1, 2,3) and (-2, 3, 5),
respectively. Determine the force on Q2.