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Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering Department

Auxiliary Examination
B. E. Course Code: UEE507
Course Name: Engineering Electromagnetics
July 24, 2018 Tuesday, 1730-2030 Hrs
Time: 3 hours, M. Marks: 100 Name of Faculty: Dr. Sahaj Saxena

Assume missing data if required.

Explain your answers with proper figure if required.

Q1. Explain the importance of cylindrical and spherical coordinate (5)

systems with suitable example for study of electromagnetics.
Q2. Obtain the gradient and Laplacian of the scalar field (10=2*5)
, 1 _
V = —x- +- y —e
2 4
Q3. State (i) divergence theorem and (ii) Stokes' theorem. (10=2*5)

Q4. Define (i) Gauss' law and (ii) Ampere's law. (10=2*5)

Q5. Derive Poisson's equation and Laplace's equation. (10=2*5)

Q6. Explain the physical interpretations of Maxwell's equation for (10)

time-varying fields.
Q7. State Poynting's theorem and explain the meaning of various (10=2*5)
terms of the equation in this theorem.
Q8. For a plane waves in lossless dielectric, obtain the value of a, ,8 (10=2*2.5+5)

and show that ti =

Q9. Obtain the expression of the propagation constant (y) and (10=2*5)

characteristic impedance (.7(J ) of

(i) lossless transmission line

(ii) distortionless transmission line.
Q10. (i) What is the advantage of waveguide over transmission line. (15=2*7.5)
(ii) Elaborate the concept of TE and TM modes in waveguide.