Mini Project Assignments PHY3401

1. Solve the problems below using GNU Octave

programming software
2. GNU Octave can be downloaded here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
3. Presentation of the project is on week 13 and 14.
4. One group to choose 1 topic.
5. First come first serve.
6. Each group need to submit an m-file after the
presentation with a brief report to summarize
what was done.
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1. Rain drop size distribution could be assumed to follow Law’s and Parson’s rule. The
refractive index of water at 20C as per table below.
i. Calculate the attenuation in dB/km for rain rates of 0.25, 1.25, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0,
20.0, 50.0, 100.0, and 150.0 mm/hr at microwave frequency of 6 GHz.
ii. Plot the attenuation of the same rain rates as in (i) but at frequencies of 2.4GHz,
13GHz, and 30GHz.

Laws and Parsons' Drop-Size Distributions for Various Rain Rates

Rain Rate (mm/hour)

Drop 0.25 1.25 2.5 5 12.5 25 50 100 150
Diameter Percent of Total Volume
(cm)_________
0.05 28.0 10.9 7.3 4.7 2.6 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.0
0.1 50.1 37.1 27.8 20.3 11.5 7.6 5.4 4.6 4.1
0.15 18.2 31.3 32.8 31.0 24.5 18.4 12.5 8.8 7.6
0.2 3.0 13.5 19.0 22.2 25.4 23.9 19.9 13.9 11.7
0.25 0.7 4.9 7.9 11.8 17.3 19.9 20.9 17.1 13.9
0.3 1.5 3.3 5.7 10.1 12.8 15.6 18.4 17.7
0.35 0.6 1.1 2.5 4.3 8.2 10.9 15.0 16.1
0.4 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.3 3.5 6.7 9.0 11.9
0.45 0.2 0.5 1.2 2.1 3.3 5.8 7.7
0.5 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.8 3.0 3.6
0.55 0.2 0.5 1.1 1.7 2.2
0.6 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.2
0.65 0.2 0.7 1.0
0.7 0.3

Raindrop Terminal Velocity

Radius (cm) Velocity (m/s)

0.025 2.1
0.05 3.9
0.075 5.3
0.10 6.4
0.125 7.3
0.15 7.9
0.175 8.35
0.20 8.7
0.225 9.0
0.25 9.2
0.275 9.35
0.30 9.5
0.325 9.6
Refractive index of water at 20C at different frequencies

Frequency (GHz) Refractive Index (m = m'- jm")

0.6 8.960-j0.1713
0.8 8.956- j0.2172
1.0 8.952- j0.2648
1.6 8.933- j0.4105
2.0 8.915- j0.5078
3.0 8.858- j0.7471
4.0 8.780- j0.9771
6.0 8.574- jl.399
11 7.884- j2.184
16 7.148-j2.614
20 6.614- j2.780
30 5.581- j2.848
40 4.886- j2.725
60 4.052- j2.393
80 3.581- j2.100
100 3.282- j 1.864
160 2.820- j 1.382
200 2.668- j 1.174
300 2.481- j0.8466
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2. A shielded double strip line with partial dielectric support is shown as in Figure below.
Calculate characteristic impedance 𝑍0 of the double strip line given:

a=b=2.5cm, d=0.5cm, w=1cm, t=0.001cm, 𝜖1 = 𝜖0 , 𝜖2 = 2.35𝜖0

2b

2w 𝜖1 = 𝜖0

2a
𝜖2 = 𝜖𝑟 𝜖0 2d

V=0 V
a
𝜖1 = 𝜖0 𝑉𝑑
Simplified t
version using
full symmetry d

w b
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3. A current sheet 𝐾 = 5.0𝒂𝑦 A/m flows in the region −0.15 m < 𝑥 < −0.15 m.
i. Calculate 𝑯 at 𝑃(0, 0, 0.25)
ii. Plot the magnetic field in the 𝑥 − 𝑦 plane in the region −0.5 m ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 0.5 m and −0.5 m ≤ 𝑧
≤ 0.5 m.

x-z plane
P
K=5.0 𝒂𝑦 A/m

y
x
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4. Consider the shown cross section of a square coaxial cable. The inner conductor has a
voltage of 1.0 V while the outer conductor is grounded. The cable is assumed long enough
and variations in potential and field in the normal direction can be ignored (2D problem).
i. Solve Laplace equation in the area between the two conductors.
ii. Plot the contours of the voltage and the lines of the electric field.

0.9mm

Coaxial
V=1.0V Cable

0.6mm

V=0V
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5. Consider the configuration of conductors and potentials shown in Figure below. Derive an
expression for the voltage at any point (x, y) inside the conductors and
i. Plot the contours of the voltage
ii. Plot the lines of the electric field.

y
1.0V
1.0m

Gap Gap

0V 1.0m x
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6. A solenoid of radius 0.1 m whose axis is the z-axis carries a current of 3 Amps. The solenoid
is assumed to extend along the z axis from z = −0.5 m to z = 0.5 m.
i. Plots the magnetic field in the x-z plane.
ii. Plots the magnetic field in the y-z plane

y
I

r=0.1 x
z
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7. A rectangular coil is composed of 1 turn of a filamentary conductor.

i. Find the mutual inductance in free space between this coil and an infinite straight
filament on the z axis if the four corners of the coil are located at: (1, 1, 0), (1, 3, 0),
(1, 3, 1), and (1, 1, 1).
ii. If the four corners of the coil are changed to (-2,-2,0),(-2,4,0),(-2,4,2), and (-2,-2,2),
find the new mutual inductance.

𝒂𝑁 y