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HEIDY JOHANA CASTAÑEDA MORENO

Group 58
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Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD

Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería
Teoría Electromagnética y Ondas
2021 16-01
 Solution of the questions
Activity
Solve the following questions:
1. What is an electromagnetic wave? Describe with your words.

An electromagnetic wave is produced by the interaction of an electric and

magnetic field. These waves do not need a material medium, they can
propagate in material mediums or in a vacuum; their speed is constant,
they are waves are transversal, that is, the direction of propagation is
diagonal to the direction of oscillation.

2. What are the parameters in an electromagnetic wave? Describe them with

your words.
The parameters that define a wave are:
 Amplitude (A): Maximum distance reached from n equilibrium point to
the crest or the valley.
 Frequency (f): number of cycles (oscillations) per second, measured in
hertz (Hz)
 Wavelength (ʎ): Distance between the crests of two consecutive waves,
measured in units of length (m)
 Propagation speed (v): Speed with which the wave travels.
 Wave number: is a frequency magnitude that shows the number of times
a wave oscillates in a unit of distance.

3. What is electrical permittivity 𝜺 and magnetic permeability 𝝁 of a medium?

 The electrical permittivity is a physical constant of a scalar nature,

which describes how much the materials are affected by an electric field,
it is determined by the storage capacity that the material has before the
use of an electric field so that the internal field is canceled momentarily.
 The Magnetic permeability is the ability of materials to create
magnetic fields.

4. From the following wave equation:

𝟐𝝅
𝑬𝒚 (𝒙, 𝒕) = 𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒏(𝒘𝒕 − 𝒌𝒙)𝒋̂ = 𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒏 (𝟐𝝅𝒇𝒕 − 𝒙) 𝒋̂ = 𝑪𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒏(𝑪𝟐 𝒕 − 𝑪𝟑 𝒙)𝒋̂
𝝀
 𝟐𝝅
𝑬𝒚 (𝒙, 𝒕) = 𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒏(𝒘𝒕 − 𝒌𝒙)𝒋̂ = 𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒏 (𝟐𝝅𝒇𝒕 − 𝒙) 𝒋̂ = 𝟖 𝒔𝒆𝒏(𝟓𝒕 − 𝟒𝒙)𝒋̂
𝝀

where 𝑪𝟏 , 𝑪𝟐 and 𝑪𝟑 correspond to the last 3 digits of your identification.

Notice that in the equation:

𝑨 = 𝑪𝟏
𝑨=𝟖

𝒘 = 𝟐𝝅𝒇 = 𝑪𝟐 𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟑
𝒘 = 𝟐𝝅𝒇 = 𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟑

𝟐𝝅
𝒌= = 𝑪𝟑
𝝀
𝟐𝝅
𝒌= = 𝟒
𝝀

Complete:
Parameter Variables and unit Description
𝑨 = 𝑪𝟏 𝑨 = 𝟖𝒎 It is the highest
value of the
a. Amplitude 𝑨.
wave oscillations

number of
𝜔 5 cycles
b. Frequency 𝒇 𝑓= = = 0.80 𝐻𝑧 (oscillations) per
2𝜋 2𝜋
second

Distance
between the
2𝜋 2𝜋 crests of two
c. Wavelength 𝝀 𝜆= = = 1.57𝑚
𝑘 4 consecutive
waves
𝜔
𝑣 = 𝑓𝜆 = speed with
𝜅
d. Propagation speed 𝑽𝒑 5 which the wave
𝑣 = 1.57 ∗ 0.80 = = 1.25𝑚/𝑠
4 travels

2𝜋 2𝜋 Is a frequency
𝑘= = = 4.0 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑚
𝜆 1.57 magnitude that
e. Wave number 𝒌
shows the
number of times
 a wave oscillates
in a unit of
distance.
Angle traveled
𝜔 = 2𝜋0 ∗ 𝑓 = 2𝜋 ∗ 0.80 during the turn
f. Angular frequency 𝒘
= 5.02 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 in time unit.

axis on which
g. Travel direction (𝒙, 𝒚 the waves
𝑥
or 𝒛) propagate

It is the
oscillation
h. Polarization direction 𝑗̂ direction of the
̂)
(𝒊̂, ̂𝒋 or 𝒌
wave

References

Reference 1:

 Esopo, (3 de noviembre de 2017). Características Ondas-EsOpo.

https://iie.fing.edu.uy/proyectos/esopo/caracteristicas-ondas/

 Esopo, (11 de mayo de 2016). Ondas electromagnéticas.

https://iie.fing.edu.uy/proyectos/esopo/oem/

 Wiley, J. & Sons Ltd. (2003). Propagación de ondas electromagnéticas.

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 Quesada-Pérez, M., & Maroto-Centeno, J. (2014). From Maxwell's

Equations to Free and Guided Electromagnetic Waves: An Introduction
for First-year Undergraduates. New York: Nova Science Publishers,
Inc. (pp. 46-60). Recovered
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