Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram

End Semester Examination

Engineering Electromagnetics PHY107T (Batch- D)
Total Marks: 40 Date: 14 /05/2021 Time: 3 hours

1. Two infinite conducting planes are intersecting each other at 90. A charge of 100 nC is
placed at (3,4,0). Find the electric potential and electric field intensity at (3,5,0). (10
Marks)

2. A long solenoid of radius a, carrying n turns per

unit length, is looped by a wire with resistance R,
as shown in Figure 1.

a. If the current in the solenoid is increasing at a

constant rate (dI/dt = k), what current flows in Fig. 1

the loop, and which way (left or right) does it pass through the resistor?

b. If the current I in the solenoid is constant but the solenoid is pulled out of the loop
(toward the left, to a place far from the loop), what total charge passes through the
resistor? (5 Marks)

3. Verify the Stoke’s theorem for

̂ + 3𝑟𝛟
𝒗 = (𝑟 cos 2 𝜃)𝐫̂ − (𝑟 cos 𝜃 sin 𝜃)𝛉 ̂
around the path shown in Fig. 2. (5 Marks)

Fig. 2

4. Two spherical cavities of radii a and b are hollowed out from the interior of a (neutral)
conducting sphere of radius R (Figure 3). At the center of each cavity a point charge is
placed—call these charges qa and qb. (10 Marks)
a. Find the surface charge densities a, b, and R.
b. What is the field outside the conductor?
c. What is the field within each cavity?
d. What is the force on qa and qb?
e. Which of these answers would change if a third charge,
Fig. 3
qc, were brought near the conductor?
 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram
End Semester Examination
Engineering Electromagnetics PHY107T (Batch- D)
Total Marks: 40 Date: 14 /05/2021 Time: 3 hours

5. An inverted hemispherical bowl of radius R carries a uniform surface charge density .

Find the potential difference between the “north pole” and the center. (5 Marks)

6. A long coaxial cable, of length l, consists of an inner conductor (radius a) and an outer
conductor (radius b). It is connected to a battery at one end and a resistor at the other
(Figure 4). The inner conductor carries a uniform charge per unit length λ, and a steady
current I to the right; the outer conductor has the opposite charge and current. What is
the rate at which energy is transported by the electromagnetic fields (5 Marks)

Fig. 4