EECE 6120

Dr. Richie
August 24, 2020

Homework Set # 1

1.1 You are given two lines of charge, each with charge density ρℓ . Both line charges are in the z = 0
plane. The first line charge is at y = −d and x is from −h to h. The second line charge is parallel to
the first at y = d and x is from −h to h. Use Coulomb’s law to find the electric field on the z axis.
1.2 You are given an inductor; a torus with inner radius a that has a cross section of c × c. There are N
turns of wire; you may assume the permeability is µ = µr µo . Find the inductance of the structure.
1.3 You are given a segment of current I along the +z axis, as shown in the figure. Use the Biot-Savart
law to show that H~ is:
~ = I (sin α2 − sin α1 )êφ
H
4πρ

z2

I
z1

α2
α1
ρ P y

1.4 Derive the differential form of the continuity equation

∂qev
∇ · J~ic = −
∂t

from Maxwell’s equations

∂B~
~ = −M
∇×E ~i −
∂t
~
∇×H~ = J~ic + ∂ D
∂t
~ = qev
∇·D
~ = qmv
∇·B

1.5 Derive the integral froms of Maxwell’s equations and the continuity equation, as listed here, from the

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 corresponding list in differential form from the previous problem.
I Z Z
~ · d~ℓ = − M
E ~ i · d~s − ∂ ~ · d~s
B
ℓ S ∂t S
I Z Z
~ · d~ℓ = ∂
H J~ic · d~s + ~ · d~s
D
∂t S
Iℓ S

~ · d~s = Qe
D
S
I
~ · d~s = Qm
B
S

1.6 The instantaneous electric field inside a source-free, homogeneous, isotropic, and linear medium is
given by
E~ = [êx A(x + y) + êy B(x − y)] cos(ωt)

Determine the relations between A and B.

~ = êx y 2 sin ωt and H
1.7 Given E ~ = êy x cos ωt, determine J~t and M
~ t . Determine the total current (electric
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and magnetic) passing through a disk at z = 0 and x + y ≤ 1. The total currents are given by:

J~t = J~i + J~c + J~d

and
~t = M
M ~i +M
~d

1.8 For the field of problem 4, determine the Poynting vector. Show that

~ × H)
∇ · (E ~ +E
~ · J~t + H
~ ·M
~t = 0

is satisfied for this field.

1.9 The electric field radiated at large distances in free space by a current-carrying small circular loop of
radius a, placed on the xy plane at z = 0, is given by:

~ = êφ Eo sin θ cos(ωt − βo r)

E r≫a
r
√
where Eo is a constant, βo = ω µo ǫo , r is the radial distance in spherical coordinates, and θ is the
spherical angle measured from the z axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the loop. Determine
the corresponding radiated magnetic field at large distances from the loop (r ≫ a).
1.10 The instantaneous electric field intensity inside a source-free coaxial line with inner and outer radii of
a and b, respectively, that is filled with a homogeneous dielectric of ǫ = 2.25ǫo, µ = µo , and σ = 0 is
given by:  
~ 100
E = êρ cos(108 t − βz)
ρ
where β is the phase constant and ρ is the cylindrical radial distance from the center of the coaxial
line. Determine
~
a) the corresponding instantaneous magnetic field H;
b) the phase constant β; and
c) the displacement current density J~d .

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1.11 An electric line source of infinite length and constant current, placed along the z axis, radiates in free
space. At large distances from the source (ρ → ∞), a time-harmonic complex magnetic field is given
by
−jβo ρ
H~ = êφ Ho e √ ρ→∞
ρ
√
where Ho is a constant, βo = ω µo ǫo , and ρ is the radial cylindrical distance. Determine the corre-
sponding electric field.
1.12 A time-harmonic electromagnetic field in free space is perpendicularly incident upon a perfectly con-
ducting semi-infinite planar surface, as shown below. Assuming the incident E ~ i and reflected E
~r
complex electric fields on the free-space side of the interface are given by:

~ i = êx e−jβo z
E ~ r = −êx e+jβo z
E
√
where βo = ω µo ǫo , determine the current density J~s induced on the surface of the conducting surface.
x

Incident PEC

Reflected

ε o µo

~ i and reflected E
1.13 The free-space incident E ~ r fields of a time-harmonic electromagnetic field obliquely
incident upon a perfectly conducting semi-infinite planar surface as shown below are given by:

~ i = êy Eo e−jβo (x sin θi +z cos θi )

E
~ r = êy Eo Γh e−jβo (x sin θi −z cos θi )
E
√
where Eo is a constant and βo = ω µo ǫo . Determine the coefficient Γh .
x

Reflected
PEC
θi
θi z

Incident

ε o µo