PHY3401

Tutorial 4

1. Determine the total charge

(a) On line 0  x  5 m if pL = 12 x 2 mC/m
(b) On the cylinder  = 3, 0  z  4 m if  S =  z 2 nC/m2
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(c) Within the sphere r = 4 m if  v = C/m3
r sin 

2. State Gauss's law. Deduce Coulomb's law from Gauss's law thereby affirming that Gauss's law is an
alternative statement of Coulomb's law and that Coulomb's law is implicit in Maxwell's equation
  D = v .

3. Let D = 2 xya x + x 2 a y C/m 2 and find

(a) The volume charge density  v
(b) The flux through surface 0  x  1, 0  z  1, y = 1
(c) The total charge contained in the region 0  x  1, 0  y  1, 0  z  1

4. Determine the charge density due to each of the following electric flux densities:
(a) D = 8 xya x + 4 x 2 a y C/m 2
(b) D = 4  sin  a  + 2  cos  a + 2 z 2 a z C/m 2
2 cos  sin 
(c) D = 3
a r + 3 a C/m 2
r r

5. Determine the electric field due to the following potentials:

(a) V = x 2 + 2 y 2 + 4 z 2
(b) V = sin( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 )1 2
(c) V =  2 ( z + 1)sin 
(d) V = e − r sin  cos 2

6. Given that

  r2 
 0 1 − 2 , 0ra
v =   a 

 0, otherwi se

(a) Find the total charge

(b) Determine E everywhere
(c) Determine V everywhere
(d) Sketch both E and V and a function of r
Answers
1. (a) 0.5 C
(b) 1.206  C
(c) 1579.1 C
3. (a) 2 y C/m 3
(b) 1/3C
(c) 1C
4. (a) 8 y C/m 2
(b) 6sin  + 4 z C/m 3
(c) 0
5. (a) −2 xa x − 4 ya y − 8 za z
(b) −( xa x + ya y + za z ) cos( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 )1 2
(c) −2  ( z + 1)sin  a  −  ( z + 1) cos  a −  2 sin  a z
(d) e − r sin  cos 2 a r − e r cos  cos 2 a + sin 2 a
−r
2 e− r
r