Ministry of Higher Education

The Higher Institute of Engineering and technology

in New Damietta
Department: Electronics and Communications Date: 11/1/2018 Day: Thursday
Level: 3 Time allowed: 3 hours
Semester: (Final-term) Winter 2017/2018 Full marks: 60
Subject: Basic electromagnetics No of pages: Two
Subject Code: CEE 301

Question1 (20 marks)

1) Given the points M(0.1,-0.2,-0.1), N(-0.2,0.1,0.3), and P(0.4,0,0.1), find a

a. The vector RMN (2 marks)
b. The Dot product RMN . RMP (2 marks)
c. The scalar projection of RMN on RMP (2 marks)
d. The angle between RMN and RMP (2 marks)
2) Uniform line charges of 0.4 𝜇𝐶/𝑚 and −0.4 𝜇𝐶/𝑚, are located in the x=0 plane at y=-0.6 and y=0.6 m,
respectively. Let 𝜀 = 𝜀0 . Find E at a) 𝑃(𝑥, 0, 𝑧); b) 𝑄(2, 3,4). (3 marks)
cos 𝜃 3
3) Consider a circular material of a volume charge density 𝜌𝑣 = 𝑟 2 𝐶/𝑚 of inner and outer radii a and
b , respectively. The volume charge is centered at the origin. A 10 C point charge is located at the origin,
Calculate the flux density at
a. 𝑟 ≤ 𝑎 (2 marks)
b. 𝑎 ≤ 𝑟 ≤ 𝑏 (2 marks)
c. 𝑟 > 𝑏 (2 marks)
4) Derive an expression for the electric field of an infinite surface of charge density 𝜌𝑠 𝐶/𝑚2. (3 marks)

Question2 (20 marks)

1) Derive an expression for the magnetic field due to an infinite line carrying DC current using Biot Savart
law. (5 marks)
2) A circular wire of radius a is carrying a DC current I A. Find the magnetic field intensity inside and outside
the wire. (5 marks)
25 20 2
3) Let 𝐽 = 𝜌 𝜌
𝑎̂ − 𝜌2 +0.01
200𝑎̂𝑍 𝐴/𝑚 ,
a. Find the total current crossing the plane z=0.2 in the 𝑎̂𝑧 for 𝜌 < 0.4 (2 marks)
𝜕𝜌
b. Calculate 𝜕𝑡𝑣 (2 marks)
4) Let the region 𝑧 < 0 be composed of a uniform dielectric material for which 𝜀𝑟 = 3.2, while the region 𝑧 > 0
⃗⃗⃗⃗1 = −30𝑎̂𝑥 + 50𝑎̂𝑦 + 70𝑎̂𝑧 and find the electric field on region # 2.
is characterized by 𝜀𝑟 = 2. Let 𝐷
(6 marks)
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Question3 (20 marks)

1. Determine an expression for the volume charge density associated with each D field following
2 2
⃗ = 4𝑥𝑦 𝑎̂𝑥 + 2𝑥 𝑎̂𝑦 + 2𝑥2 𝑦 𝑎̂𝑧
a. 𝐷 (1 mark)
𝑧 𝑧 𝑧

⃗ = 𝑧 sin ∅ 𝑎̂𝜌 + 𝑧 cos ∅ 𝑎̂∅ + 𝜌 sin ∅ 𝑎̂𝑧

b. 𝐷 (2 marks)
⃗ = sin θ sin ∅ 𝑎̂𝑟 + cos 𝜃 sin ∅ 𝑎̂𝜃 + cos ∅ 𝑎̂∅
c. 𝐷 (2 marks)
2. It is known that the potential is given as 𝑉 = 80𝑟 0.6 𝑉. Assuming free space conditions, find
a. The electric field (1 mark)
b. The volume charge density at 𝑟 = 0.5 𝑚 (2 marks)
c. The total charge lying within the surface 𝑟 = 0.6 𝑚 (2 marks)
3. Calculate the value of the vector current density
⃗ = 𝑥 2 𝑧𝑎̂𝑦 − 𝑦 2 𝑥𝑎̂𝑧
a. In Cartezian coordinates at 𝑃𝐴 (2,3,4) if 𝐻 (1 mark)
⃗ = 2 cos 0.2∅ 𝑎̂𝜌
b. In cylinderical coordinates at 𝑃𝐵 (1.5, 90° , 0.5) if 𝐻 (2 marks)
𝜌

⃗ = 1 𝑎̂𝜃
c. In spherical coordinats at 𝑃𝐶 (2, 30° , 20° ) if 𝐻 (2 marks)
sin 𝜃

4. Suppose that there is an electric dipole of two point charges of equal magnitude and opposite sign separated by a
distance d at the origin in the z-direction. Find an expression for the potential at a point in the far field then
calculate the electric field and finally draw the streamlines for both the potential and the electric field of the
dipole. (5 marks)

Operation Cartezian Cylindrical Spherical

𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝒇 𝟏 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝒇 𝟏 𝝏𝒇 𝟏 𝝏𝒇
∇f ̂𝒙 +
𝒂 ̂𝒚 +
𝒂 ̂
𝒂 ̂𝝆 +
𝒂 ̂∅ +
𝒂 ̂
𝒂 ̂𝒓 +
𝒂 ̂𝜽 +
𝒂 ̂
𝒂
𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒛 𝒛 𝝏𝝆 𝝆 𝝏∅ 𝝏𝒛 𝒛 𝝏𝒓 𝒓 𝝏𝜽 𝒓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝝏∅ ∅

𝟏 𝝏(𝒓𝟐 𝑨𝒓 ) 𝟏 𝝏(𝑨𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽)

𝝏𝑨𝒙 𝝏𝑨𝒚 𝝏𝑨𝒛 𝟏 𝝏(𝝆𝑨𝝆 ) 𝟏 𝝏𝑨∅ 𝝏𝑨𝒛 +
𝛁. 𝑨 + + + + 𝒓𝟐 𝝏𝒓 𝒓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝝏𝜽
𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒛 𝝆 𝝏𝝆 𝝆 𝝏∅ 𝝏𝒛 𝟏 𝝏𝑨∅
+
𝒓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝝏∅
With my best wishes

Assoc. Prof. Haythem H. Abdullah