EM Fields Reference

Denitions

0
.
= 8.854 10
12
k =
1
4
0
.
= 8.988 10
9
= electric ux
D = ux density
Common Integrals
_
x
_
y + x
2
_
a
dx =
_
y + x
2
_
a+1
2a + 2
Vector Operations
Dot Product
A B = |A| |B| cos
AB
= AxBx + AyBy + AzBz
= cos
1
A B
|A| |B|
Cross Product
AB = a
N
|A| |B| sin
AB
=

ax ay az
Ax Ay Az
Bx By Bz

= (AyBz AzBy) ax
+ (AzBx AxBz) ay
+ (AxBy AyBx) az
Coordinate Systems
Cartesian
A = A(x, y, z)
A = Axax + Ayay + Azaz
|A| =
_
A
2
x
+ A
2
y
+ A
2
z
a
A
=
A
|A|
=
A
_
A
2
x
+ A
2
y
+ A
2
z
Cylindrical
A = A(, , z)
A = Aa + A

+ Azaz
|A| =
_

2
+ z
2
Cylindrical to Cartesian
x = cos
y = sin
z = z
Cylindrical to Spherical
r =
_

2
+ z
2
=
= tan
1

z
Area and Volume
dS = d dz
S =
__
s
dS
=
_
2
0
_
z
0
d dz
= 2z
dV = d d dz
V =
___
v
dV
=
_

0
_
2
0
_
z
0
d d dz
=
2
z
Spherical
A = A(r, , )
A = Arar + A

+ A

|A| = Ar
Spherical to Cartesian
x = r sin cos
y = r sin cos
z = r cos
Spherical to Cylindrical
= r sin
=
z = r cos
Area and Volume
dS = r
2
sin d d
S =
__
s
dS
=
_

0
_
2
0
r
2
sin d d
= 2r
2
_

0
sin d
= 2r
2
[cos + cos 0]
= 4r
2
dV = r
2
dr sin d d
V =
___
v
dV
=
_
r
0
_

0
_
2
0
r
2
dr sin d d
= 2
_
r
0
_

0
r
2
dr sin d
=
2
3
r
3
_

0
sin d
=
4
3
r
3
Electric Field and Flux
Coulombs Law
F =
Q
1
Q
2
4
0
R
2
N
F =
Q
1
Q
2
4
0
R
2
12
a
21
N
Field Intensity
E =
Q
4
0
R
2
a
R
V
m
Charge Distributions
E =

L
2
0

a line charge
E =
s
2
0
a
N
sheet charge
Flux Density
D =
Q
4r
2
ar point charge
=

L
2
a line charge
=

S
2
a
N
sheet charge
=
0
E in free space
=
_
s
Ds dS = Q Gausss law
Divergence
divD =
Dx
x
+
Dy
y
+
Dz
z
rect
=
1

(D) +
1

+
Dz
z
cyl
=
1
r
2

r
_
r
2
Dr
_
+
1
r sin

(sin D

)
+
1
r sin
D

sph
=

x
ax +

y
ay +

z
az
D =
_

x
ax +

y
ay +

z
az
_

(Dxax + Dyay + Dzaz)

= divD
_
S
D dS =
_
vol
D dv