Date: 19 Jan 2019

Electrical Department
2140909 – Field Theory
Tutorial 3
1) Two points charges Q=2 nC and Q=-4 nC are located at (1, 0, 3) and (-2, 1, 5)
respectively. Determine the force and potential at P (1, -2, 3).

2) Three infinite uniform sheet of the charges are located at z= - 4, z=1 and z=4 with
surface charge density 3 nc⁄m2 , 6 nc⁄m2 and -8 nc⁄m2 respectively. Determine the
E at the point P(4, 2, -3) and Q(-1, -5, 2)

3) Given that 𝐷 = 2𝑥(1 + 𝑧 2 )𝑎𝑥 + 2x 2 𝑧𝑎𝑧 nc/𝑚2 .

a) 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝜌𝑣
b) Find total electric flux crossing the region defined by 0 < 𝑥 < 2, 0 < 𝑦 < 3, 𝑍 =
1
4) Given the electrical flux density D=0.3𝑟 2 ar nc/𝑚2 in free space. Find
a) E at point P (2, 25º, 90º)
b) Total charge within the space if r=3
c) Find total electric flux leaving the sphere r=4m.
10 𝜋 𝜋
5) Consider 𝐸 = 𝑎𝑧 V/m, Find 𝑉𝐴𝐵 where A is (1, , ) and B is(5, 𝜋, 0).
𝑟2 4 2

6) An electric dipole of 100 𝑎𝑧 𝑃𝐶 ∙ 𝑚 is located at the origin. Find V and E

d) At (0, 0, 10)
𝜋 𝜋
e) At (1, , )
3 2

7) Find the potential at rA = 5 m with respect to rB = 15 m due to point charge Q =

500pc placed at the origin with respect to zero reference and infinite references?

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