UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (UIU)

Dept. Of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)

Trimester: Fall , Year: 2021
Course: EEE 303 (Sec – A), Title: Engineering Electromagnetics

Assignment 1, Solution
Q1. Consider a thin cylindrical rod of length 2a centered at the origin and aligned with the z-
axis. Charges are distributed on this rod with a line charge density ρ. Determine the
electric field at a point (r,φ,0) equidistant from the endpoints of the line charge.
Solution: z=a
dQ

R

P
z=-a

dE

 1 dQ 
dE = R
4πε0 R 3

R= −zzˆ + rrˆ ⇒ R = z 2 + r 2
dQ = ρldl
 1 ρldl
=∴ dE (− zzˆ + rr)
ˆ
(
4πε0 z + r 2 3/2
2
)
 a 1 ρldz
⇒E=∫ rrˆ
− a 4πε
( )
3/2
0 z +r
2 2

 ρl a
⇒E= rˆ (Ans)
2πε0 r r 2 + a 2
Q2. Two point charges Q1 and Q2 are located at (1,2,0) and (2,0,0) respectively. Find the relation
between Q1 and Q2 such that the total force on a test charge at the point P(-1,1,0) will have
(a) no x component
(b) no y component
 
Solution : R 1 = x + 2 y
 
R 2 = 2x
  
R = −x + y
      
∴ R − R 1 = −2 x − y R − R1 = 5
     
∴ R − R 2 = −3x + y R − R 2 = 10

 1  Q (−2 x − y ) Q (−3x + y ) 
E=  1 + 2 
4πε 0 5 ( )
3
10 ( )
3

− 2Q 1 3Q 2 Q 3
(a) No x component : − =0⇒ 1 =−
5 5 10 2 5 Q2 4 2
− Q1 Q2 Q 1
(b) No y component : + =0⇒ 1 =−
5 5 10 2 5 Q2 2 2

Q3. A circular disk of radius 3m carries a uniformly distributed charge of 450π µC. Calculate the force
on a 75µC charge located on the axis of the disk and 4m from its center.

Solution:
450π×10−6
dQ =ρs ds = 50 10−6 rdrdφ
ds =×
π32

  1 (75 ×10−6 ) dQ 1 (75 ×10−6 )(50 ×10−6 ) rdrd φ

dF =R =( − ˆ
rr + ˆ
4z )
4πε0 4πε0 ( )
3/2
R3 r 2 + 16
 75 ×10−6 × (50 ×10−6 ) 2 π 3 rdrd φ
F = z4
ˆ ∫0 ∫0 r 2 + 16 3/2 [all r-components are cancelled due to symmetry]
4πε0 ( )
= ẑ13.5π N
Q4. In a certain region of space, the charge density is given in cylindrical coordinates by
the function, ρv =20re − r Apply Gauss’s law to find D.

  L 2π r
Q= ∫ =
s
D.dS ∫ ρ dv
v v =
⇒ D(2πrL) ∫ ∫ ∫
0 0 0
20re − r drdφdz

2 
⇒=
r
( )
D 50  1 − e − r (1 + r) − re − r 

(Do integration yourself)

ˆ  1 − e − r (1 + r) − re − r 
( )
2
⇒
= D r50
r 
Q5. Within the sphere of radius a, the charge density is, ρ = 1 − ( R / a )3 . Determine the electric
v

field at R=4a.

∫0 (1 − R / a )4πR dR =
a 2 3
Solution: Q = 3 3 2
πa
3
 1 Q a
At=R=4a, E rˆ=
4πε0 R 2
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