Assignment

Subject EC 224 EM Fields and Transmission Lines Session: 2022-23

Question 1: (a) Express the value of differential volume in rectangular and cylindrical Co-
ordinate systems.
(b) Write expression for differential length in cylindrical and spherical co- ordinates.
(c) What is physical significance of divergence?
(d) Express the divergence of a vector in the Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical co-ordinates
systems.
(e) State divergence and Stoke’s theorems.

Question 2: (a) State Gauss law for electric fields.

(b) Define electric flux & electric flux density.
(c) Define potential difference and potential.
(d) Give the relationship between potential gradient and electric field.
(e) Shortly describe conduction, convection and displacement currents.

Question 3: (a) State Biot –savarts law.

(b) State Ampere circuital law.
(c) Write the relation between relative permeability and suspectibility.
(d) Derive the expressions for magnetic field intensity due to infinite line.
(e) Write the relation between magnetic flux density and field intensity

Question 4: (a) State Faraday’s law of induction.

(b) State lenz’s law.
(c) Give the equation of transformer emf.
(d) What is motional electric field?
(e) What is motinal emf?

Question 5: With necessary explanation, derive the Maxwell’s equation in differential and
integral forms.
Question 6: (a) Write down the wave equation for E and H in a lossy dielectric.
(b) Define intrinsic impedance.
(c) Define propagation constant.
(d) Define attenuation constant.
(e) Define wave number.

Question 7: Points P and Q are located at (0, 2, 4) and ( - 3 , 1, 5). Calculate

(a) The position vector P
(b) The distance vector from P to Q
(c) The distance between P and Q
(d) A vector parallel to PQ with magnitude of 10
Question 8: (a) Convert points P(1, 3, 5), Q(0, - 4 , 3), and S (-3, - 4 , -10) from Cartesian to
cylindrical and spherical coordinates.

Question 9: Given vectors A = 2ax+ 4 ay + 10 az and B = - 5aρ + aϕ - 3 az, find

(a) A + B at P(0, 2, - 5 )
(b) The angle between A and B at P
(c) The scalar component of A along B at P

Question 10: Find the gradient of the following scalar fields:

(a) V = e-z sin 2x cosh y
(b) U = p2z cos 2ϕ
(c) W= l0 r sin2θcosϕ

Question 11: A square plate described by , , carries a charge

2
12|y| mC/m . Find the total charge on the plate and the electric field intensity at (0, 0, 10).

Question 12: A charge distribution in free space has ρv= 2r nC/m3 for m and zero
otherwise. Determine E at r = 2 m and r = 12 m.

Question 13: Three point charges - 1 nC, 4 nC, and 3 nC are located at (0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1), and (1,
0, 0), respectively. Find the energy in the system.

Question 14: The positive v-axis (semi-infinite line with respect to the origin) carries a
filamentary current of 2 A in the -ay direction. Assume it is part of a large circuit. Find H at
(a) A (2, 3, 0)
(b) B (3, 12, -4)

Question 15: A plane wave propagating through a medium with εr = 8, µr = 2 has

( )
Determine
(a)
(b) The loss tangent
(c) Wave velocity
(d) H field