EC3452 -EMF UNIT WISE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

PART B & C

UNIT-I
1. Coordinate System i) Cartesian ii) Cylindrical iii) Spherical.
2. Transformation from one coordinate system to other coordinate system problems.
3. Stoke’s Theorem.
4. Stoke’s theorem problems.
5. Divergence theorem.
6. Divergence theorem problems.
7. Transformation of coordinate systems.
Note: In unit I problems in the above topics are more important
UNIT-II
1. Electric filed i) Infinite line charge ii) Charged circular ring iii) Infinite sheet of
charge.
2. Coulomb’s law, Gauss law, Relationship between charge density, electric field
intensity, electric flux density and electric potential.
3. Boundary conditions between conductor and free space.
4. Boundary conditions between two perfect conductors.
5. Coaxial capacitor and cylindrical capacitor problem.
6. Spherical capacitor and problem.
7. Electric field intensity due to various charge distributions.
8. E field calculation problems.
UNIT-III
1. Ampere’s circuital law. Applications of Ampere’s circuital law - H due to i) infinitely
long straight conductor ii) Coaxial cable iii) Infinite sheet of current
2. Magnetic boundary conditions for normal component and tangential
component.(Determine the necessary boundary conditions between two different
magnetic media).
3. Self-inductance and Mutual inductance.
a. (Derive the expression for self-inductance for a solenoid having inner radius
‘a’ and outer radius ‘b’)
b. (Define i) The mutual inductance between two circuits, ii) Self-inductance of a
single coil. Also explain how the self-inductance of a wire wound inductor
depends on its number of turns).
4. Biot-Savart law and applications of Biot-savart law.
UNIT-IV
1. Maxwell’s Equations in various forms. (Maxwell’s equation in differential and
integral form)
2. Illustrate the inconsistency of Ampere’s circuital law for time varying fields, and what
is the remedial solution proposed by Maxwell? Also give the differential form
representation of all four Maxwell’s equations.
3. Derive wave equations for electric and magnetic field (Unit 5)
4. Faraday’s law.
5. Boundary conditions for time varying fields.
 UNIT-V
1. Poynting’s theorem and Poynting vector. (Derive the expressions for instantaneous,
average and complex pointing vector, Deduce the poynting’s theorem from maxwell
equation and find the total time average power, crossing a given surface S).
2. General wave equation
(Derive wave equations for electric and magnetic field)
3. Uniform plane waves. Relationship between uniform plane wave in free space.
4. Reflection of uniform plane waves
i) Normal incidence at plane dielectric boundary
ii) Normal incidence at plane conducting boundary
(Analyse the wave reflection and transmission at normal incidence at the boundary
between two linear media)
(Discuss the reflection and transmission of wave at normal incidence).