Errata for “Electromagnetics for Engineers” by Clayton R.

Paul

1st Printing 2/14/2006

(1) p.27, Fig. 2.5(a) drawn incorrectly.

(2) p.34, Quick Review Exercise 2.3, replace “ 0  r  2 ” with “ r  2 ”.

(3) p.37, Quick Review Exercise 2.4, replace “ 0  r  3 ” with “ r  3 ”.

(4) p.42, Fig. 2.17, shading missing.

(5) p.70, Fig. 3.12, shading missing.

(6) p.88, Fig. 3.25(a), shading missing.

(7) p.104, Fig. 3.37, shading missing.

(8) p.194, problem 4.8.1, replace “ I image  2a x  3a y  4a z ” with “
I image  2a x  3a y  4a z ”.

(9) p.194, problem 4.9.1, replace “10MHz” with “1MHz”.

(10) p 163, Fig. 4.10 and 4.11, shading missing.

(11) p.250, problem 5.4.1, replace “ 1 ” with “  r ”.

(12) p.251, problem 5.4.3, replace “ 1 ” with “  r ”.

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(13) p.251, problem 5.5.2, replace “ E  10 cos  t   8 3z a  x ” with

  
E i  10 cos  t  8 3 z a x

(14) p.252, problem 5.5.6, replace “2.49W” with “3.8W”.

(15) p.253, Fig. P5.6.2, shading missing.

(16) p.341, problem 6.2.11, replace “ 0  t  1 s, 0V ” with “ 0  t  1 s, 0A ”.

(17) p.305, EXAMPLE 6.10, replace “ ZC  100 ” with “ ZC  100 ”.

(18) p.345, problem 6.3.4, replace “ ( e )4.738 cos 4 

 108 t  127 o , ( f )43mW,12.52] ”

with “ 4.738 cos 4 

 108 t  127 o , ( e )43mW, ( f )12.52] ”.

(19) p.345, problem 6.3.6, replace “

 
( e )24.43 cos 12  10 6 t  163.8 o , ( f )0.298W,14.02] ”with “

 
24.43 cos 12  10 6 t  163.8 o , ( e )0.298W, ( f )14.02] ”.
(20) p.359, Fig. 7.5, axes mislabeled: replace x with y and y with x, X2.
 2 L  2 L
(21) p.328, Fig. 6.47, replace “ Zin  Z C tan  ” with “ Zin  ZC tan   ”.
    

(22) p.382, Figure 7.18, replace “steering” with “steered”.

(23) p.228, Fig. 5.10, replace “perfect conductor” with “good conductor”.

(24) p.199, Table 5.2, replace “(Relative to Copper ) of Various Metals” with “Relative

to Copper) of Various Metals”.

(25) p. xiii, web site is [Link]

(26) p 90, Example 3.14, 4th line down change ra  s to ra  s  a  s .

(27) p. 165, Example 4.7, permittivity  o has units of F/m.

(28) p.165 Quick Review Exercise, conductivity  has units of S/m.

(29) p.192, Problem 4.1.10, units for  are rad/s not rad/m.
(30) p. 275, Figure 6.13(b) has an arrow between 6n and 7n which is in the wrong

direction.

(31) p. 277, Figure 6.14(a), inductance per unit length has the wrong symbol: it should be l

not t.

(32) p.114 replace last three sentences “This separation of charge will produce an electric

field that is directed from the positive accumulated charge on the top end toward the

negative accumulated charge on the bottom end. Hence an electric field will be developed

along the wire. This electric field is effectively” with “When the force on the charges

caused by their separation balances the force due to the magnetic field, i.e., QE  Qv  B

, further charge movement ceases and the situation is in equilibrium. Hence an electric field

will be developed along the wire due to its motion relative to the magnetic field. This

motional electric field is effectively”.

(33) p. 114 last equation, remove minus signs to read

F  Qv  B
E 
Q
 vB

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(34) p.115, equation (3.97) replace with
top

V   v  B   dl
bottom

 vBl V

(35) p. 144 change last line from “To do this, we rewrite (4.4) by moving the negative sign

to the left side and defining the voltage of the inserted source as” to “To do this, we define

the voltage of the inserted source as”.

(36) p. 144 change equation (4.8) to read

d
VF 
dt

(37) p. 150 last line above equation (4.12) change from “Again, to define these sources we

move the negative sign to the left in (4.9) to give” to “Again, to define these sources, we

write (4.9) as”.

(38) p.150 Change equation (4.12) to

VF  VFt  VFm

(39) p. 150. Change equation (4.14) to

VFm    v  B   dl
c

(40) p. 152 Change line in middle paragraph from “Positive charge will be forced to the

upper end of the wire and negative charge will be forced to the lower end generating
voltage Vba between the two ends of the wire.” to “Positive charge will be forced to the

upper end of the wire and negative charge will be forced to the lower end.”

(41) p. 152 Change last equation to read

b
VFm   E m  dl
a
b
   v  B   dl
a

(42) p. 341, Problem 6.2.15, midway through the problem statement, change

 r
 
VS (t )  5 t to VS (t )  5 t   .
 r

(43) p.295 Last sentence change “VSWR<2” to read “VSWR<1.2”.

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 Errata for Solution Manual
(1) Chapter 2, p. 2-7, problem 2.6.6, change “ S    ( r  2)d dr  2 ” to “

S    ( r  2)d dz  2 ”.

(2) Chapter 2, p.2-9, problem 2.7.7, replace “volume” with “surface”.

(3) Chapter 2, p.2-13, in Figure replace “P” with “ P1 ”.

(4) Chapter 2, p.2-16, problem 2.9.4, replace “Top....=8“ with “Top....=-8“ and replace

“Total=8+....=64“ with “Total=-8+....=48“.

(5) Chapter 3, p.3-16, problem 3.6.6, replace “ae” with “are”.

(6) Chapter 4, p.4-7, problem 4.3.3, replace “only if “  H x   H y  0 ” with “
 H x   H z  0 ”. Also replace
Hx Hz
  H x cos x sin  t  z  a x  H z cos x sin  t  z  a z to
x z
Hx Hz
  H x cos x sin  t  z   H z cos x sin  t  z  .
x z

(7) Chapter 4, p.4-9, problem 4.8.1, replace “Similarly reversing the z component gives
4a z . Hence the image current is I image  2a x  3a y  4a z ” with “Similarly the z

component is 4a z . Hence the image current is I image  2a x  3a y  4a z ”.

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(8) Chapter 5, p.5-17, problem 5.5.6, replace “    5.03mm ” with “
 f o  r
1
 . cm ”. Also replace “.... e 2 2  5.0310 3 ]  2m 2  2.49W ” with “....
 12
2
2
e 2 2 1.2 10 . W ”.
]  2m 2  38

(9) Chapter 6, p.6-6, in figure replace “ V ( 0, t ) ” with “ I ( 0, t ) ” X2.

(10) Chapter 3, Problem 3.5.1, last line, second integral, should be zdz not ydy.