CMR Institute of Technology
Department of Electronics & Communication
Subject: FIELD THEORY Subject code: 10EE44
Faculty name: Sutapa
SuganyaSarkar
Jeyaprakash Semester: IV
Designation: Assistant Professor
Submission Date: 13.02.2016
1 Two point charges of magnitude 2mc and -7 mc are located at places P1(4,7,-5) and
P2(3,2,-9) respectively in free space. Evaluate the vector force on charge at P2.
2 A charge of -0.3µC is located at A(25,-30,15) cm. and a second charge of 0.5µC at
B(-10,8,12). Find E (i) at the origin, (ii) P(15,20,25) cm.
3 Let a point charge Q1 = 25nC be located at A(4,-2,7) and a charge Q2 = 60 nC be at
B(-3,4,-2). Find E at C(1,2,3). Also find the direction of the electric field.
Given ε0 = 8.854 x 10-12F/m.
4 A 100 nC point charge is located at A(-1,1,3) in free space. i) Find the locus of all points
P(x,y,z) at which Ex = 500V/m. ii) Find y1 if P(-2,y1,3) lies on that locus.
5 Two particles having charges 2 nC and 5 nC are spaced 80 cm. apart. Determine the
electric field intensity at a point P situated at a distance 0.5 m from each of two particles.
Given εr = 5.
6 A circular ring of charge with radius 5m lies in z = 0 plane with centre at the origin. If ρL =
10 nC/m, Find the point charge Q placed at the origin which will produce same E at
point(0,0,5).
7 Two identical line charges with ρL = 75nC/m are located in free space at x=0, y=±0.4m.
What force per unit length does each line charge exert on the other?
8 An infinite line charge ρL = 2nC/m lies along the x-axis in free space, while point charges
of 8nC each are located at(0,0,1) and (0,0,-1).
(i) Find E at (2,3,-4). (ii) To what value should ρL be changed to cause E to be zero at
(0,0,3) ?
9 Given D = 5sinθ aθ+5sin aφ. Find the charge density at (0.5m,/4, /4).
10 Let D = 5r2 ar mC/m2 for r ≤ 0.08m and D = .205/r2 ar µC/m2 for r≥ 0.08m. Find v for
i) r = 0.06m, ii) r =0.1m.
11 Calculate the divergence of vector D at the points specified using Cartesian, cylindrical and
spherical coordinates:
i) D= 1/z2[10xyz ax+5x2z ay+(2z3 – 5x2y)az] C/m2 at point P(2,3,5).
ii) D = 5z2aρ+10z az at (3, -450, 5).
12 Given A = 30e-rar – 2zaz in cylindrical coordinates. Evaluate both sides of divergence
theorem for the volume enclosed by r = 2,z = 0 and z = 5.
13 Volume charge density ρv = 0 for ρ < 0.01m and also for ρ > 0.03m. In the region 0.01< ρ
<0.03 ρv = 10-8cos(50πρ)C/m3. Find electric flux density everywhere.
14 Find the total charge in a volume defined by the six planes for which 1 ≤x ≤2, 2 ≤y ≤3,
3 ≤z ≤4 if D = 4x ax + 3y2 ay +2z3 az C/m2.
15 Given that the field D = (5sinθcos)/r ar C/m2. Find (a) volume charge density, (b) the total
electric flux leaving the surface of the spherical volume of radius 2m.
16 In cylindrical coordinates, let ρv = 0 for ρ < 1 mm, ρv = 2sin(2000πρ) nC/m3 for 1mm <
ρ < 1.5 mm, and ρv = 0 for ρ>1.5 mm. Find D everywhere.`
17 Within the spherical shell, 3 < r < 4 m, the electric flux density is given as
D = 5(r − 3)3 ar C/m2 (i) What is the volume charge density at r = 4?
(ii) What is the electric flux density at r = 4?
(iii) How much electric flux leaves the sphere r = 4?
(iv) How much charge is contained within the sphere, r = 4?
18 Let D = 4xyax + 2(x2 + z2)ay + 4yzaz C/m2 and evaluate surface integrals to find the total
charge enclosed in the rectangular parallelepiped 0 < x < 2, 0 < y < 3, 0 < z < 5 m.
19 Two very small conducting spheres each of mass 1.0 ×(10)^(-4) kg are suspended
19 at a common point by very thin non conducting threads of a length 0.2 m.
A charge Q is placed on each sphere. The electric force of repulsion separates the spheres,
and an equilibrium is reached when the suspending threads make an angle of 10°.
Assuming a gravitational force of 9.80 N/kg and a negligible mass for the threads, find Q.
20 The finite sheet 0≤x ≤1,0≤y ≤1 on the z=0 plane has a charge density of
xy*(x^2+y^2+25)^(3/2) nC/m^2. Find the total charge on the sheet and electric field at (0,0,5).