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KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGfNEERING
DEPARTl'f1ENT OF ELECTRICAL A.ND f;L~CTRONIC ENQlr,fl;ERING
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Yl!Afl l ,~t«ES~R II FINAL EXAMINATIONS 2018/19

T~~E 1204: ELECTROMAGNETIC FleLDS

DATE: 23/04/20 19 TIME: 4:00 P.M - 7:00 P.M
INSTRUCUONS:
• The Examination comprises of Eight (8) questions.
• Atte1:11pt any five (5) Questions.
• 'Give all your answer in scientific fonn and to two decimal places
• All Questions carry equal marks of20%.
• Begin each Question on a fresh page

Qut!Stion 1 (20 marks)/ , .

I . I Check the orthogonally of these vectors: Q = (Jax + 2ay - aJand R= (- 2ax + ar - 4a=) -
/3 marks/
1.2 F'ind the div.ergence of the vector function: R = (x 2
a, + y a.v + 24:/a=)
2
fl mark/

1.3 Evaluate the volume integral of v' • R(as given in 1.2) through the volume of a unit ve(;tor
cub•e centred at the origin. /4 mark/
1.4 Con sider the following points on the surface of a cylinder: P( 15cm. 30°, I0cm ). Q( 15cm. 60°.
10cm), R(l_Scm, 60°, 20cm) and S(l5cm, 30°, 20cm).
l .4.1 Eval µate the surface area enclosed by the coordinates; /4 marks/
l.4.2 Determine the volume enclosed by the given surface and a similar su rface with the same
angu llar and z-coordinates but different radius I 0cm. 13 marks I
l.5 If vectors R = (1a.r - a,Y- aJ ;Q = (2a.r - 3ay + aJand T = (a,. + aJ. then find
1.5.1 (RxQ)•i'; 12marksl
1.5.2 R•(Qxf) f2marksl
1.5.3 What conclLtsion do you draw from the answers obtained in ( 1.5. l and 1.5.2) above?
I
/I mark/
l Question 2 (20 mairks)/
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· 2.1 Briefly explain how the following fields are produced: ~7-11
2.1.1 Electric fields // mark/ ~-1
2.1.2 Magnetic fields // mark/ ~()fa:½
2.1.3 El~tromagnetic fields . . . . / / mark/ (-? '7~
@ With help ,of the dot-;p roduct and scalar-v~c~or mult1phcat1on explam all the steps followed tU-
determine the component vector of vector A in the direction of another vector B. /4 mllrks/
. - .2.3 Through .a step-by-step1 calculation transform the filed v~tor 8 = a, + :rya , -- ::(t= into
cylindrical coordinates. /9 marks/
2.4/ Confirm that the vector field. i5 =(ysin 2x)a, + sin xa,. is conservative:
2
/4 marks/
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3.1 Stat~ Coulo mb.' s law as applied to. P9i~t ch~ ~ m any m ,urn
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answ e: bo~ qualit ative (~ and quanti-t~ti~ely.). · : along _the - a. . . mg
3.2 A straight-line charge with charge densi ty p 1 -C I m extend
cylindrical coord inate systerTI: Ptcive that the electric fiel
d inlenslly £ at a point
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located at a vecto r F= 3aP +,:Q_a_ from the .o rigin is gi ven as:

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Questioo 4 (20 marks)/

of Gaus s's law when inves tigatin g
4 .1 Expla in the impor tance of symm etii/ in the application
· _ (1 mark ]
proble ms involv ing electr ic flux density? .
[1 mark]
4.2 efine the divergence of a flux densi ty vector.,
Qualitatively d_
physi cal interp retatio n of diverg ence
4.3 With refere nce to a source and a sink, briefl y expla in the
_.. (3 marks]
theor em.
4.4 ~ electr ic flux densi ty is repre sente d by a vecto
r field given in cylind rical coord inate s as :
er· questions 4.4 .1 throu gh
D = 2pcos <fi'iP + 5psi n¢9 • Apply the given inform ation to answ
4.4.3.
4.4.1 Deter mine the diverg ence of the vecto/ot
the electric flux densi ty. [4 mark s]
5°, 10). · [3 mark s]
4.4.2 Calcu late the volum e charg e densi ty at point P(5,4
region defme d by: O < p < 5 . 30° < ¢ <- 60(1
4.4.3 Find the: quan tity of charg e locate d inside the
and 0 < z < IO . ✓
[8 ~a.rks]

Q uestion 5 (2&marks)
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omag netic wav~fuas plied to
5.1 Briefly expla in the mean ing of the term ...transverse electr
unifo rm p lane w:we propagation . ·. fl a:au.-k.s l .
II mark!
5.2 Give four (4) exam ples of electromagnetic waves .
as applied to a vecto r fie ld:
5.3 Expla in the pract ical mean ing of\he foitow ing statements
(l ma rk)
5 .3. 1 Nega tive diver gence
(1 ma rk)
5.3.2 Zero diver gence
tic fields (support your answ er both
5.4 State Amp ere's Circu ital law as applie d to ma~e
14 marks)
qualit ativel y and quant itative ly).

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5.5 Apply Amp ere's circu ital law to determine the magnetic

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C/)tij For the cond uctor given 5.S above. find the. fl ux cross
flux dens ity B around the circle in air
at a radius of 0.5 cm aro'und condu ctor carrying curre nt 5.0 Ampe
res. J:tma rksJ
ing the portio n of the plane q>=n/3
, ~ar ks) J,
- define d by 0.5cm < p < 2 .5cm and O < z < Sm m free space.
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Ques tion 6 (29 mark s) ,/ 'r ..
6.1 What are the funda ment al electr omag netic laws from which
Maxw~lrs equ~tions are deriv ed? f ')'\eJ

netic fields (quot e the relevant laws Lff'

6.2 Derive the given Maxw ell's forth equat ion of electromag
and theor ems used in your derivation ):
netic induction. 11 mark \
,6.3 Qualitatively state Farad ay's law as appli ed to electromag
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Give and explain the meaning of Maxwel l's equation in differential form as derived from
Faraday's law. (2 marks(
6.5
Equations for electromagnetic wave propagation in any mediu m in the direction .. x .. is
represented by solutions to the second order partial differential equations as derived from
Maxwell's eqiuations. The solutions are sinusoidal and expressed as: E (x,t) = E\1 sin (h - wt)
and H(x,1) = HM sin (kx - wt) for electric field intensity and magnetic fie ld intc nsi t:,
respectively. Use the information to answer questions 6.5 . I through 6.5. 3.
6.5.1 Define the symbols "k" and "w" as given in
the electromagnetic wave eq uatio ns. 13 marks \
6.5.2 Define the velocity of the wave in terms of the parameters defined in 2.5 . 1. I 1.5 marks \
6.5.3 Assume electromagnetic wave propagates in a medium with permeab ility and pe rminivity
µ =µ,µ and t: == 6,6 respectively.
0 0 Derive the expression for the wa ve speed in terms of
medium properties. 14.S marks !
6.5.4 Prove that the speed of an electromagnetic wave in a magnetic matemil with relc1 live
permeability µ, = 6400is ½o of the speed of the same elect romagnetic wa ve in free space.
13 marks !
Question 7 (2~rks]
· 7. 1 Consider a plane wave at a frequency of 200 MHz in free space (='.S o) with ma gneti c tie ld
intensity H = IOcos(wr - ,& )mA/m, incident normally on a lossless medium with prope rties
(e = 9e0 andµ = 36µ 0 ) placed at(== o). Use the information to answer questions 2. 1.1 through
2.1.4.
7. I. I Calculate the values ofm . 12 marks!
7. 1.2 Calculate the values phase constants /Jfor both free space and lossless medium.
[l + 3 marks!
7.1.3 Calculate the intrinsic impedance of the lossless medi um . (2.5 marks!
7.1.4 Calculate the incident electric field intensity. {2.5 marks I
7.1 .5 Calculate the transm itted electric fie ld intensity and magnetic field intensity.
[3 + 3 marks]
7.1.6 Calculate the magn itude of the average transmitted powe r de nsity of the wave .
13 marks!
Question 8 (20 marks! ✓
8.1 List four examples of practical applications Am pere ' s law' of fo rce. /2 marks/
8.2 With help of arrows show the direction of force acting on th e two para llel conductors g.iven in
figureQ8 .2(a)and(b). (1 marks!
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8.3 Use Figure Q8.3 to state Biot-Savart law (I fin t: give both statement and rnar emat ica1
expression
. fo r rnagnitu
· de of the magnet1Z1ng
. . force produced by a d111erent1a
· er ~ l al
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point P). [3 marks!
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8.4 A current carrying conductor placed along the z-axis as given in Figu re Q8.4. Consider a
point on the x-y plane with radial distance p from the z-axis. The point extends angles a, and
a 2 with reference to the ends of the conductor. According to Biot-savart law the magnetic
fie ld intensity is given as:
-H = -I - (sma
. . -s m
. a )'art,
2 1
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Use the information to answer questions 8.4 . I and 8.4 .2.
Ag u,e Q6.4
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8.4. I Simplify the expression for magnetic field intensity when the conductor extend s from point
(0,0,0) to (0,0,oo) (3 marks\
8.4 .2 Find the magnetic field intensity if 1 = 5 Amps, the point is at (6m.8m.0) and the conductor
extends from (0,0, I 0) to (0,0,20m). (5 marks I
8.5 Apply Ampere's law in differential form to determine the current density at origin fo r the
magnetic field given as: H = ysin xax + (x + e-' ):l= (6 marks I
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