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The document outlines a tutorial on Maxwell's equations for an engineering electromagnetics course, covering various problems related to charge density, dielectric materials, displacement current density, and the behavior of electric fields in different media. It includes calculations for specific scenarios involving capacitors, conductors, and electromagnetic fields. The tutorial aims to deepen understanding of electromagnetic theory through practical applications and problem-solving.

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The document outlines a tutorial on Maxwell's equations for an engineering electromagnetics course, covering various problems related to charge density, dielectric materials, displacement current density, and the behavior of electric fields in different media. It includes calculations for specific scenarios involving capacitors, conductors, and electromagnetic fields. The tutorial aims to deepen understanding of electromagnetic theory through practical applications and problem-solving.

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EE2025: Engineering Electromagnetics

Tutorial 2: Maxwell’s equations

July-Nov 2025

1. Show that charge density ρv satisfies,


∂ρv σ
+ ρv = 0
∂t ϵ
Is this true for all media?

2. A slab of perfect dielectric material (ϵr = 2) is placed in a microwave oven. The oven
produces an electric field (as well as a magnetic field). Assume that the electric field
intensity is uniform in space and sinusoidal in time and is in the direction perpendicular
to the surface of the slab. The microwave oven operates at a frequency of 2.45 GHz and
produces an electric field intensity with amplitude 500 V/m inside the dielectric, calculate
the displacement current density in the dielectric.

3. a) Show that the ratio of the amplitudes of the conduction current density and the dis-
placement current density is σ/ωϵ for the applied field E = Em cosωt. Assume µ = µ0 .
b) Assuming that sea water has µ = µ0 , ϵ = 81ϵ0 , σ = 20 S/m, determine the frequency
at which the conduction current density is ten times the displacement current density
in magnitude.

4. A perfectly conducting filament containing a small 500Ω resistor is formed into a square,
as illustrated by Fig. ??. Find I(t) if (a) B = 0.3 cos(120πt - 30◦ )az T; (b) B = 0.4
cos[π(ct − y)]az µT, where c = 3 × 108 m/s.

5. Consider a point on the surface of a perfect conductor. The electric field intensity at
that point is E = (500x̂ − 300ŷ + 600ẑ) cos 107 t and medium surrounding the conductor is
characterized by µr = 5 and ϵr = 10 and σ = 0.
(a) Find a unit vector normal to the conductor at that point of the conductor surface.
(b) Find the instantaneous surface charge density at the point.

6. A parallel-plate capacitor with plate area of 5 cm2 and plate separation of 3 mm has a
voltage
V (t) = 50 sin(103 t) V
applied to its plates. Calculate the displacement current assuming ε = 2ε0 .
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7. Given three of Maxwell’s equations in vacuum as ∇ × E = −jωµH, ∇ × H = jωϵE and
∇ · E = 0, how can we derive a single equation for the E field? Don’t solve the equation,
just derive it.

8. In a non-magnetic material (µr = 1) with dielectric constant ϵr = 4, the electric field is


given by E(t) = 20 sin (108 t − βz)ŷ. Calculate the propagation constant β and the magnetic
field H(t).

9. A 50 V voltage generator at 20 MHz is connected to the plates of an air-dielectric parallel-


plate capacitor with plate area 2.8 cm2 and separation 0.2 mm. Find the maximum dis-
placement current density and the displacement current.

10. The ratio of conduction to displacement current density is


Jc σE σ
= = .
Jd ωϵE ωϵ
Compute this ratio at 1 GHz for:

(a) distilled water: µ = µ0 , ϵ = 81 ϵ0 , σ = 2 × 10−3 S/m,


(b) sea water: µ = µ0 , ϵ = 81 ϵ0 , σ = 25 S/m,
(c) limestone: µ = µ0 , ϵ = 5 ϵ0 , σ = 2 × 10−4 S/m.

11. In a certain region,

J = (2y âx + xz ây + z 3 âz ) sin(104 t) A/m2 .

Find ρv (x, y, z, t) if ρv (x, y, 0, t) = 0 holds.

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