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Problem 5.10: Solution

The magnetic field B at point P due to a conducting sheet of width w carrying a uniform surface current density Js in the y-direction is: 1) B = (5Js/2πz)tan-1(w/z) ż for z ≠ 0 2) B = (5Js/2πw) ż for z = 0 Where ż is a unit vector in the z-direction and x is the distance from the edge of the sheet.

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Problem 5.10: Solution

The magnetic field B at point P due to a conducting sheet of width w carrying a uniform surface current density Js in the y-direction is: 1) B = (5Js/2πz)tan-1(w/z) ż for z ≠ 0 2) B = (5Js/2πw) ż for z = 0 Where ż is a unit vector in the z-direction and x is the distance from the edge of the sheet.

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Problem 5.

10 An innitely long, thin conducting sheet dened over the space 0 x w and y is carrying a current with a uniform surface current density 5 (A/m). Obtain an expression for the magnetic eld at point P = (0, 0, z) in Js = y Cartesian coordinates. Solution:
z

| R| = P = (0, 0, z) R

x2 + z2

x 0 w
Figure P5.10: Conducting sheet of width w in xy plane.

The sheet can be considered to be a large number of innitely long but narrow wires each dx wide lying next to each other, with each carrying a current Ix = Js dx. The wire at a distance x from the origin is at a distance vector R from point P, with x + z z. R = x Equation (5.30) provides an expression for the magnetic eld due to an innitely long wire carrying a current I as I B H= = . 0 2 r We now need to adapt this expression to the present situation by replacing I with Ix = Js dx, replacing r with R = (x2 + z2 )1/2 , as shown in Fig. P5.10, and by assigning the proper direction for the magnetic eld. From the BiotSavart law, the direction of H is governed by l R, where l is the direction of current ow. In the present case, direction. Hence, the direction of the eld is l is in the y (x x + z z) z + z x y x l R = = 2 2 1/2 . (x x + z z)| (x + z ) |l R| |y

Therefore, the eld d H due to the current Ix is dH = and the total eld is H(0, 0, z) = = = = = = Js dx 2 (x2 + z2 ) x =0 dx Js w z + z x) 2 2 (x 2 x=0 x +z w w Js dx x dx z x + z 2 2 2 2 2 x =0 x + z x =0 x + z w Js 1 1 x w 1 z 2 tan x ln(x2 + z2 ) x=0 +z 2 z z x =0 w 5 1 2 tan1 2 x (ln(w2 + z2 ) ln(0 + z2 )) for z = 0, +z 2 z w2 + z2 w 5 1 2 tan1 2 x ln (A/m) for z = 0. +z 2 z z2 z + z x) (x
w

z + z x x (x2 + z2 )1/2

z + z x)Js dx Ix (x = , 2 R 2 (x2 + z2 )

An alternative approach is to employ Eq. (5.24a) directly.

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