Scribd
Upload
70 views3 pages

Recitation 1 Physics II

1. The document provides 11 exercises involving calculations of electric fields and forces between charged objects like spheres, rods, and disks. 2. Exercise 1 involves finding the electric force between two charged spheres and the force when they are connected by a wire. 3. Exercise 2 examines the forces on charges at the corners of an equilateral triangle with a central charge.

Uploaded by

dedo DZ
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
70 views3 pages

Recitation 1 Physics II

1. The document provides 11 exercises involving calculations of electric fields and forces between charged objects like spheres, rods, and disks. 2. Exercise 1 involves finding the electric force between two charged spheres and the force when they are connected by a wire. 3. Exercise 2 examines the forces on charges at the corners of an equilateral triangle with a central charge.

Uploaded by

dedo DZ
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING PHYSICS II (EE178)

1st Recitation: Electric Charges and Electric fields


Exercise #1:

Two identical conducting small spheres are placed with their centers 0.300 m apart. One is
given a charge of 12.0 nC, and the other is given a charge of -18.0 nC.
1. Find the electric force exerted on one sphere by the other.
2. The spheres are connected by a conducting wire. Find the electric force between the
two after equilibrium has occured.
Exercise #2:
Three charges, each of value q, are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle. A
fourth charge Q is placed at the centre of the triangle.
1. If Q = -q, will the charges at the corners move towards the centre or fly away
from it?
2. For what value of Q will the charges remain stationary?
Exercice #3:
In the Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom, an electron moves in a circular orbit about a proton,
where the radius of the orbit is 0.529×10-10 m.
1. Find the electric force between the two
2. If this force causes the centripetal acceleration of the electron, what is the speed of the
electron?
Exercise #4:
An airplane is flying through a thundercloud at a height of 2000 m. (This is a very dangerous
thing to do because of updrafts, turbulence, and the possibility of electric discharge).
If there are charge concentrations of +40.0 C at a height of 3000 m within the cloud and of -
40.0 C at height of 1000 m, what is the electric field at the aircraft?
Exercise #5:
Four point charges are at the corners of a square of side a, as shown in figure 1.
1. Determine the magnitude and direction of the electric field at the location of charge q
2. What is the resultant force on q?
a
2q q
Figure 1

a a

3q 4q
a

Figure 1
Exercise #6:

Consider an infinite number of identical charges (each of charge q) placed along the x axis at
distances a, 2a, 3a, 4a,.... from the origin.
What is the electric field at the origin due to this distribution?
Hint: Use the fact that
1 1 1 𝜋2
1+ 2+ 2+ 2+⋯ =+
2 3 4 6

Exercise #7:

A uniformly charged insulating rod of length 14.0 cm is bent into the shape of a semicircle, as
shown in figure 2. The rod has a total charge of -7.50 µC. Find the magnitude and direction of
the electric field at O, the center of the semicircle.

Figure 2

Exercise #8:
A uniformly charged disk of radius 35.0 cm carries a charge density of 7.90× 10-3 C/m2.
Calculate the electric field on the axis of the disk at (a) 5.00 cm, (b) 10.0 cm, (c) 50.0 cm, and
(d) 200 cm from the center of the disk.

Exercise #9:

A thin rod of length L and uniform charge per unit length λ lies along the x-axis, as shown in
figure 3.
1. Show that the electric field at P, a distance y from the rod, along the perpendicular
bisector has no x component and is given by E = 2 ke λ sinθ0/y.
2. Using your result to part 1. , show that the field of a rod of infinite length is:
E = 2 ke λ /y.
( Hint: First calculate the field at P due to an element of length dx, which has a charge
of λdx. Then change variables from x to θ using the fact that x = y tan θ and integrate
over θ).
L
Figure 3
Exercise #10:

A line of charge starts at x = +x0 and extends to positive infinity. If the linear charge density
is λ = λ0 x0/x, determine the electric field at the origin.

Exercise #11:

Identical thin rods of length 2a carry equal charges, +Q, uniformly distributed along their
lengths. The rods lie along the x axis with their centers separated by a distance of b > 2a
(Figure 4). Show that the magnitude of the force exerted by the left rod on the right one is
given by:
𝑘𝑒 𝑄 2 𝑏2
𝐹 = � 2 � 𝑙𝑛 � 2 �
4𝑎 𝑏 − 4𝑎2

Figure 4

You might also like