Final 2018
Final 2018
Faculty of Engineering
Electrical Power and Machines Engineering Dept.
Final Exam – First Semester 2017-2018
Course: EPM2104/EPM2141(Electromagnetic Fields) Time allowed: 3 hr.
Year: 2nd Electrical Power/Communications Date: 10 Jan 2018
No. of Pages: 3 No. of Questions: 5 Total Score: 85
Remarks: Attempt to solve all of the following questions
(1) Plane z = -10 m carries charge -20 nC/m2. The electric field intensity at the origin is
(a) -10az V/m (b) -18πaz V/m (c) -72πaz V/m (d) -360πaz (e) None
(2) Point charges 30 nC, -20 nC, and 10 nC are located atV/m
(-1,0,2), (0,0,0), and (1,5,-1) ,
respectively. The total flux leaving a sphere of radius 6 m centered at the origin is:
(a) 20 nC (b) -10 nC (c) 10 nC (d) 30 nC (e) None
(3) A potential field is given by V = 3xy – 5y. Which of the following is not true?
(a) The potential difference between point (2, -1, 4) and point (2, -1, -4) is zero.
(b) At point (1, 0, -1), E vanish.
(c) The electric field at (2, -1, 4) is 3ax - ay V/m.
(d) The potential at (0, 1, 0) is -5 V.
(e) None of the above.
(4) Which is not an example of convection current?
(a) Electric current flowing in a copper (b) A beam of moving charges
(c) Electronic
wire movement in a vacuum tube (d) An electron beam in cathode ray tube
(5) A capacitor connected to a battery stores energy
(e) twice as much with a given dielectric as
it does with air. The susceptibility of the dielectric is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3 (e) None
[B] State true (√) or false (×) and correct the false statements
)√(لن تحتسب اإلجابة صحيحة اذا لم تكن مقرونه بالتصحيح فى حالة أن اختيار (×) وبالتعليل فى حالة اختيار
(1) The dielectric strength is the minimum electric field that a dielectric can withstand
without breakdown.
(2) Inside a conductor, the electric field intensity is changes with the position.
(3) A dielectric is an equipotential body.
(4) For a free-charged dielectric-dielectric interface, the tangential components of the
electric flux density in the two materials are equal.
(5) The charges can be either be created nor be destroyed.
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Question 2 15 Points (3X5)
A. A circular disc of charge with radius 𝒂 lies in free space in the z = 0 plane, centered at
the origin and has a uniform charge density of 𝝆𝒔𝒐 C/m2.
(a) What is the total charge of the disc
(b) Find the electric field intensity at point A(0,0,h)
(c) Find the electric potential at point A
(d) For 𝜌𝑠 = 𝜋𝜀𝑜 C/m2 and 𝑎 = 4 m. Calculate the magnitude of field intensity at points
P1(0,0,3) and P2(0,0,-6)
(e) For 𝜌𝑠 = 𝜋𝜀𝑜 C/m2 and 𝑎 → ∞. Calculate the magnitude of field intensity at P1 and P2.
B. The following figure shows the representations of electrostatic fields near a dielectric-
dielectric boundary for different medium.
(a) Which configuration(s) are correct for 𝜺𝒓𝟏 < 𝜺𝒓𝟐 ?
̅ = 𝟓𝒂
(b) If 𝑬 ̂𝒙 + 𝟐𝒂
̂𝒚 + 𝟑𝒂 ̂𝒛 V/m in medium 2 and 𝜺𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐𝜺𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐, then determine:
1) The electric flux density in medium 1.
2) The polarization for each medium.
3) The energy density in both medium.
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Question 4 Extra Points (BONUS) 5 Points
b) Write short note about Hall effect and how it can be used for current sensing.
d) ̅ in
A current filament carrying 15A in the 𝐚̂𝒛 direction lies along the entire z-axis. Find 𝐇
rectangular coordinates at (2, -4, -4).
e) For a rectangle loop laying in xy-plane, the loop opposite corners are (0, 0, 0) and (1, 2, 0).
It carries a filamentary current of 4mA. The current is going out the origin along x-
direction. If the loop is subjected to the magnetic field 𝐁 ̅ 𝒐 = −𝟎. 𝟔𝐚̂𝒚 + 𝟎. 𝟖𝐚̂𝒛 T,
calculate the torque established on the loop.
f) ̅ = 𝒙𝒚𝒛(𝐚̂𝒙 + 𝐚̂𝒛 ) .
Find the current density vector causing the magnetic field strength 𝐇
Wish you all the best A. Prof. Mohamed K. El-nemr and Dr. Sherif Dabour