EE101A – Engineering Electromagnetics Quiz

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UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering
ECE101A – Engineering Electromagnetics
Fall 2020
Quiz, October 20, 2020 (60 minutes)
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Your
Topic Max Points
points
Problem 1 Vector Calculus 15

Problem 2 Electrostatics 20

Problem 3 Capacitance 15

Total 50

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1. Vector Calculus
⃗ =𝒙
For the vector field 𝑬 ̂𝑦 2 + 𝒚
̂(𝑥 2 + 3𝑥𝑦), calculate

(a) ∇ × ⃗𝑬

(b) ∮𝐶 ⃗𝑬
⃗ ⋅ 𝑑𝒍 around the triangular contour shown in Fig. 1

Fig. 1

̂
𝒙 ̂
𝒚 𝒛̂ ̂
𝒙 ̂
𝒚 𝒛̂
𝜕 𝜕 𝜕 𝜕 𝜕 𝜕
(a) 𝛻 × ⃗𝑬
⃗ =|
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
| = | 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
| = 𝒛̂(2𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 2𝑦) = 𝒛̂(2𝑥 + 𝑦)
𝐸𝑥 𝐸𝑦 𝐸𝑧 𝑦2 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥𝑦 0
(5 points)

(b) Path 1, 2, 3 are denoted in Fig. 1.

Path 1: 𝑦 = 0
Path 2: 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2, 𝑑𝑥 = −𝑑𝑦
Path 3: 𝑥 = 𝑦, 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑑𝑦
⃗ ⋅ 𝑑𝒍 = ∫
∮ 𝑬 ⃗ ⋅ 𝑑𝒍 + ∫
𝑬 ⃗ ⋅ 𝑑𝒍 + ∫
𝑬 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑬 ⋅ 𝑑𝒍
𝐶 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ1 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ2 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ3
1 1
2 ̂𝑦 2 + 𝒚
̂𝑑𝑥 + ∫ [𝒙
̂𝑥 ⋅ 𝒙 ̂(4 + 2𝑦 − 2𝑦 2 )] ⋅ (−𝒙
̂𝑑𝑦 + 𝒚
̂𝑑𝑦)
=∫ 𝒚
0 0
0
̂ 𝑦2 + 𝒚
+ ∫ [𝒙 ̂(𝑦 2 + 3𝑦 2 )] ⋅ (𝒙
̂𝑑𝑦 + 𝒚
̂𝑑𝑦)
1
1 0
= 0 + ∫ (4 + 2𝑦 − 3𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑦 + ∫ (5𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑦
0 1
5 7
=4− =
3 3
Also works if use Stokes’s theorem (10 points)

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2. The circular disk of radius a shown in Fig. 2 has uniform charge density s across its surface.

(a) Obtain an expression for the electric potential V at a point P(0, 0, z) on the z-axis.

(b) Use your result to find E and then evaluate it for z = h.

Fig. 2

(10 points)

(10 points)

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3. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor in Fig. 3 (using the definition of capacitance): a
parallel plate capacitor with two dielectric layers. Show that the overall capacitance C is equal to
the series combination of the capacitances of the individual layers, C1 and C2, namely

𝐶1 𝐶2
𝐶=
𝐶1 + 𝐶2

where
𝐴 𝐴
𝐶1 = 𝜀1 , 𝐶2 = 𝜀2 .
𝑑1 𝑑2

Fig. 3

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