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Fee 351: Electromagnetic Fields: DATE: 23 FEBRUARY2021

This document contains a 3-hour examination for a third year Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree course on electromagnetic fields. The exam contains 4 questions with multiple parts each. Question 1 covers Gauss' law, Coulomb's law, calculating electric field from point charges, and properties of volume charge distributions. Question 2 defines dielectric terms and asks about polarization charge on a dielectric sphere. Question 3 defines capacitor and permittivity terms and asks about capacitance calculations. Question 4 covers image charge theory, electric fields between parallel plates, modeling charge storage in a cloud, and induced charge on angled planes.

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Fee 351: Electromagnetic Fields: DATE: 23 FEBRUARY2021

This document contains a 3-hour examination for a third year Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree course on electromagnetic fields. The exam contains 4 questions with multiple parts each. Question 1 covers Gauss' law, Coulomb's law, calculating electric field from point charges, and properties of volume charge distributions. Question 2 defines dielectric terms and asks about polarization charge on a dielectric sphere. Question 3 defines capacitor and permittivity terms and asks about capacitance calculations. Question 4 covers image charge theory, electric fields between parallel plates, modeling charge storage in a cloud, and induced charge on angled planes.

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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2020/2021


THIRD YEAR EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
INELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICENGINEERING
FEE 351:ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
DATE: 23 FEBRUARY2021 TIME: 10.30 A.M-12.30 PM.L

Instructions:
1. All questions carry equal marks
2. Attempt any THREE (ONLY)

Assume the following data for free-space:


Permittivity: eo 30 x 10-° f/m]
Speed of electromagnetic wave: v =3 x 105 m/s

VA A,) + Apsin0) + A)

VA pA,)+ A ) + (A:)

Laplace's equations, v?V

+ n (sin sn 0=0
P+0+=0
Poisson's equations, y'V

)+a (sin0 )+min =7


,)+ +=e
Question 11
a) State the following laws used in
as electrostatics: (4 marks)
i) Gauss' law
i) Coulomb's law

b)Two point charges Q1 = 1.2[mC] and Qa =-3.4(mC) are located at (3, 1, -1) and (-2,-1,3),
respectively. Calculate the electric force on another charge Q3 = 4.7[nC] located at (0,3, 1) and
hence the electric field intensity.
(6 marks)

c) Determine the divergence of the vector fields below: (4 marks)


) P=r*yz , + yzy - 5xz,
(ii) P 3psin Øa, +2p2ão
=

+8z cos(Ø),
d) A volume charge is distributed throughout
sphere of radius a, with a.uniform volume charge
a

density p[c/m*]. i) Show that |E,|


inside the sphere
=

ii) Use Gauss' law to obtain the electric field


intensity due to this volume charge
ii) Illustrate the distribution of E with r, where r is measure from the center of the
sphere to a
point outside its surface (6 marks)

Question 2

a) Explain the following terms as used in electrostatics: (4 marks) 8 3 l

i) Dielectric strength e m

ii) Dipole

b) A charge of3{pC| is placed inside and at the center of a spherical dielectric of radiusr|cm.
If the surface density of polarization charge is 8.613|pC/m], find the radius
of the spherical
ball and, hence the force on another -4/pC charge placed on the surface. (6 marks)

)A semi-conducting
wire
of diameter 2[mm]
and resistivity, p 0.2 x 10-[S/m] has =

free electrons|/m3] when an electric field of 7[mV/m] is applied to it. Given that the electroic
10
charge is e =
-1.6
10-°[C|. Determine: (i) The current density
x

(ii) The current in the wire


(i) The drift velocity of the electrons (4 marks)

d) Given two dielectrics with different dielectric constants, through sketches, state and derive the
law of refraction of electric fields at the boundary. (6 marks)

2
Question 3

a) Explain the following terms as used in energy storage in electrostatic fields: (4 marks)

i) Capacitor
ii) Permittivity

b) A parallel plate condenser has the following specifications:


Crooss-sectional area of plates: A = ls.q.m., separation between the plates: d = 0.01 (m]

The condenser has two layers permittivity 6, for a thickness of dn


of dielectric. One has
=

0.008 m, and other has air as dielectric for the remaining


thickness d dm. Calculate the
the capacitor, determine the
capacitance of the system. If a voltage 4 kV] is applied across
potential gradient in the two dielectrics e =6eo. (6 marks)

(c) Derive the capacitance of a co-axial capacitor. Explain how the capacitor is used as a reactor

for power factor correction. (4 marks)

d) Given that the energy stored in an electrostatic field is given as WE = , eE"dv. Show that
the work done is given as CV, where C capacitance, V voltage. (6 marks)

Question 4
(a) State what is meant by the following theorems in electrostics: (4 marks)
i) Theory of images
i) Uniqueness theorem

b) Semi-infinite conducting planes o = 0 and d = are separated by an infinitesmal insulating


gap. If V(o =0) = 0 and potential V(ó = {) = 45|V]. Calculate V and electric field intensity

E in the region between the plates. (6 marks)

c) In a cloud of charges, assume that the voltage, V varies with respect to the radius, p only.
synthesize the storage of charges in the cloud. (4 marks)

d) A pair of conducting planes meets at an angle of 60". A positive point charge Q is located at
a distance r[m] from both planes. Find the electric field intensity per charge induced at the foot
of the perpendicular. (6 marks)

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