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Problem 4.21: Y-Direction and Infinitely Long in The X-Direction. If The Strip Is in Air and Has A

The document summarizes the calculation of the electric field at a point P above a horizontal charged strip of width d and infinite length. It represents the strip as adjacent line charges and integrates the electric field contributions from each line charge pair from y=0 to d/2. The final expression for the electric field is E=zρs/2ε0, which matches the result for an infinitely wide sheet given in Equation 4.25.

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Problem 4.21: Y-Direction and Infinitely Long in The X-Direction. If The Strip Is in Air and Has A

The document summarizes the calculation of the electric field at a point P above a horizontal charged strip of width d and infinite length. It represents the strip as adjacent line charges and integrates the electric field contributions from each line charge pair from y=0 to d/2. The final expression for the electric field is E=zρs/2ε0, which matches the result for an infinitely wide sheet given in Equation 4.25.

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Problem 4.21 A horizontal strip lying in the xy plane is of width d in the y-direction and innitely long in the x-direction.

If the strip is in air and has a uniform charge distribution s , use Coulombs law to obtain an explicit expression for the electric eld at a point P located at a distance h above the centerline of the strip. Extend your result to the special case where d is innite and compare it with Eq. (4.25). Solution:
z dE2 dE1

P(0,0,h) 0 R y d -y 1 2 x y s

Figure P4.21: Horizontal strip of charge.

The strip of charge density s (C/m2 ) can be treated as a set of adjacent line charges each of charge l = s dy and width dy. At point P, the elds of line charge at distance y and line charge at distance y give contributions that cancel each other and add along z . For each such pair, along y dE = z 2s dy cos . 20 R

With R = h/ cos , we integrate from y = 0 to d /2, which corresponds to = 0 to

0 = sin1 [(d /2)/(h2 + (d /2)2 )1/2 ]. Thus,


d /2

E=
0

dE = z

s 0

d /2 0

cos s 0 cos2 h d dy = z R 0 0 h cos2 s =z 0 . 0

For an innitely wide sheet, 0 = /2 and E = z (4.25).

s , which is identical with Eq. 20

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