EE2102 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY -- QB

UNIT - I
1. What is electric field intensity?
2. What are the practical applications of electromagnetic fields?
3. Why Gauss's law cannot be applied to determine the electric field due
to finite line charge?
4. Prepare the electric field intensity at a distance of 20 cm from a
charge of 2 in vacuum.
5. State the properties of electric flux lines
6. Find the force of interaction between two charges spaced 10cm apart
in a vacuum. The charges are and Coulomb
respectively. If the same charges are separated by the same distance
in kerosene ( , what is the force of interaction?
7. Give practical examples for diverging and curling fields.
8. Verify the vector field E = yz ax +xz ay+ xy az is both Solenoidal &
irrotational.
9. State and explain Coulomb’s Law and deduce the vector form of
force equation between two point charges.
10. Apply Gauss’s law to an infinite line charge.
11. State divergence theorem & Stoke’s theorem.
12. Derive an expression for electric field due to an infinite long charge
from its principles.
13. Apply Coulomb’s law to find the electric field intensity at any point P
due to a straight, uniformly charged wire of linear charge density
+λ C/m. The point P is at a distance of ‘h’ m above the wire.
14. Find the force of interaction between two charges spaced 10cm apart
in vacuum, the charges are 4nC and 6µC respectively. If the same
charges are separated by the same distance in kerosene with ε r = 2,
what is the force of interaction?
15. Given =2 + + 2 find ∇. at P (2,-1, 3).
16. Two point charges -4µC and 5 µC are located at (2, -1, 3) and (0, 4, -2)
respectively. Find the potential at (1,0,1).
17. Derive Poisson’s and Laplace’s equation.
18. Determine the electric field intensity at P(-0.2, 0, -2.3)m due to point
charge of +5nC at Q(0.2, 0.1, -2.5)m in air.

UNIT – II
1. Define dipole and Dipole moment.
2. Define electrical potential.
3. What is meant by dielectric breakdown?
4. Find the field intensity and potential at a distance 100m from a positive
point charge of 10nc.
5. A parallel plate capacitor has a charge of 10-3C on each plate while
the potential difference between the plates is 1000v. Evaluate the
value of capacitance.
6. Define dielectric strength.
7. Find the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor of 0.5m by 1m has
a separation of 2cm and a voltage difference of 10V.
8. Evaluate the electric field intensity in free space if D=30 C/m 3.
9. Derive the expression for energy stored in capacitor.
10. Explain briefly the polarization in dielectrics.
11. Deduce an expression for the capacitance of parallel plate capacitor
having two identical media.
12. Electric flux density in a charge free region is given by
D=10xax+5yay+kz 2az µc/m2. find the constant k.
13. State and derive electric boundary conditions for a dielectric to
dielectric medium and a conductor to dielectric medium.
14. Find the potential at any point along the axis of a uniformly charged
disc of σ c/m2 . The disc has radius of ‘a’ m.
15. A capacitor consists of squared two metal plates each 100 cm side
placed parallel and 2 mm apart. The space between the plates is filled
with a dielectric having a relative permittivity of 3.5. A potential drop of
500 V is maintained between the plates.
Evaluate (i) The capacitance
(ii) The charge of capacitor
(iii) The electric flux density
(iv) The potential gradient
16. A circular disc of radius ‘a’ m is charged uniformly with a charge
density of σ C/m2. Find the electric potential at a point P distant ‘h’ m
from the disc surface along its axis.
17. Verify that the potential field given below satisfies the Laplace’s
equation V = 2x 2 − 3y 2 + z 2.
18. Calculate the capacitance of a conducting sphere of 2cm in
diameter, covered with a layer of polyethylene with = 2.26 and 3cm
thick.

UNIT – III
1. Determine the value of magnetic field intensity at the centre of a
circular loop carrying a current of 10 A .The radius of the loop is 2 m.
2. What are the significant physical differences between Poisson's and
Laplace 's equation?
3. What is the relation between Magnetic flux density and field intensity?
4. List the applications of Ampere's circuital law.
5. What is the loop inductance per kilo metre of a single phase overhead
line with r=1cm and D=80cm?
6. Distinguish between Magnetic scalar potential and Magnetic vector
potential.
7. Estimate the mutual inductance of the two inductively coupled coils
with self-inductance of 25mH and100 mH.
8. Give four similarities between electrostatic field and magnetic field.
9. Distinguish between solenoid and toroid.
10. State and explain Bio-Savart’s law.
11. Obtain an expression for the magnetic field intensity due to straight
finite conductor carrying current I amperes using Biot Savart’s law.
12. Derive an expression for the force between two long straight parallel
current carrying conductors.
13. A solenoid with a radius 2cm is wound with 20 turns/cm carries 10mA.
Find ‘H’ at the centre of the solenoid if its length is 10cm. If all the turns
of the solenoid were compressed to make a ring of radius 2cm. What
would be ‘H’ at the centre of the ring?
14. Derive the expression for magnetic field intensity due to infinitely long
straight conductor.
15. Obtain an expression for magnetic flux density and magnetic field
intensity at any point along the axis of a circular coil.
16. State and explain Ampere’s circuit law and show that the field strength
at the end of a long solenoid is one half of that at the centre.
17. State and prove magnetostatic boundary conditions.
18. Prepare an expression for inductance on a long solenoid coil and
toroid.

UNIT – IV
1. Give an equation of Torque on a solenoid.
2. An inductive coil of 10mH is carrying a current of 10A. What is the
energy stored in a magnetic field?
3. What is the loop inductance per kilo metre of a single phase overhead
line with r=1cm and D=80cm?
4. What is Lorentz law of force?
5. Write Lorentz force equation and mention its applications.
6. Distinguish between Mutual inductance and self-inductance.
7. Two coils having self-inductance of 1mH and 2mH and mutual
inductance of 0.5mH are connected in series. Find the effective
inductance of series combination.
8. A current of 3A flowing through an inductor of 100mH. Interpret the
energy stored in the inductor?
9. A loop magnetic dipole moment 8X10-3 az Am2, lies in a uniform
magnetic field B=0.2ax+0.4az wb/m2. Calculate the torque.
10. A loop magnetic dipole moment 8X10 -3az Am2, lies in a uniform
magnetic field B=0.2ax+0.4az Wb/m2. Calculate the torque.
11. A solenoid with a radius of a 2cm is wound with 20 turns per cm length
and carries 10mA.Find H at the centre if the total length is 10cm.
12. Obtain the expression for energy stored in the magnetic field and also
derive the expression for magnetic energy density.
13. Prepare an expression for inductance on a long solenoid coil and
toroid.
14. Find the maximum torque on an 85 turn rectangular coil, 0.2 m by 0.3
m, carrying current of 2 A in a field B = 6.5 T
15. A straight conductor of length 50 cm moves perpendicular to its axis at
a velocity of 60 m/sec. In an uniform magnetic field of flux density 1.3
Tesla. Evaluate 1) normal to the field, 2) parallel to the field.
16. Obtain an expression for magnetic flux density and magnetic field
intensity at any point along the axis of a circular coil.
17. Derive the expression for force between two current elements.
18. A point charge Q=-60nC, is moving with a velocity 6x106 m/s in the
direction specified by unit vector -0.4 ax – 0.6ay + 0.6 az. Find the
magnitude of force on a moving charge in the magnetic field,
B = 2ax – 6ay + 5az mT.

UNIT – V
1. State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
2. State Poynting theorem.
3. State point form of ohm's law states that the field strength with in a
conductor is proportional to the current density.
4. Calculate the emf induced in a conductor of length 1m moving with a
velocity of 100m/s perpendicular to a field of 1 Tesla.
5. State point form of ohm's law states that the field strength with in a
conductor is proportional to the current density.
6. Differentiate transformer and motional emf.
7. Compare and explain in detail conduction and displacement currents.
8. If the field vectors of a wave in free space are given by
 E = 100 Cos ( V/m,
H=100/12 ⁄

.
9. Write Maxwell's equation in point form.
10. A circular loop of wire is placed in a uniform magnetic field of flux
density 0.5wb/m2. The wire has 200turns and frequency of rotation of
1000 revolution/minute. If the radius of the coil is 0.2m, determine (i) the
induced emf, when the plane of the coil is 60 o to the flux lines and (ii)
the induced emf when the plane of the coil is perpendicular to the
field.
11. A conductor of 1m length is dragged with a velocity of 100 m/sec,
perpendicular to a field of 1T. What is the value of emf induced?
12. State and derive time harmonic maxwell’s equation in integral form
and point form.
13. Derive displacement current and current density using Maxwell’s
equation.
14. Starting from Maxwell’s equations derive the expression for Poynting
vector and explain its significance.
15. Derive the Maxwell’s equations both in integral and point forms.