USN 1 S I 4EE03

Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur – 572 103

(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Accredited by NBA, New Delhi,
An ISO9001:2008 Certified)

Fourth Semester B.E. Electrical & Electronics Engineering Examinations Nov. / Dec. 2015
Engineering Electromagnetics
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Not : 1. Question No. 1 is Compulsory
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2. Answer any 4 full questions from question No. 2 to Question No. 6

1 a) The Electric field due to uniform line charge located along Z-axis has ______ symmetry.
b) Point charges 30nC, - 10nC and 40 nC are located along Z-axis at Z=1, Z=2 and Z=4,
respectively. The total flux leaving a spherical surface of radius r=3 with its center at the
origin is given by ______ .
c) A static electric field E satisfies the relation, x E  _______
d) Relaxation time of a material is the time it takes a charge placed in the interior of a material to
drop to ______% of its initial value.
e) Two conducting plates are inclined at an angle 30° to each other with a point charge between
them. The number of image charges is _______.
f) Magnetic flux lines are always _______.
g) _____ materials retain a considerable amount of their magnetization when removed from the field.
h) The internal inductance of a toroid is _______.
i) Induced emf in a stationary loop placed in a time varying magnetic field is ______ emf.
j) The unit of pointing vector is _______ 1  10
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k) Plane Z=-10m carries charge 20nC /m . The electric field intensity at the origin is _____.
ℓ) The free charge density in copper is 1.81 x 10 10 C/m3. For a current density of 8 x 10 6 A/m2.
Find the drift velocity.
m) The Z-axis carries filamentary current of 10 A along â 2 . Determine magnetic field H
at (0,5,0).
n) The point charge Q=18nC has a velocity of 5 x 106(0.6 â x + 0.75 â y +0.3 â z ) m/s.
Calculate the force exerted on the charge by the magnetic field B = -3 â x + 4 â y + 6 â z mT.
o) Write Maxwell’s equations in free space. 2 5

2 a) State and explain Coulomb’s law. 4

b) Two uniform line charges of L=4 nC/m each are parallel to the Z-axis at x=0, y=4m.
Determine the electric field E at (4,0,0)m. 6
c) A total charge of Qo coulombs is uniformly distributed throughout the volume of a spherical
region of radius ‘a’. Determine the electric field at any point
i. Inside the spherical region. ii. Outside the spherical region. 6
d) Given D = 4xy â x - xy2 â y + 5sin z â z . Find volume charge density v at (2,2,0)m. 4

3 a) Derive the expression for energy density in an electrostatic field. 7

b) Five equal point charges, Q=20nC are located at x=2,3,4,5,6 m. Find the potential at the origin. 3
c) The plane Z=4 is the interface between two dielectrics. The dielectric in region Z>4 has
dielectric constant of 5 and E = 4 â x - 12 â y + 8 â z v/m in that region. If the dielectric constant
is 2 in region Z<4, find the electric field intensity in that region. 5
d) Explain the behavior of dielectrics in electric fields. 5

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4 a) Derive Poisson’s and Laplace’s equation. Also, write Poisson’s equation for inhomogeneous
medium. 5
b) A cylindrical capacitor with inner radius ‘a’ and outer radius ‘b’ is filled with an
K
inhomogeneous dielectric having o , where K is a constant. Calculate the capacitance

per unit length of the capacitor. 7
c) An infinitely long solid conductor of radius ‘a’ is placed along the Z-axis. If the conductor
carries current I in the +Z direction, determine the magnetic field H at a point inside the
conductor (l < a). 5
d) Derive the expression for magnetic flux through an area in terms of vector magnetic potential. 3

5 a) Derive the boundary conditions for magnetic fields at the interface between two different media. 6
b) Determine the self-inductance of a coaxial cable of inner radius ‘a’ and outer radius ‘b’. 7
c) A solenoid with length 10m and radius 1cm has 450 turns. Calculate its inductance. 3
d) A cobalt ring (r=600) has a mean radius of 30cm. If a coil wound on the ring carries 12A,
calculate the number of turns required to establish an average magnetic flux density of
1.5 wb/m2 in the ring. 4

6 a) An area of 0.65m2 in the z=0 plane is enclosed by a filamentary conductor.

 aˆ y  aˆ z 
Find the induced voltage, if B  0.05 cos10 t    (T)
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 z  5
b) Determine the frequency at which the ratio of the magnitudes of the conduction current
density and the displacement current density is unity in dry soil.
(Assume  =10-4 s/m, =3o and =o for dry soil). 4
c) Discuss wave propagation in free space. 6
d) The electric field amplitude of a uniform plane wave propagating in the â z direction is
250v/m. If E  E x aˆ x and =1.00 Mrad/s,
Find : i. the wave length ii. the period iii. the amplitude of H 5
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