Code No: 07A3EC04 Set No.

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II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics & Control
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) State and explain Gauss‘s law.

(b) Four concentrated charges Q1 = 0.3 µ c, Q2 = 0.2 µc, Q3 = -0.3 µc, Q4 = 0.2
µc are located at the vertices of a plane rectangle. The length of rectangle is
5 cm and breadth of the rectangle is 2 cm. Find the magnitude and direction
of resultant force on Q1 . [6+10]
2. (a) Derive an expression for the electric field intensity due to an infinite length
line charge along the z-axis at an arbitrary point Q (x, y, z).
(b) A charge of -0.3µC is located at A (25, -30, 15) Cm and a second charge of
0.5 µ C is located at B (-10, 8, 12) Cm. Find the electric field strength, E at:
i. The origin and
ii. Point P (15, 20, 50) cm. [8+8]
3. (a) Explain duality between D and J
(b) Find the total current in a circular conductor of radius 4 mm if the current
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density varies according to J = 10r A/m2 . [6+10]
4. A steady current of 10 A is established in a long straight hollow aluminum conductor
having inner and outer radius of 1.5 cm and 3 cm respectively. Find the value of
B as function of radius. Also define the law used. [16]
5. (a) Show that the field strength at the end of a long solenoid is one - half of that
at the centre.
(b) Find an expression for field intensity at the centre of a circular wire carrying
a current I in the anticlockwise direction. The radius of circle is ‘r’ and the
wire in the x - y plane. [16]
6. (a) Derive an expression for force on a current element in a magnetic field.
(b) If a point charge of 4 coulombs moves with a velocity of 5ux + 6uy − 7uz m/s,
find the force exerted, if the flux density is 5ux + 7uy + 9uz wb/m2 . [8+8]
7. (a) Derive an expression for mutual inductance use Newmann’s formulae.
(b) Current in a coil is increased from zero to 15 amps at a uniform rate in 6
seconds. It is found that this coil develops self induced emf of 150 volts
whereas an emf of 25 volt is produced in a neighbouring coil. Compute self
inductance of the first coil and the mutual inductance between the two coils.
[8+8]

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8. (a) Discuss the physical interpretation of Maxwell’s equations.
(b) A parallel plate capacitor with plate area of 5 cm2 and plate separation of 3mm
has a voltage 50 Sin 103 t volts applied to its plates. Calculate the displacement
current, assuming ε= 2ε0 . [8+8]

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Code No: 07A3EC04 Set No. 2
II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics & Control
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Derive the concept of electric field intensity from Columb’s law.
(b) Derive an expression for electric field intensity at any point ‘P’ at a radial
height ‘h’ from a finite line charge of λ c/m. extending along the z-axis from
32 to 33 distance ‘P’ in the x-y plane. [8+8]
2. Establish Gauss Law in point form and integral form hence deduce the Laplace‘s
and Poissions‘s equations. [16]
3. A parallel plate capacitor has a plate area of 1.5 Sq.m. and a plate separation of
5 mm. There are two dielectrics in between the plates. The first dielectric has a
thickness of 3 mm with a relative permittivity of 6 and the second has a thickness
of 2 mm with relative permittivity 4. Find the capacitance . Derive the formula
uses. [16]
4. A single-phase circuit comprises two parallel conductors A and B, each 1 cm diam-
eter and spaced 1 m apart. The conductors carry current of +100 and -100 Amps.
respectively. Determine the filed intensity at the surface of each conductor and also
in space exactly midway between A and B. [16]
5. (a) Using Amperes circuital law, obtain an expression for the magnetic field in-
tensity at any point due to a concentric cylindrical conductors, the inner and
outer conductors carrying equal and opposite currents.
(b) Using amperes circuital law, find H and B inside a long straight non magnetic
conductor of radius 8 mm carrying a current density of 50 kA/m2 [16]
6. (a) Show that T = m B also holds for the torque on a solenoid situate in a uniform
magnetic field.
(b) i. What is the maximum torque on a square loop of 1000 turns in a field
of uniform flux density B Tesla? The loop has 10cm side and carries a
current of 3A.
ii. What is the magnetic moment of the loop? [8+8]
7. (a) Derive an expression for energy density in a magnetic field.
(b) A magnetic circuit comprising a toroid of 500 turns and an area of 6cm2 and
mean radius of 15cm and carries a current of 4A. Find reluctance and flux
assume µr =1. [8+8]
8. (a) Explain the Maxwell’s equations for harmonically time varying fields.

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(b) A faraday’s copper disc 0.3m diameter is rotated at 60 rps on a horizontal axis
perpendicular to and through the centre of disc, the axis laying in a horizontal
field of 20µTesla. Determine emf measured between the brushes. [8+8]

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Code No: 07A3EC04 Set No. 3
II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics & Control
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) State and explain Coulomb‘s law of electrostatic field in vector form.
(b) It is required to hold four equal point charges to each in equilibrium at the
corners of a square. Find the point charge, which will do this if placed at the
center of the square. [8+8]

2. (a) For a pure dipole paz C- m at the origin in free space, find the potential at a
point A (r, θ, φ = π2 )
(b) What is the electric field at (x=0, y=0, z=5m) due to a pure dipole 1az µc-m
at the origin? [8+8]

3. (a) State and prove the conditions at the boundary between two dielectrics.
(b) Determine the resistance of insulation in length ‘L’ of co-axial cable as inner
and outer radii are ‘a’ and ‘b’ respectively. [8+8]

4. A conductor is in the form of a Regular polygon of n sides inscribed in a circle of

radiusR. Show that
 the expression for B at the center for a current is given by
I π/
|B| = nµ0 /2πR T an n . [16]

5. (a) Describe the application of Amperes circuital law to an unsymmetrical field.

(b) In the cylindrical region 0 < r < 0.8m, J = 3e−5r az A/m2 . Determine H =
Hφ aφ every where. [16]

6. Find the torque which will be produced on a rectangular current loop if placed to
a magnetic field B show that T = m × B also holds for the system. [16]

7. Find the mutual inductance between two toroidal windings which are closely wound
on iron core of relative permeability 900. The mean radius of the core is 5cm and
radius of its cross-section is 5cm. Each winding has also 800 turns. [16]

8. (a) Explain Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction and derive the expression
for induced emf.
(b) Find the conduction and displacement current densities in a material having
conductivity of 10−3 S/m and εr = 2.5, if the electric field in material is, E =
5.8×10−6 sin (9×109 t) V/m. [8+8]

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Code No: 07A3EC04 Set No. 4
II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics & Control
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain coulomb‘s law.

(b) Two small identical conducting spheres have charge of 2nC and - 0.5nC re-
spectively. when they are placed 4 cm apart what is the force between them.
If they are brought into contact and then separated by 4 cms what is the force
between them. [6+10]

2. Show that the torque acting on an dipole of movement p due to an electric field E
is p×E Compute the torque for a dipole consisting of 1 µc charges in an electric
field E = 103 (zax − ay − az) separated by 1 mm and located on the z-axis at the
origin. [16]

3. (a) Calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with following details.
Plate area = 150 sq.cm.
Dielectric εr1 = 3, d12 = 4mm
Dielectric εr2 = 5, d12 = 6 mm
If 200 V is applied across the plates what will be the voltage gradient across
each dielectric.
(b) The permittivity of the dielectric of parallel plate capacitor increases uniformly
from one plate to the other. If A is the surface areas of the plate and d is the
thickness of dielectric, derive an expression for capacitance. [8+8]

4. Two narrow circular coils A and B have a common axis and are placed 10 cms
apart. Coil A has 10 turns of radius 5cm with a current of 1A passing through it.
Coil B has a single turn radius 7.5 cms. If the magnetic field at the centre of coil
A is to be zero, what current should be passed through coil B. [16]

5. (a) Define and establish Amperes circuital law for electromagnetic field.
(b) An H due to current source is given by H = (y cos ax) ax + (y.ex ) az . Describe
the current density over the yz- plane. [16]

6. Justify the equation T = m × B for a circular coil carrying a steady current I is

placed such that its plane lie in the x-y plane and also parallel to the direction of
a uniform magnetic field B. [16]

7. (a) Explain the difference between magnetic vector potential and magnetic scalar
potential

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(b) Current in a coil is increased from 0 to 10 Amps at a uniform rate is 5 sec.
It is found that this coil develops self induced emf of 100V where as an emf
of 20V is reduced in a neighbouring coil. Compute self inductance of the first
coil and mutual inductance between the two coils. [8+8]

8. (a) Derive the expression for one of the Maxwell’s equation ∇ × E = − ∂B

∂t
(b) Find the frequency at which conduction current density and displacement
current density are equal in a medium with σ= 2 × 10−4 mho/m and εr =81.
[8+8]

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