PHY3401 Assignment 5

July 2006 Semester

1. (a) State Biot-Savarts law. (b) The y- and z-axes, respectively, carry filamentary currents 10 A along a x and 20 A along a z . Find H at (3, 4, 5) .

(Sadiku Problem 7.1) 2. An infinitely long conductor is bent into an L shape as shown below. If a direct current of 5 A flows in the current, find the magnetic field intensity at (a) (2, 2, 0) y (b) (0, 2, 0) (c) (0, 0, 2) (Sadiku Problem 7.7) 5A 5A 3. A solenoid of radius 4 mm and length 2 cm has 150 turns/m and carries current 500 mA . Find (a) H at the center; (b) H at the ends of the solenoid. (Sadiku Problem 7.15) 4. (a) State Amperes circuit law. (b) A hollow conducting cylinder has inner radius a and outer radius b and carries current I along the positive z-direction. Find H everywhere. (Sadiku Problem 7.17) 5. An infinitely long filamentary wire carries a current of 2 A in the +z-direction. Calculate (a) B at (3, 4, 7) (b) the flux through the square loop described by 2 6 , 0 z 4 , = 90 . (Sadiku Problem 7.21) 6. The magnetic vector potential of a current distribution in free space is given by A = 15 e sin a z Wb/m . Find H at (3, / 4, 10) . Calculate the flux through = 5 , 0 / 2 , 0 z 10 . (Sadiku Problem 7.29)

7. Find the current density J to

A =
in free space. (Sadiku Problem 7.33)

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a z Wb/m

8. Plane z = 2 carries a current of 50 a y A/m . If Vm = 0 at the origin, find Vm at

(a) (2, 0, 5) (b) (10, 3, 1) (Sadiku Problem 7.37) 9. An electron with velocity u = (3 a x + 12 a y 4 a z ) 105 m/s experiences no net force at a point in a magnetic field B = 10 a x + 20 a y + 30 a z mWb/m 2 . Find E at that point. (Sadiku Problem 8.1) 10. A particle with mass 1 kg and charge 2 C starts from rest at point (2, 3, 4) in a region where E = 4 a y V/m and B = 5 a x Wb/m 2 . Calculate (a) the location of the particle at t = 1 s ; (b) its velocity and kinetic energy at that location; (Sadiku Problem 8.3) 11. A current element of length 2 cm is located at the origin in free space and carries current 12 mA along a x . A filamentary current of 15 a z is located along x = 3 ,

y = 4 . Find the force on the current filament. (Sadiku Problem 8.7)

12. In a certain material for which = 6.5 0 , H = 10 a x + 25 a y 40 a z A/m , find (a) the magnetic susceptibility m of the material; (b) the magnetic flux density B ; (c) the magnetization M ; (d) the magnetic energy density. (Sadiku Problem 8.17) 13. If 1 = 2 0 for region 1 (0 < < ) and 2 = 5 0 for region 2 ( < < 2 ) and B 2 = 10 a + 15 a 20 a z mWb/m 2 . Calculate: (a) B1 ; (b) the energy densities in the two media.

(Sadiku Problem 8.23)

14. The interface 4 x 5 z = 0 between two magnetic media carries current 35 a y A/m. If H1 = 25 a x 30 a y + 45 a z A/m in the region 4 x 5 z 0 where

r1 = 5 , calculate H 2 in region 4 x 5 z 0 where r 2 = 10 .

(Sadiku Problem 8.25) 15. The core of a toroid is 12 cm 2 and is made of material with r = 200 . If the mean radius of the toroid is 50 cm, calculate the number of turns needed to obtain an inductance of 2.5 H . (Sadiku Problem 8.33)
16. A toroid with air gap shown in Figure below, has a square cross section. A long conductor carrying I 2 is inserted in the air gap. If I1 = 200 mA , N = 750 , 0 = 10 cm , a = 5 mm , and la = 1 mm , calculate (a) the force across the gap when I 2 = 0 and the relative permeability of the toroid is 300; (b) the force on the conductor when I 2 = 2 mA and the permeability of the toroid is infinite. Neglect fringing in the gap in both cases. (Sadiku Problem 8.41)

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