10B11PH211 (Physics-II, 2011-12) Tutorial Sheet-3

1. Find the potential inside and outside a uniformly charged solid sphere where radius is R and whose total charge is q. Use infinity as your reference point. Compute the gradient of V in each region, and check that it yieldsthecorrectfield. 2. Alongcoaxialcablecarriesauniformvolumechargedensityontheinnercylinder(radiusa),andauniform surfacechargedensityontheoutercylindricalshell(radiusb).Thissurfacechargeisnegativeandofjustthe rightmagnitudesothatthecableasawholeiselectricallyneutral.Findtheelectricfieldineachofthethree regions:(i)insidetheinnercylinder,(ii)betweenthecylinders,(iii)outsidethecable. 3. Oneoftheseisanimpossibleelectrostaticfield.Whichone?

+ 2 yz ] (a) E = k [ xyi j + 3 xzk + (2 xy + z 2 ) ] (b) E = k [ y 2 i j + 2 yzk Here k is a constant with the appropriate units. For the possible one, find the potential, using the origin as yourreferencepoint.Checkyouranswerbycomputing V . 4. Find the work done in moving a point charge Q = 5 C from the origin to (2m, /4, /2), spherical
coordinates,inthefield E = 5e r / 4a r +

10 a (V/m). r sin

5. Two concentric conducting spherical shells of radii 0.5 m and 2 m are kept at zero and 100 Volts potential respectively. Assuming the free space between the spherical shells calculate the electric field intensity E betweenthesphericalshellsandtotalchargeontheinnershell. 6. Find the potential function and the electric field intensity for the region between two concentric right circularcylinders,whereV=0atr=1mmandV=150Vatr=20mm.Neglectingfringing.

10B11PH211 (Physics-II, 2011-12) Tutorial Sheet-3

1. Find the potential inside and outside a uniformly charged solid sphere where radius is R and whose total charge is q. Use infinity as your reference point. Compute the gradient of V in each region, and check that it yieldsthecorrectfield. 2. Alongcoaxialcablecarriesauniformvolumechargedensityontheinnercylinder(radiusa),andauniform surfacechargedensityontheoutercylindricalshell(radiusb).Thissurfacechargeisnegativeandofjustthe rightmagnitudesothatthecableasawholeiselectricallyneutral.Findtheelectricfieldineachofthethree regions:(i)insidetheinnercylinder,(ii)betweenthecylinders,(iii)outsidethecable. 3. Oneoftheseisanimpossibleelectrostaticfield.Whichone?

+ 2 yz ] (a) E = k [ xyi j + 3 xzk + (2 xy + z 2 ) ] (b) E = k [ y 2 i j + 2 yzk Here k is a constant with the appropriate units. For the possible one, find the potential, using the origin as yourreferencepoint.Checkyouranswerbycomputing V . 4. Find the work done in moving a point charge Q = 5 C from the origin to (2m, /4, /2), spherical
coordinates,inthefield E = 5e r / 4a r +

10 a (V/m). r sin

5. Two concentric conducting spherical shells of radii 0.5 m and 2 m are kept at zero and 100 Volts potential respectively. Assuming the free space between the spherical shells calculate the electric field intensity E betweenthesphericalshellsandtotalchargeontheinnershell. 6. Find the potential function and the electric field intensity for the region between two concentric right circularcylinders,whereV=0atr=1mmandV=150Vatr=20mm.Neglectingfringing.