BASIC PROBLEMS – ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

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1. The force affecting a charge in electric and magnetic fields (Lorentz’s force).
2. Categorization of materials according to position, direction and dependence on E and
H.
3. Categorization of electromagnetic effects according to time dependence.
4. Coulomb’s law, orientation of vectors.
5. What is the method of superposition, and where can it be applied?
6. The definition of electric field intensity.
7. Equation of E lines.
8. Description of a vector field E by a scalar field of potential 
9. Scalar potential  excited by electric charge Q.
10. E, excited by a given charge density distribution 
11. What is voltage, and how is it bound with E and 
12. What is the character of the electrostatic field, and what equations describe it?
13. The Laplace and Poisson equations for scalar electric potential.
14. Gauss’ law in the electrostatic field and the definition of electric flux.
15. The value and direction of E on a conducting body surface.
16. E excited by an infinitely large charged conducting foil.
17. E and  of a charged conducting sphere.
18. E and  of a charged long conducting cylinder.
19. The energy of an electrostatic field excited by or by a system of electrodes.
20. The energy of an electrostatic field described by field vectors.
21. What is an electric dipole? Define the electric dipole moment. What is the orientation of
the used vectors?
22. The dipole moment of a system of electric dipoles.
23. The definition of capacity.
24. Solution of Laplace’s equation for scalar electric potential in the (xy) plane of the
Cartesian coordinate system.
25. The Gauss equation in an electrostatic field. When can it be applied for calculating of
E?
26. The role of conformal mapping in calculating the electrostatic field, and how it can be
applied.
27. How to calculate the electric potential in the inner node of a 2D rectangular
homogeneous net by the superrelaxation method of finite differences.
28. What is electric polarization, and how is it defined?
29. How is electric polarization related with the space and surface density of a coupled
charge?
30. The definition of electric induction. How is it related with electric susceptibility and
permittivity in linear matter? What are the sources of E, D, P?
31. Gauss’ theorem of the electrostatic field in dielectrics. The definition of induction flux.
32. Conditions of tangential components of E, D on the boundary of two dielectrics.
33. Conditions of normal components of E, D on the boundary of two dielectrics.
34. Capacity of capacitors connected in parallel and in series.
35. Energy of a charged capacitor.
36. The definition of electric current in a stationary current field.
37. Equation of the continuity of stationary current in integral and differential forms.
38. What is the character of a stationary current field? Equations describing it.
39. Ohm’s law in differential and integral forms.
40. Conditions of tangential and normal components of J on the boundary of two
conducting materials.
41. The definition of electromotive force and its relation to the terminal voltage of a source.
42. Joule’s losses in a stationary current field.
43. The definition of resistance, resistance of resistors connected in parallel and in series
44. The Biot-Savart law. Draw a picture showing the orientation of the vectors.
45. What is magnetic induction? Define it using the moving charge Q, J, K, and I.
46. The definition of magnetic flux.
47. What is the character of the stationary magnetic field? Which equations describe it?
48. The definition of the magnetic field vector potential.
49. The Laplace and Poisson equations for the vector potential of a magnetic field, and their
general solution in an integral form.
50. Ampere’s law. Where can it be used for computing B or H?
51. Magnetic flux expressed by vector potential.
52. The definition of magnetic scalar potential. Where can it be used?
53. What is a magnetic dipole? The definition of the dipole moment. Orientation of the used
vectors.
54. The static definition of self and mutual inductivities.
55. What is the magnetization of a material? How is it defined?
56. How is magnetization related with the density and surface density of coupled currents?
57. The definition of magnetic field intensity. How is it related with magnetic susceptibility
and permeability in a linear material?
58. Conditions of normal components of B and H on the boundary of two magnetic
materials.
59. Conditions of tangential components of B and H on the boundary of two magnetic
materials.
60. The energy of a magnetostatic field excited by J or K.
61. The energy of a magnetostatic field expressed by field vectors.
62. The energy of the magnetic field of an inductor. The energetic definition of inductivity.
63. The energy of a system of inductors.
64. The forces between two parallel conductors conducting the same currents in the same
and opposite directions.
65. Hopkinson’s law, and the definition of reluctance.
66. The expression of self and mutual inductivities by reluctance.
67. Faraday’s law of induction.
68. The dynamic definition of self and mutual inductivities.
69. How does an ideal transformer transform u, i, R?
70. The expression of the instantaneous value of E using a phasor, and its definition.
71. The time average value of electric and magnetic field energy expressed by phasors.
72. The distribution of B in a longitudinally alternatingly magnetized ferromagnetic sheet.
73. The distribution of J in a cylindrical conductor conducting alternating current.
74. The impedance of a conductor under the intensive electric skineffect. Frequency
dependence.
75. The continuity equation of a free electric charge and current in a nonstationary field.
Differential and integral forms.
76. The continuity equation of the polarization current and coupled charge in a
nonstationary field.
77. Maxwell’s first equation in a nonstationary field in a material. General time
dependence, a differential form.
78. Maxwell’s second, third and fourth equations in a nonstationary field in a material.
General time dependence, a differential form.
79. Maxwell’s four equations in a nonstationary field. General time dependence, an integral
form.
80. Maxwell’s equations in a differential form for a time-harmonic field expressed by
phasors.
81. Maxwell’s equations in an integral form for a time-harmonic field expressed by phasors.
82. Boundary conditions of tangential components of E, H in a nonstationary field.
83. Boundary conditions of normal components of E, H in a nonstationary field.
84. Balance of electromagnetic field energy. General time dependence. The physical
meaning of particular items.
85. Poynting’s vector. Definition and expression using field vectors.
86. Energy balance of active power. Physical meaning of particular items.
87. Energy balance of reactive power. Physical meaning of particular items.
88. The wave equation for E or H in a general material outside of a source region. General
time dependence.
89. The wave equation for E or H in a general material outside of a source region. Time-
harmonic field. Expression using phasors.
90. The expression of E of a time-harmonic plane wave in a general material. Phasor and
instantaneous value. Meaning of particular items.
91. What is a surface of constant amplitude and constant phase in a plane wave? What are a
uniform wave and a nonuniform wave?
92. What is phase velocity? How is it defined?
93. What is group velocity? How is it defined?
94. Draw the orientation of E, H and k in a plane electromagnetic wave. What is the
relation of these vectors?
95. What is the characteristic impedance of a general material? How is it defined?
96. The expressions for k, vf and Z in an ideal dielectric.
97. The expressions for k, vf and Z in a good conductor.
98. What is penetration depth? How is it defined?
99. Active power transmitted by a plane electromagnetic wave through a surface 1 m2.
100. What is the polarization of an electromagnetic wave? Which kinds of polarization can
an electromagnetic wave have?
101. Under which conditions can two linearly polarized waves create a wave with linear,
circular and elliptical polarization?
102. The telegraph equation for time-harmonic u and i on a TEM transmission line. The
meaning of particular items.
103. Express the solution of the telegraph equations using phasors. Give the meanings of the
particular items.
104. The impedance of a transmission line in dependence on position.
105. The characteristic (wave) impedance of a transmission line - the lossy and lossless case.
Expression and definition.
106. The input impedance of a lossy and a lossless line of length l terminated by an
impedance ZL.
107. The input impedance of a lossless line of length l with a short and open end.