National Institute of Technology

Rourkela
Subject: Electromagnetic Wave
Propagation
Code :
Topic: Electromagnetic Wave Propagation

Assignment No.-5
Issue Date: 11/02/16
Dead Line:18/02/16, 5.30
p.m
Faculty:
Prof. Subrata Maiti

Pages : 5
Branch [Sem]:
ECE [6th]

SECTION-A (Problems based on Waves in General)

10.1

10.3
An EM wave in free space is described by
H=0.4 cos ( 108 t+ y ) A /M
Determine
(a) the angular frequency
(b) the wave number
(c) the wave length
(d) the direction of wave propagation
(e) the value of H(2,3,4.10 ns)
SCETION-B (Problems based on Waves in Lossless Dielectrics)
10.6

10.8
Alumina is a ceramic material used in making printed circuit boards. At 15
GHz,

9.6 0

4
, = 0 , tan=3 10 . Calculate (a) the penetration depth,

(b) the total attenuation over a thickness of 5mm.

1

10.9
3
A medium is characterized by =4 0 , =2.5 0 , =8 10 S /m . Calculate

the phase difference between E and H at 20 MHz.

10.10
At

f =100 MHz ,

show that silver

=6.1 107 S /m
,

r =1, r =3.1

is a

good insulator.
10.11

10.12
A certain medium has 1 S / m , =4 0 ,=9 0 at a frequency of 1GHz.
Determine the (a) attenuation constant, (b) phase constant, (c) intrinsic
impedance, and (d) wave velocity.
10.13
In a nonmagnetic medium,
H=50 e100 x cos ( 2 109 t200 x ) a y mA /m
Find E.
10.14

SCETION-C (Problems based on Waves in Lossless Dielectric and Free Space)

10.15
The electric field of a TV broadcast signal propagating in air is given by
2

E ( z , t )=0.2 cos ( t6.5 z ) a x V /m

(a) Determine the wave frequency and the wavelength .

(b) Sketch

Ex

as a function of t at z=0 and z= /2

(c) Find the corresponding H ( z ,t)

10.17

10.18

10.19

(a) Compute the magnitude of the wave at 4 m, t=T /8 .

(b) Find the loss in decibels suffered by the wave in the interval
0< z <3 m
.
(c) Calculate the intrinsic impedance.
10.20
3

For a uniform plane wave at 4 GHz, the intrinsic impedance and phase
7
velocity of an unknown material are measured as 105 7.6 10 m/s ,
respectively. Find

r r

of the material.

10.22

10.23
The electric field intensity of a uniform plane wave in air is given by
E=50 sin ( 10 8 tx ) az mV /m
(a) Calculate .
(b) Determine the location(s) where E vanishes at t=50 ns .
(c) Find H.
SCETION-D (Problems based on Plane Waves in Good Conductors)
10.24
The magnetic field intensity of a uniform plane wave in a good conductor
12 z
6
( = 0 , = 0)
is H=20 e cos ( 2 10 t +12 z ) a y mA /m
Find the conductivity and the corresponding E field.
10.25

10.26

10.27

10.29
How deep does a radar wave at 2 GHz travel in seawater before its
5
amplitude is reduced to 10
of its amplitude just below the surface?
Assume that

= 0 , =24 0 , =4 S /m

10.31

10.32
7
=1, r =1,
For silver, =6.1 10 S /m , r
determine the frequency at which
the penetration depth is 2 mm.
SCETION-E (Problems based on Power and the Poynting Vector)
10.41
The electric field intensity in a diectric medium ( = 0 , = 0 r ) is given by
E=150 cos ( 109 t+8 x ) a z

V
m

Calculate
(a) The diectric constant
(b) The intrinsic impedance
(c) The velocity of propagation
(d) The magnetic field intensity
(e) The Poynting vector P
10.42
The composite fields resulting from the superposition of two uniform plane
waves are given by
E=E 01 cos xcos ( tz ) a x + E 02 sin x sin ( tz ) a z
H=H 0 cos x cos ( tz ) a y
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Determine the time-average Poynting Vector.\

10.44
The electric field compnentb of a uniform plane wave travelling in sea water
( =4

S
, =81 0 , =0 )
m
0.1 z

E=8 e

cos ( t0.3 z ) a x

is
V/m

(a) Determine the average power density.

(b) Find the depth at which the power density is reduced by 20 dB.
10.45