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EE 18 LECTURE NOTES
CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Example 4.1.
Example 4.2.
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CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Example 4.3.
Example 4.4.
(
EL5 E
EL4
E
EL3
E
EL2
E
EL1 E
B E
Figure
4.1.
Example 4.5.
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CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Recall:
VAB =VA VB
Assuming that A and B lie in radial distances rA and rB as shown in figure 4.2:
A(rA, A, A)
E =E a
r r
dL =dr a + rd a + r sin d
r
a
path
rA
Q rB B(rB, B, B)
Figure
Example 4.8.
A point charge of 6nC is located at
the origin in free space. Find VP if
point P is located at P(0.2,-0.4,0.4)
and V=20V at (-0.5,1,-1).
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CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Therefore, V is ______________ of the path taken.
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CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Example 4.9.
Find V on the z-axis for a uniform line charge, L, in the form of a ring, =a, in the
z=0 plane, as shown in figure 4.3.
z
(0,0,z)
r
=a
y
r'
dL' = ad
x
Figure
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CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
CONSERVATIVE PROPERTY
For static fields, no work is done in carrying a unit charge around any _____________
A
Consider the conservative field in figure 4.4.
r1
r2
E
B
Figure
C B
Figure
4.5.
Example 4.10.
4.8. EE 18 LECTURE NOTES
CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Recall:
Figure
4.9. EE 18 LECTURE NOTES
CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Example 4.11.
Example 4.12.
References:
4.1 EE 18 LECTURE NOTES
0. CHAPTER 4: ENERGY AND POTENTIAL
Abaya, E.F., Introduction to Electric Fields, University of the Philippines Press, 2001.
Edminister, Joseph A., Schaums Outline of Theory and Problems of Electromagnetics, 2 nd edition,
McGraw-Hill, 1993.
Hayt, W.H. Jr., Buck, J.A., Engineering Electromagnetics, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.