Lista de ejercicios

1. Un conductor compuesto de 10 m de largo está integrado por un núcleo interno de acero de

1.5 cm de radio y un recubrimiento externo de cobre cuyo grosor es de 0.5 cm.
a) Determine la resistencia del conductor.
b) Si la corriente total en el conductor es de 60 A, ¿qué corriente fluye en cada metal?
c) Halle la resistencia de un conductor sólido de cobre de igual longitud y áreas de sección
transversal que el recubrimiento. Adopte 1.77 x 10-8 y 11.8 x 10-8 Ω · m, como valores de
resistividad del cobre y el acero, respectivamente.

2 Two parallel circular plates of radius 𝑎𝑎 are located at 𝑧𝑧 = 0 and 𝑧𝑧 = 𝑑𝑑. The top plate (𝑧𝑧 = 𝑑𝑑)
is raised to potential 𝑉𝑉0 ; the bottom plate is grounded. Between the plates is a conducting
material having radial-dependent conductivity, 𝜎𝜎(𝜌𝜌) = 𝜎𝜎0 𝜌𝜌, where 𝜎𝜎0 is a constant.
a) Find the 𝜌𝜌-independent electric field, 𝐄𝐄 �⃑, between plates.
b) Find the current density, 𝐉𝐉⃑ between plates.
c) Find the total current, 𝐈𝐈, in the structure.
d) Show that the resistance between the plates is: 𝑅𝑅 = 3𝑑𝑑/(2𝜋𝜋𝑎𝑎3 𝜎𝜎0 ) [Ω]
Hint: use
|∆𝑉𝑉| �−∫ 𝐸𝐸�⃑ . 𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑙⃑�
𝑅𝑅 = =
𝐼𝐼 ∫ 𝜎𝜎𝐸𝐸�⃑ . 𝑑𝑑𝑆𝑆⃑

3. Given a current density 𝐉𝐉⃑ = 0.3𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐲 + 0.4𝐚𝐚𝐳𝐳 [A/cm2 ], find the total current crossing
the cylindrical surface defined by 𝜌𝜌 = 2 [cm], 0 ≤ 𝜙𝜙 ≤ 𝜋𝜋, and 0 ≤ 𝑧𝑧 ≤ 2 [cm].

4. Application: Lossy Coaxial Cable. In a coaxial cable of length 𝐿𝐿, the inner conductor is of radius
𝑎𝑎 [m] and the outer conductor of radius 𝑏𝑏 [m], and these are separated by a lossy dielectric with
permittivity 𝜺𝜺 [F/m] and conductivity 𝜎𝜎 [S/m]. A DC source, V0 [V], is connected with the positive
side to the outer conductor of the cable. Neglecting edge effects determine:
(a) The electric field intensity in the dielectric.
V0 1
�⃑
R/.𝐄𝐄 =− 𝑏𝑏 𝐚𝐚𝜌𝜌 [V/m]
ln� � 𝜌𝜌
𝑎𝑎
(b) The current density in the dielectric.
𝝈𝝈V0 1
R/.𝐉𝐉⃑ = − 𝑏𝑏 𝐚𝐚𝜌𝜌 [A/m2 ]
ln� � 𝜌𝜌
𝑎𝑎
(c) The total current flowing from outer to inner conductor.
2𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜎𝜎V0
R/.𝐈𝐈 = 𝑏𝑏 [A]
ln� �
𝑎𝑎
(d) The resistance between the outer and inner conductors
𝑏𝑏
ln� �
R/.𝐑𝐑 = 𝑎𝑎
[Ω]
2𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜎𝜎

5. Application: Velocity of Electrons in Conductors. The free electron density in copper is 8 ×

1028 𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒/𝑚𝑚3 . A copper cable, 30 mm in diameter, carries a current of 3000 A. Find the
drift velocity of the electrons. R/. 0.33 × 10−3 m/s.
6. Application: Ground Resistance of
Electrodes. A ground electrode is built in
the form of a hemisphere, of radius 𝑎𝑎 =
0.1 m, buried in the ground, flush with
the surface as shown in Figure. Calculate
the contact resistance (resistance
between the wire and surrounding
ground). You may assume the ground is a uniform medium semi-infinite in extent, with
conductivity σ = 0.1 S/m. Hint Calculate the resistance between the hemisphere and a
concentric conducting surface at infinity. Note: This is an important calculation in design of
lightning and power fault protection systems.

7)

R/.

8)

R/.

9)

R/. (a) 2.76 x10–6 Ω. (b) 8.354 x 1010 W.

10)

R/. (a) 𝑉𝑉 = 6.324 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚, 𝐼𝐼 = 2,4834 𝐴𝐴. (b) 1.754 × 107 𝑊𝑊/𝑚𝑚3 .