Assignment #3 R1. A metal bar of mass m slides frictionlessly on two parallel conducting rails a distance l apart .

A resistor R is connected across the rails and a uniform magnetic field B, pointing into the page, fills the entire region.

R2.

An alternating current I = I 0 cos(t ) flows down a long straight wire, and returns along a coaxial conducting tube of radius a. In what direction does the induced electric field point (radial, circumferential, or longitudinal) ? R3. A fat wire of radius a carries a constant current I, uniformly distributed over its cross section. A narrow gap in the wire , of width w and radius a, forms a parallel plate capacitor, as shown in the figure. Find the magnetic field in the gap, at a distance s < a from the axis.

R4. Suppose J(r) is constant in time but (r,t) is not. Show that the charge density at any particular point is a linear function of time:

Where (r,0) is the time derivative of at t=0 & R5. Two long straight copper wires each of radius a, are held a distance 2d apart. One is at potential V0 , the

other at V0 . The space surrounding the pipes is filled with weakly conducting material of conductivity . Find the current, per unit length, which flows from one pipe to the other.

S1. A conducting sliding bar oscillates over two parallel conducting rails in a sinusoidally varying magnetic field B = k 5 cos t (mT) . The position of the sliding bar is given by x= 0.35(1-cost) meters and the rails are terminated in a resistance R=0.2 ohms. Find i.

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0.2m x 0.7 m

S2. Given B = X A and . E =0, we define E = XA0 where A0 is some vector potential. Assuming harmonic time dependence a) b) Express H in terms of A0 Show A0 is a soln of homogeneous Helmholtzs eq.

S3. For a source free potential medium where = 0 , J = 0 , =0 but where there is a volume density of polarization P, a single vector potential 0 may be defined such that H= j0 X 0 . a) b) Express E in tems of 0 and P. Show 2 (0) + k02 0 = - P/0 (0 is known as electric Hertz potential)

S4. Prove that the Lorentz condition for potential . A + V/t =0 is consistent with equation of continuity.

S5. The instantaneous expression for the magnetic field intensity of a uniform plane wave propagation in the +y direction in air is given by H = az 4x10-6.cos(106t-k0y+/4) (A/m) a) b) Determine k0 and the location where Hz vanishes at t=3 (ms) Write the instantaneous expression for E.

S6. Show that the instantaneous Poynting vector of a circularly polarized plane wave propagating in a lossless medium is independent of time and distance.

S7. Find the Poynting vector on the surface of a long, straight conducting wire (of radius b and conductivity ) that carries a direct current I. Verify Poyntings theorem.