Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL
(A Constituent Institute of Manipal University, Manipal)

THIRD SEMESTER B.E. DEGREE END SEMESTER EXAMINATION

(REVISED CREDIT SYSTEM: 2007)
24 November 2009
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY (ELE 207)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 50
Note : Answer any FIVE full questions.
Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed.

1A. DrawaneatdiagramanddeterminethefieldintensityatapointPatadistancehm from

astraight,uniformlychargedwirewithalineardensityof+coulombpermeterlength. (05)
1B. The3sidesofanequilateraltrianglehaveuniformlinecharges2C/m,1C/mand1C/m.

Findtheelectricfieldatthecentreofthetriangleifeachsideis50cmlong. (05)
2A. If D = xy 2 z 2 a x + x 2 yz 2 a y + x 2 y 2 za z C / m 2 find;
i) Theexpressionforthevolumetricchargedensity(v).
ii) The total charge within the cube with the cube being defined as follows :

0x2,0y2,0z2 (03)
2B. Anelectricfiledentersfromairintoadielectricslabwithanangleofincidenceof1.Show
that the electric field leaves the dielectric slab at the same orientation of 1. Draw a neat
diagramforthesame. (04)
2C. Aparallelplatecapacitorconsistsof3dielectriclayers.If :
1=1,d1=0.4mm,2=2,d2=0.6mm,3=3,d3=0.8mm
Whiletheareaofcrosssection=20cm2,Determineitscapacitance. (03)
3A. Theinterface4x5=0betweentwomagneticmediacarriescurrent35ay A/m.
IfH1=25ax 30ay+45azA/minregion4x50where r1 = 5. CalculateH2inregion4x50
where r 2 = 10. (04)
3B. StateandexplainAmperesCircuitallaw. (02)
3C. DerivetheexpressionforHatapointduetocurrentinastraightconductor. (04)
4A. A20Kmtransmissionlineconsistsof2cmdiameterconductorsspaced1mapart.Findthe
inductive reactance of the loop formed by joining the 2 conductors at one end, when the
frequencyis60Hz.Deriveanyformulaused. (05)

x + 2y 2
4B. Themagneticfieldintensityisgiveninacertainregionofspaceas H = 2 a y + a z A / m
z z
(i) Find
(ii) Use tofindthetotalcurrentpassingthroughthesurface,Z=4,1<x<2,3<y<5in
the direction. (05)
5A. Given =105 H/m, =4109 F/m, =0, =0. Find k so that each of the following pairs of
fieldssatisfiesMaxwellsequations:
i) D=(6ax2yay+2zaz)nC/m2
H=(kzax+10yay25z)azA/m
ii) E=(20ykt)axV/m
H=(y+2106t)azV/m. Writetheunitofkineachcase. (06)
5B. Awavepropagatinginalosslessdielectrichasthecomponents E=500cos(107tz)axV/m&
H=1.1cos(107tz)ayA/m.Ifthewaveistravellingatv=0.5c,find:i),ii) r,iii),iv) (04)
6A. TheplanewaveE=50sin(t 5x)ay V/minalosslessmedium(=40 ,=0)encountersa
lossymedium(=0,=40,=0.1S/m)normaltotheXaxisatX=0.Find:
i) Thereflection&transmissioncoefficientsaswellasthestandingwaveratio.
ii) Thereflectedwave&thetransmittedwave. (05)
6B. Withneatdiagrams,explaintheconceptsof:
i) Verticalpolarization.
ii) Horizontalpolarization. (05)