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Name _____________________________

December 10, 2018

ECE 311 Final Exam Fall 2018

Closed Text and Notes

1) Be sure you have 16 pages plus the two-sided equation sheet.

2) Write only on the question sheets. Show all your work. If you need more room for a particular
problem, use the reverse side of the same page and write “see back.”

3) no calculators allowed

4) Write neatly, if your writing is illegible then print.

5) This exam is worth 150 points.

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Problem ABET Outcome Points Score

1 7

2 1c 5

3 1a 5

4 1c 10

5 1b 10

6 2a 12

7 2b 12

8 2a 10

9 2e 8

10 10

11 10

12 3b 10

13 3b 10

14 3c &3d 14

15 3c, 3d, &3f 12

16 3e 5

EC 5

total 150
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(7 pts) 1. Fill in the table with the units, and whether a vector or scalar, for the indicated quantities.

units Vector or scalar?

Electric Field Intensity

Electric Flux Density

Electric Flux

Electric Dipole Moment

Polarization

Dielectric constant

Farad

(5 pts) 2. It takes 12 J of work to move a -2 C charge from (3m, -2m, -2m) to (-4m, 2m, 2m). What is
V(3m, -2m, -2m) – V((-4m, 2m, 2m)?

(5 pts) 3. A 16 C charge is at the origin. How much electric flux goes through the surface r = 10 m,
% %
0 < 𝜃 < & , and & < ∅ < 𝜋?
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% %
(10 pts) 4. There is a point charge at the origin. V(10m, & , 𝜋) – V(5m, & , 0) = -180 V. What is the value of
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the point charge at the origin? Use 𝜀/ = 56% 8
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(10 pts) 5. The cylindrical region 𝜌 < 2 m has the volume charge density 𝜌: = 4 => . Find the electric flux
density field everywhere.
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D
B 𝒙 E .There is no current
(12 pts) 6. Between -4m < y < 4 m there is a volume current density of 𝐉 = 10 𝒂 =
flowing anywhere else. What is the magnetic field intensity everywhere?
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(12 pts) 7. A piece of copper has a current flowing of 27 A as shown. Everywhere is a uniform magnetic flux
density of 𝐁 = 1 𝒂B 𝒛 𝑇. A Hall voltage of 𝑉(0) − 𝑉 (10M& 𝑚) = 2𝑥10M6 𝑉 is measured.

(6 Pts) A) With what average drift velocity are the conduction electrons moving?

(6 Pts) B) What is the density of the conduction electrons? The charge on an electron is −1.6 x 10M1T C.
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(10 pt) 8. Shown are three wires with indicated currents flowing. Also shown are five closed paths of
integration including direction. Evaluate the five integrals below.

V 𝐇 ∙ 𝐝𝐥 =
1

V 𝐇 ∙ 𝐝𝐥 =
&

V 𝐇 ∙ 𝐝𝐥 =
5

V 𝐇 ∙ 𝐝𝐥 =
[

V 𝐇 ∙ 𝐝𝐥 =
\
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c c
(8 pts) 9. For z > 0 𝑯𝑩 = _4𝒂
B 𝒙 + 4𝒂
B 𝒚 + 4𝒂
B 𝒛 b and and 𝜇e = 6𝜇/ . For z < 0 𝑯𝑨 = _3𝒂
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B 𝒙 − 6𝒂
B 𝒚 + 8𝒂
B𝒛 b .
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and 𝜇c = 3𝜇/ . What is the surface current density flowing on the z = 0 plane?
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(10 pts) 10. A parallel plate capacitor has a 5 V battery attached to it resulting in 2 J of energy stored on the
capacitor. The plate area is 1 m& , the plate separation is 0.001m, and there is free space between
the plates. Without disturbing the charge on the plates, the battery is removed. Without
disturbing the charge on the plates, the plates are pulled apart to a separation of 0.002 m. Ignore
fringing fields.
(5 Pts) A) What has the potential become across the plates?

(5 Pts) B) What is the energy stored in the capacitor?

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(10 pts) 11. An inductor has a cross sectional area of 0.01 m& and length of 0.1 m. A current is flowing such
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that H = inside the inductor. What is the energy stored in the inductor? There is free space
√% =
l
inside the inductor and 𝜇/ = 4𝜋 𝑥 10Mk 8.
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(10 pts) 12. A conducting bar lays on two rails as shown. Everywhere the magnetic flux density is
B 𝒛 T. The resistance of the rails and bar are negligible.
𝐁 = 4 𝒂

m
(5 pts) A) What current is flowing if you pull the bar so it moves at a constant velocity of u= 2 â x ?
s

(5 pts) B) With what force do you have to pull the bar?

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(10 pts) 13. An infinitely long solenoid is centered on the z-axis. It has a radius of 2 m and 10\ = . The
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current in the solenoid is ramped so that snu = 5 r . Find the electric field intensity
everywhere, including inside the solenoid.
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(14 pts) 14. The electric field for an electromagnetic wave is given by
: =
𝐄𝒙 (𝑧, 𝑡) = 188.5 cos(3𝑥10~ 𝑡 + 2𝑧) 𝐚€𝒙 8 . The speed of light in free space is 3 x 10~ r and
the intrinsic impedance of free space is 377 Ω.
(3 pts) a) What is the velocity of the wave?

(3 pts) b) What is the dielectric constant of the material in which the wave is propagating? Assume µ = 𝜇/ .
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Use 𝜇/ = 4𝜋 𝑥 10Mk 8 and 𝜀/ = 56% 8

(3 pts) c) What is the wavelength?

(5 pts) d) What is H(z,t)?

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(12 pts) 15. For z < 0 is free space and for z > 0 is a non-magnetic dielectric with dielectric constant 𝜖„ = 25.
An incident uniform plane wave is propagating in the free space region (z < 0) given by
𝑉
𝐄𝒊 (𝑧, 𝑡) = 12 cos(6𝑥10~ 𝑡 − 2𝑧) 𝐚€𝒙
𝑚
and is at normal incidence to the boundary between the free space and dielectric regions.
=
The speed of light in free space is 3 x 10~ r and the intrinsic impedance of free space is 377 Ω.
(6 pts) a) Find the reflected electric field for z < 0.

(6 pts) b) Find the transmitted electric field for z > 0.

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(5 pts) 16. A coaxial cable, made from perfect conductors, connects a source to a load. The power flows from
source to load
a) In the dielectric region between the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial cable
b) In the conductors that make up the coaxial cable
c) In the region of space outside the outer conductor
d) In both the conductor and dielectric regions of the coaxial cable.

(5 pts) Extra Credit: Only if you attended at least six of the last seven classes of the semester are you eligible
for this Extra Credit problem.

Maxwell worked with 18 equations, which Oliver Heaviside consolidated into the four equations that
are now referred to as Maxwell’s Equations

True False