Due: 1391/8/14

Engineering Electromagnetics

Homework 5

1-() Show that the capacitance per unit length of two innite wires of radii R1 and R2 separated by a distance
D where D > R1 + R2 is:
20
( 2
)
C=
2
2
1 D R1 R2
cosh
2R1 R2
Also nd the capacitance of a single wire at height h above the ground plane
y
V >0
V =0
V <0
a

x2
R2

2R

x1
+

R1
D

2-() The region between two concentric conducting spheres with radius a and 3 a is lled with a material
whose relative permittivity is r = 1 + a2 /r2 . The inner sphere carries charge +Q and the outer sphere has charge
Q. Find the capacitance and the energy stored in this capacitor.
3-Calculate the capacitance in the following structures.

2
r

d1

d2

area= S = A B

d2

d1

area= S = A B

4-The space between two rectangular conducting plates at z = 0 and z = d is lled with an inhomogeneous
dielectric material. Each plate occupies 0 x a and 0 y b. For the following two cases nd the capacitance.
If the potential dierence between the plates is V0 nd the equation of potential V (x, y, z) in each case.
(
(
z)
y )
(a) = 0 1 + 3
(b) = 0 1 + 3 sin
d
b
5-Point charge q is located at z = d on the z-axis above a conducting spherical boss on a ground plane. The
radius of the hemisphere is a. Find the force exerted upon the point charge and calculate the total charge on the
hemisphere.

b
a

q
c

d
a

V =0

Figure 2: Problem 6

Figure 1: Problem 5

6-Two point charges q are placed symmetrically inside a conducting spherical shell at distance c from its
center. The inner and outer radii of the shell are a and b. The conducting sphere carries a net charge Q. What

Amir Borji

Sharif University of Technology

Due: 1391/8/14

Engineering Electromagnetics

Homework 5

is the force exerted upon the charge q? If we place another charge q at distance d (d > b) outside the shell, what
will be the force exerted upon q ?
7-A uniform line charge with density (C/m) is parallel to an innite dielectric cylinder with radius = a and
relative permittivity r on the z-axis. The distance between the line charge and the axis of cylinder is d (d > a).
Use the theory of images to nd the surface density of bound charges and the force exerted upon the line charge
per unit length.
Hint: Show that in order to nd the potential outside the cylinder, we can replace the cylinder with a line

charge = rr 1
+1 located at d = a /d from the axis plus a line charge located on the axis of the cylinder.
Moreover, the potential inside the cylinder can be found if we replace the original line charge at distance d with
r
a line charge = 2
and ll the entire space with dielectric.
r +1
8-A grounded conducting sphere with radius a is centered at origin. A uniformly charged circular disk with
radius b and surface density s is perpendicular to the x-axis at distance d from the origin (d > a). Show that the
loci of image charges is a spherical surface. Find the total charge induced on the grounded sphere. If the sphere
was isolated and uncharged, what would be its potential?
9-() An electric dipole with moment p = p0 z is located at point z = d on the z-axis inside a grounded
conducting sphere with radius a (d < a). Find the potential V (r, ) inside the sphere using the method of images.

z
p = p0 z

d
a

Figure 3: Problem 9

Amir Borji

Sharif University of Technology