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Assignment#2, Potential, Capacitors, Magnetic Force and Field

The document contains 25 questions about engineering physics concepts including electric potential, capacitors, magnetic fields, and Maxwell's equations. Question topics include calculating potential differences and energies for charged particles in electric fields, determining equivalent capacitance and charge distribution in capacitor circuits, finding magnetic forces and fields due to currents and magnetic dipoles, and deriving Maxwell's equations. The document provides context, diagrams, and specific values to calculate for each multi-part question.

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Assignment#2, Potential, Capacitors, Magnetic Force and Field

The document contains 25 questions about engineering physics concepts including electric potential, capacitors, magnetic fields, and Maxwell's equations. Question topics include calculating potential differences and energies for charged particles in electric fields, determining equivalent capacitance and charge distribution in capacitor circuits, finding magnetic forces and fields due to currents and magnetic dipoles, and deriving Maxwell's equations. The document provides context, diagrams, and specific values to calculate for each multi-part question.

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Engineering Physics

Assignment # 2

Electric Potential

Q-1. A proton is released from rest in a uniform electric field that has a
magnitude of 8.0x104 V/m. The proton undergoes a displacement of 0.50 m in
the direction of E.
(A) Find the change in electric potential between points A and B.
(B) Find the change in potential energy of the protonfield system for this
displacement.
(C) Find the speed of the proton after completing the 0.50 m displacement in
the electric field.

Q-2. A rod of length located along the x axis has a total charge Q and a uniform
linear charge density =Q/L Find the electric potential at a point P located on the
y axis a distance a from the origin as shown in figure.

Q-3. An electron moving parallel to the x axis has an initial speed of 3x106m/s at
the origin. Its speed is reduced to 1.40x105 m/s at the point X=2.00 cm.
Calculate the potential difference between the origin and that point. Which point
is at the higher potential?
Q-4. An electric dipole consists of two charges of equal magnitude and opposite
sign separated by a distance 2a, as shown in Figure. The dipole is along the x
axis and is centered at the origin.
(A) Calculate the electric potential at point P.
(B) Calculate V and Ex at a point far from the dipole.
(C) Calculate V and Ex if point P is located anywhere
between the two charges.

Q-5. Find an expression for the electric potential and Electric field at a point
P located on the perpendicular central axis of a uniformly charged ring of
radius a and total charge Q?

Capacitors and Capacitances

Q-6. Two metal objects have net charges of +70 pC and -70 pC, which result in
a 20V potential difference between them. (a) What is capacitance of the system?
(b) If the charges are changed to +200 pC and -200 pC, What does capacitance
become? (c) What does the potential difference become?

Q-7. Four capacitors are connected as shown in Figure. (a) Find the equivalent
capacitance between points a and b. (b) Calculate the charge on each capacitor
if Vab=15.0 V.

Q-8. Consider the circuit shown in Figure, where C1 =6.00 F, C2 =3.00 F and
V=20V, and Capacitor C1 is first charged by the closing of switch S1 . Switch
S1 is then opened, and the charged capacitor is connected to the uncharged
capacitor by the closing of S2 . Calculate the initial charge acquired by C1 and
the final charge on each.
Q-9. Find out expressions for capacitances of cylindrical and spherical shaped
capacitors.?

Q-10.a. How much energy is stored in one cubic meter of air due to the electric
field of magnitude 150 V/m.

b. What capacitance is required to store an energy of 10kw.h at a potential


difference of 1000 V ?

Magnetic Force and Field:

11. A particle with a charge of -2x10-7 C is moving with instantaneous velocity


V= (5.2 x 104 m/s) ax + (-7.2 x 10 4 m/s) ay. What is the force exerted on this
particle by magnetic field (a) 1.40 T ax and (b) 2 T az ?

12. A group of particles is traveling in a magnetic field of unknown magnitude


and direction. You observe that a proton moving at 1.50 km/s in the +x direction
experiences a force of 2.25 X 10-16 N in the +y direction, and an electron moving
at 4.75 m/s in the -z direction experiences a force of 8.50 X 1O-16 N.
(a) What are the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field?
(b) What are the magnitude and direction of the magnetic force on an electron
moving in the -y direction at 3.2 km/s?

13. A circular area with a radius of 6.50 cm lies in the xy-plane. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic flux through this circle due to a uniform magnetic
field B = 0.230 T (a) in the +z-direction; (b) at an angle of 53.1 0 from the +z
direction; (c) in the +y direction?

14. A long wire carrying 4.50 A of current makes two 90 bends, as shown in
Figure. The bent part of the wire passes through a unifonn O.240 T magnetic
field directed as shown in the figure and confined to a limited region of space.
Find the magnitude of the force that the magnetic field exerts on the wire.
15. The plane of a 5.0 cm X 8.0 cm rectangular loop of wire is parallel to a 0.19T
magnetic field. The loop carries a current of 6.2 A. (a) What torque acts on the
loop? (b) What is the magnetic moment of the loop? (c) What is the maximum
torque that can be obtained with the same total length of wire carrying the same
current in this magnetic field?

16. A coil with magnetic moment 1.45 A.m2 is oriented initially with its magnetic
moment antiparallel to a uniform 0.835 T magnetic field. What is the change in
potential energy of the coil when it is rotated 1800 so that its magnetic moment
is parallel to the field?

17. A straight wire caries a 1O.0-A current ABCD is a rectangle with point D in
the middle of a I.I0 mm segment of the wire and point C in the wire. Find the
magnitude and direction of the magnetic field due to this segment at (a) point A;
(b) point B; (c) point C.

18. Two parallel wires are 5.00 cm apart and carry currents in opposite
directions, as shown in Figure. Find the magnitude and direction of magnetic
field at point P due to two 1.50-mm segments of wire that are opposite each
other and each 8.00 cm from P.

19. Find out the strength of magnetic field at the center of a circular loop of
radius 'a' carrying current.

20. A long, straight, cylindrical wire of radius R carries a current uniformly


distributed over its cross section. At what location is the magnetic field produced
by this current equal to half of its largest value? Consider points inside and
outside the wire.

21. A solenoid is designed to produce a magnetic field of 0.0270 T at its center.


It has radius 1.40 cm and length 40.0 cm, and the wire can carry a maximum
current of 12.0 A. (a) What minimum number of turns per unit length must the
solenoid have? (b) What total length of wire is required?
22. A wooden ring whose mean diameter is 14.0 cm is wound with a closely
spaced toroidal winding of 600 turns. Compute the magnitude of the magnetic
field at the center of the cross section of the windings when the current in the
windings is 0.650 A.

23. A flat, rectangular coil consisting of 50 turns measures 25.0 cm by 30.0 cm.
It is in a uniform, 1.20T, magnetic field, with the plane of the coil parallel to the
field. In 0.222 s, it is rotated so that the plane of the coil is perpendicular to the
field. (a) What is the change in the magnetic flux through the coil due to this
rotation? (b) Find the magnitude of the average emf induced in the coil during
this rotation.

24. A circular loop of wire with a radius of 12.0 cm and oriented in the horizontal
xy-plane is located in a region of uniform magnetic field. A field of 1.5 T is
directed along the positive z-direction, which is upward. (a) If the loop is
removed from the field region in a time interval of 2.0 ms, find the average emf
that will be induced in the wire loop during the extraction process. (b) If the coil
is viewed looking down on it from above, is the induced current in the loop
clockwise or counterclockwise?

25. Derive and explain all the for four Maxwell's equations.

Good Luck

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